542 TILIACEA. II. Herocarrus. 
1 arBorr'’scEnNs (R. Br. in bot. mag. t. 2480.) h .G. Native 
of New Zealand near Tigado, Tolagi, and Oporagi. The wood 
is very soft and very light, and from this property it is used by 
the inhabitants to float their fishing nets with. . 
Arborescent Entelea. Fl. May. Clt. 1820. Tree 20 feet. 
Cult. This is an elegant shrub, well adapted for a green- 
house conservatory. It will thrive in a mixture of loam and 
peat, and large cuttings, not too much ripened, will root in sand 
under a hand-glass. 
III. HELIOCA’RPUS (from iioc, helios, the sun, and xap- 
roc, karpos, a fruit; the valves of the capsule are elegantly 
ciliated around on all sides, which gives them the appearance of 
alittle sun.) Lin. gen. no. 606. D.C. prod. 1. p. 503. 
Lin. syst. Polydndria, Monogynia. Calyx of 4 sepals. 
Petals 4. Stamens 12 to 20. Style 1, bifid, with the segments 
recurved. Capsules stipitate, somewhat compressed, rayed 
lengthwise on all sides, 2-celled, 2-seeded.—Trees, with cordate, 
serrate, 3-lobed, simple leaves, and cymes of small, yellowish- 
green flowers. 
1 H. Americanus (Lin. spec. 643.) leaves smooth ; branches 
and cymes smooth. h.S. Native of Vera Cruz. Móntia, Houst. 
Heliocérpus, Lin. hort. cliff 211. t. 16. Trew. ehr. t. 45. 
Leaves cordate, somewhat $-lobed, serrated. Flowers of a yel- 
lowish-green colour. 
American Sun-fruit. Fl. July. Clt. 1733. Tree 14 to 20 ft. 
2 H. Porayane’nsis (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 
341.) nerves and veins of leaves hairy beneath ; branches and 
cymes clothed with flocky down. h.S. Native of New Gra- 
nada on the mountains near Popaya. Flowers of a yellowish 
green-colour. Perhaps only a variety of H, Americanus. 
Popaya Sun-fruit. Tree 14 feet. 
Cult. The species of Heliocdrpus thrive best in a mixture of 
loam, peat, and sand; and young cuttings will root if planted 
in sand under a hand-glass, in a moderate heat. 
IV. ANTICHO'RUS (from avrı, anti, a Greek preposition, 
‘which often signifies in composition resemblance to the word that 
follows, and chorus, abridged from Cérchorus, in allusion to the 
resemblance in plants). Lin, fil. fasc. p. 3. t. 2. D. C. prod. 1. 
p. 504. 
Lin. syst. Octdndria, Monogynia. Calyx of 4 sepals. 
Petals 4. Stamens 8. Style 1. Capsule awl-shaped, 4-valved, 
4-celled ; cells many-seeded. Resembles Cérchorus. 
1 A. pepre’ssus (Lin. mant. 64.). ©.H. Native of Arabia. 
Jussiz'a édulis, Forsk. descr. 210. Carictera, Scop. Cór- 
chorus antichorus, Rausch. A small, prostrate plant with 
coarsely toothed, oval leaves, and small, axillary, twin, yellow 
flowers, and reflexed fruit. The whole plant is boiled as a 
pot-herb. 
Depressed Antichorus. PI. trailing. 
Cult. This is a trifling annual, the seeds of which will require 
to be sown in the beginning of May in a sheltered situation, 
where it will grow and ripen its seed freely. 
V. CO’RCHORUS (kopxopoc, in Greek a pot-herb, which 
comes from xopew, koreo, to purge, and xopn, kore, the pupil ; 
laxative qualities of C, olitorius), Lin. gen. no. 675. D.C, 
prod. 1. p. 504. 
Lin. syst. Polydndria, Monogynia. 
sepals. Petals 5. Stamens numerous. Style tubular, almost 
wanting. Stigmas 2-5. Capsules awl-shaped and round, 2-5- 
valved, 2-5-celled, with a dissepiment in the middle of each 
valve. Seeds disposed in 2 rows. Small shrubs or herbs with 
simple, serrated leaves covered with simple or stellate hairs. 
Peduncles opposite the leaves, or axillary, 1-flowered, or 2-3- 
Calyx of 5, deciduous 
IV. Anticnorus. V, Corcnorvs. 
parted, bearing 2-3 or many flowers. Corolla small, yellow, 
convolute in estivation. Corchérus Japonicus now forms a 
separate genus among the Rosdcee under the name of Kérria. 
Secr. I. Core'ra (from copew, koreo, to purge ; qualities of 
plants). P. Browne and Kunth, D. C. prod. 1. p. 504. Cap- 
sules silique-formed, 2-valved, 2-celled, but not ending in 
horns at the apex. 
1 C. striquésus (Lin. spec. 746.) capsules linear, compressed, 
2-valved, smooth; leaves lanceolate, equally serrated ; stem 
smoothish, much branched ; peduncles usually 2-flowered. h .S. 
Native of South America, Jacq. vind. 3. p. 34. t, 59.—Plum. 
ed. Burm. t. 103. f. 1. The flowers, according to Linneus, are 
of 4 sepals and 4 stamens, and without petals in the spring, but 
in the autumn they bear 5 sepals and 5 petals and numerous 
stamens. C. linearis, Mill. dict. no. 5. C. secundiflorus, 
Moc. et Sess. fl. mex. icon. ined. Flowers pale-yellow. This 
plant is used for besoms by the negroes in the West Indian 
colonies. Leaves sometimes truly ovate. 
JSilique-capsuled Corchorus. Fl. June, Aug. 
Shrub 2 to 6 feet. , . 
2 C. roriòsus (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 583.) leaves small, crowded, 
ovate-oblong, crenulated, smooth ; peduncles 1-flowered ; cap- 
sule terete, rough, 2-valved; stem shrubby. h. S. Native 
of Cuba. C. siliquòsus, Poppig. 
Leafy Corchorus. Fl. June, July. Shrub 1 foot. 
3 C. n’rrus (Lin. spec. 747.) capsules linear, compressed, 
2-valved, and are as well as the stem hairy; leaves oblong, 
equally serrated. ©. S. Native of South America. Jacq. 
vind. 3. t. 58.—Plum. ed. Burm. t. 103. f. 2. Flowers yellow. 
Hairy Corchorus. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. Pl. 1 to 2 ft. 
4 C. ara tus; plant pilose, branched; leaves ovate, acute, 
serrated, lower serratures setaceous; stipulas setaceous; pe- 
dicels 2-3 together, short, axillary ; capsule long, flat, winged. 
©. S. Native of Guinea. Flowers small, yellow. 
Winged-capsuled Corchorus. PI. 2 foot. 
5 C. pizo’Lozos (Link. enum. hort. berl, 2. p. 72.) capsules 
linear, compressed, somewhat falcate, hairy, younger ones acu- 
minated with the style ; leaves oblong, somewhat cordate, acutely 
crenated, smoothish; stem hairy above. Y. S. Native of? 
C. lasidlobus, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 583. Flowers yellow. This 
plant is often confused with C. hirtus in the gardens. 4 
Cap-podded Corchorus. Fl. Ju. Sept. Clt. 1818. Pl. 1 to 2 ft. 
6 C. Ortnoce’ysis (H. B. et Kunth. nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 337.) 
capsules siliquose, rather terete, 2-celled, hairy; leaves lan- 
ceolate-oblong, upper ones linear-lanceolate, acute, crenated, 
smooth or a little ciliated; stem almost simple, erect. ©. S. 
Native on the banks of the river Orinoco, near Angustura. 
Flowers yellow. 
Orinoco Corchorus. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
7 C. vitxost’ssmus (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 280.) stem densely 
pilose at the apex ; leaves ovate, usually acute, crenate-toothed, 
villous, younger ones densely silky-villous; pedicels opposite 
the leaves, twin; capsule compressed, hairy. .S. Native 
of Brazil in the province of Minas Geraes. Flowers yellow. 
Very villous Corchorus, FI. Aug. Shrub 1 foot. 
8 C. arcu'rus (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 337. 
St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 282.) stem lined with villi ; leaves linear- 
lanceolate, sharply serrated, smooth, scabrous above ; pedicels 
twin, rising from the side of the axils; capsule tetragonal, 
compressed, puberulous, erect. h. S. Native of Brazil, 
in the province of Minas Geraes and of New Granada. Flowers 
yellow. ° 
Var. B, australis (St. Hil. 283.) stem more slender, leaves 
more oblong, less acute, less erect, with the nerves hardly white. 
In the province of the Missions, 
Clt. 1732. 
