Title : Indian trees : an account of trees, shrubs, woody climbers, bamboos, and palms indigenous or commonly cultivated in the British Indian Empire
Identifier : CUbiodiversity690553 ( find matches )
Year : 1906 ( 1900s )
Authors : Brandis, Dietrich, Sir, 1824-1907
Subjects : Trees
Publisher : London : A. Constable & Co. , Ltd
Contributing Library : Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor : Mann Library, Cornell

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Ore it'la \ XXI. TILIAGB.E <I7 late, acuminate, mem- branous, nearly gla- brous, under side with a few "iCattered hairs. Secondary nerves 4-fi pair, the lowest pair from the base. Peduncles axil- lary, slender, often 2-3 together, bearing um- belliform brae tea te cymes of 3-5 flowers. Sepals \-l in., 3- nerved, petals )~\ in., blade triangular, shorter, larely longer than claw. Tomen- tose part of gonophore shorter than glabrous portion, at times re- duced to a narrow villous band. Drupes 1-3, rarely 4, nearly distinct. Outer Himalaya, from the Jumna eastward, ascending to 3,000 ft. Both. Peninsular Fl. June-October. Leaves renewed m April. Neaily allied, united with \t bv Pieire, Fl. For. Cochineh. t. 161: 12. G. multiflora, Juss. (G. 'iepiaria, Boxb.). Sik-
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FiG. 47.—Grewia Isevigata, Vahl. 4. kim, Assam, Khasi hilli^, a shrub, leaves and flowers smaller. Gonophore glabrous, with a fringe of hairs at top. Fruit didymous, 4-seeded. (d) Peduncles fasciculate, axillary, gonophore glabrous with a fringe of hairs at top, a. Leaves narrow, with 3, rarely 4 or 6 basal nerves. 13. G. salvifolia, Heyne; Brandis For. PI. 43. Vern, Saras, i^in's, Mer- wara ; Burbu, Kol; Yulipl, Kan. A shrub or small tree, heartwood dark brown, hard, branchlets, inflorescence and under side of leaves white or grey, with short pubescence. Leaves 2-3 in,, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, edge entire, undulate or serrulate. Peduncles slender, with 2-3 conspicuous yellow flowers. Sepals J in.y on both sides silky, petals \ in., the blade longer than claw, back of claw hairy. Pruit generally of two distinct round drupes. Dry and arid regions of North-West India and the Deccan. PL April-September. Nearly allied, and perhaps not specifically distinct, is 14. a, excelsa, Vahl. Singbhum, Beliar, Bunclelkhand and Coromandel coast. An erect tree. Leaves 3-6 m., with oblique base and sometimes 4 or 5 basal nerves. Under side of leaves white or green. FL May. 15. G. pilosa, Lam.; Brandis P. PL 39, Yern. Pasangan, pisangan^ Rajputana; Tegali^ Tel. A large straggling shrub, branchlets, petioles, under side of leaves and inflor- escence rough with ^il'Q light-brown stellate hairs. Leaves 2-4 in., oblong or lanceolate-oblong, serrate. Secondary nerves 4-5 pair^ the lowest pair from the base. Peduncles short, about \ in. long, bxids hirsute, constricted in the H

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