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glockides glabrous. — T. polyandra, DC— Sepals lanceolate-linear, 8'" long, exceeding the co- 

 rolla, equalling the pedicel ; petals 6'" long.— Hab. Montserrat (Fahl)^ Dominica!, Bur.; 

 [Mexico!]. 



2. CORCHORUS, L. 



Sepals 5 (-4). Petals 5 (-4). Stamens oo (-4), distinct. Ovary 2-5-celled: style 

 simple, with the stigma obsoletely toothed. Capsule loculicidal, usually elongated : seeds 

 indefinite ; embryo incurved, with the cotyledons foliaceous. — Herbs or shrubs ; peduncles 

 short, one- or few-flowered, opposite to the leaf; flowers yellow. 



Sect. 1. Eucoechorus. — Stamens hypogynous ; cupule none. — Suffrutescent, 

 usually annual herbs. 



9 . C. olitorius, L. Glabrous ; leaves ovate-oblong or ovate, pointed, serrate : two 

 lowest serratures pointing backward and terminating in a long bristle ; flowers subsolitary ; 

 petals spathulate, equalling the sepals ; stamens indefinite ; capsule glabrous, linear, straiaht- 

 ish, corniculate at the top with 5 short points, 5-locular: spurious transverse dissepiments 

 complete. — Hot. Mag. t. 2810.— Stem herbaceous, 6'-9'high; leaves 5" long, or smaller; 

 petals 3"'-4'" long ; capsule 2" long, 2'" diam., subcylindrical, torulose. — Hab. Naturalized 

 in Jamaica!, Wils.; Trinidad!, Cr.; [introduced from the East Indies or tropical Africa], 



10. C. pestuans, Z. " Stem glabrous, with a line of pubescence ; leaves ovate, acumi- 

 nate, serrate : two lowest serratures pointing backward and terminating in a short bristle; 

 flowers fascicled ; capsule puberulous, linear, straight, corniculate at the top with 3 bifid 

 teeth, S-locular."—Br. Jam. t. 25./. 1 ; Jacq. H. Find. 1. t. 85.— C. campestris, Macf- 

 I have not seen this plant, which is said to resemble much 0. siliquosus ; the diagnosis is 

 taken from the quoted figures. — Hab. Jamaica (P. Br., Macf), not common; [Guiana]. 



11. C. acutangulus, Lam. Stem hairy ; leaves ovate, pointed, glabrescent, serrate : 

 serratures equal ; flowers subfascicled (usually 2-1); capsule glabrous, oblong-linear, 6- 

 angled, with 2 or 3 of the angles winged, straight, corniculate at the top with 3 entire or 

 bifid points, Z-locular-. spurious tranverse dissepiments incomplete. — Wight, Ic. 3. t. 739. — 

 Capsule 8'" long, 2'" diam. — My diagnosis is taken from African specimens. — Hab. West 

 Indies (Bent A.), e.g. Barbadoes; [all tropical continents]. 



12. C. siliquosus, Z. Glabrous; leaves ovate, acuminate, or oblong-lanceolate, ser- 

 rate: serratures equal; flowers fascicled (4-1); petals obovate or spathulate, usually some- 

 what exceeded by the narrow sepals ; stamens oo-" 4 ;" capsule glabrous, and puberulous along 

 the sutures, linear, straight, corniculate at the top with two bifid teeth, 2-locular .- spurious 

 transverse dissepiments none. — 67. t. 94. /. 1 ; As. Gr. Gen. Bor. Amer. 2. I. 137 : the 

 capsule-teeth are wanting, but I see no difference in North American and West Indian spe- 

 cimens. — A suffrutescent herb, l'-3' high : stem usually with a single line of minute hairs ; 

 leaves l£"-3" long, but often much smaller; petals about 2'" long; capsule 2$"-^" long, 1"' 

 broad, subcompressed, not torulose. — Hab. Jamaica !, Macf, Wils., March, common along 

 roadsides; Antigua!, Nichols.; S. Vincent!, Guild.; [Florida! to Texas!; Cuba!, Haiti!; 

 Panama!, New Granada!]. 



13. C. hirtus, Z. Stem hairy; leaves ovate-lanceolate or oblong, glabrescent, crcnate- 

 toothed: teeth equal; flowers fascicled (3-1) ; petals spathulate; stamens indefinite; capsule 

 hairy, linear, curved at the base, acuminate at the top with the point entire, 2-locular .- 

 spurious transverse dissepiments none. — Plum. t. 103./. 2; Jacq. H. Find. 3. t. 58. — 

 C. tortipes, St. Mil. — A suffrutescent herb : hairs scattered ; leaves l"-2" long ; petals 3'"- 

 2'" long; capsule l"-li" long, H'" diam., subtorulose.— Hab. Antigua!, Nichols.; [Gua- 

 deloupe !; Venezuela !, Brazil !]. 



Sect. 2. Guazumoides. — Stamens inserted into the top of a short gynophore, 

 surrounded at the base by a repand cupule. — Shrubs. 



14. C. hirsutus, Z. Tomentose ; leaves ovate-lanceolate or oblong and blunt, crenate, 

 hoary chiefly beneath j pedicels (8-2) umbellate, nearly as long as their peduncle ; petals 

 obovate-oblong, equalling the calyx ; stamens indefinite ; capsule furfuraccous-lanuginose, 

 oblong, blunt, curved, with the pedicel i-locular. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 157. — C. lanngi- 



