Corchorus.] TILIACEE (Harv.) 229 
. 
an old word applied to this or some similar plant, from xopew, to purge ; because the 
qualities are laxative. 
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1. C. trilocularis (Linn.); annual ; leaves ovate-oblong or lanceolate, 
obtuse or sub-acute, serrulate ; peduncles opposite the leaves, equalling 
the petiole, 1-2-flowered ; capsules slender, linear, elongate, 3-4-angled, 
3-4-celled, scabrous, tapering to a blunt point. DC. Prod. 1. p. 504. 
Jacq. Hort. Vind. t.173. C. asplenifolius, E. Mey. ! non Burch. 
ace Near Port Natal, Drege! Gueinzius! Sanderson! (Herb. Hook., T.C.D., 
nd. ). 
An Nae or diffuse pubescent or hispid annual, 1-3 feet high. Leaves 1-2 inches 
long, variable in breadth and pubescence ; the lowermost serratures frequently pro- 
longed into bristles. Capsule often 4-celled, rough with minute, sharp points. A 
common weed in tropical Africa and Asia. 
2. C. asplenifolius (Burch. Cat. 1737., Voy. 1. p. 400) ; perennial, 
woody at base; stems prostrate, herbaceous, hispid ; leaves ovate-ob- 
long, or oblong, sparsely hispid, dentato-crenate ; peduncles opposite the 
leaves, obsolete, 3—4-flowered ; pedicels as long as the ovate, setose flower- 
buds ; capsules linear, cylindrical, hispid, attenuated to a blunt point. 
DC. Prod. i. p. 505+ 
Has. Near Saltponds beyond the Orange River, Burchell. Near Grahamstown ? 
Dr. Atherstone! (Herb. Hook.) 
Stems many from the same crown, widely spreading, flexuous, with patent 
branches. Leaves distichous, an inch apart, 1-14 inches long, the shorter ones sub- 
ovate, the rest ovate-oblong or linear oblong, all rough with stiff bristles. 
3. C. serreefolius (Burch. Cat. 1962., Voy. 1. p. 537); perennial, 
woody at base; stems prostrate, herbaceous, villous, or glabrescent ; 
leaves linear or linear oblong, glabrous, coarsely toothed ; peduncles 
opp. the leaves, obsolete, pedicels shorter than the obovate, acute, gla- 
brous flowerbuds ; capsules linear, twisted, 6-valved, rough with sharp 
points. DC. Prod. 1. p. 504. 
Has, Plains beyond the Orange River, Burchell. Thaba Unka, Burke § Zeyher ! 
(Herb. Hook., T.C.D.). ae 
This resembles (. asplenifolius, but has narrower, more linear, and more strongly 
serrate leaves, and is nearly glabrous. The capsules are muricated, not setose. 
Orver XXIV. HIPPOCRATEACEZ. Juss. 
_- @y W. H. Hanvey.) 
(Hippocraticer, Juss. Ann, Mus. 18. 483. Hippocrateacew, Kunth. 
DC. Prod. 1. p. 567. Endl. Gen. cexxxvii, Lindl Veg. Kingd. No. 
CCXXiv. 
mee perfect, regular, small and greenish white. Calyx free, 5- 
parted, with imbricate estivation. Petals alternate with the sepals, 
sessile, inserted on the margin of a fleshy disc. Stamens 3, within the 4 
dise, hypogynous and monadelphous ; anther cells frequently conflu-_ 
ent. Ovary immersed in the disc, trilocular ; ovules definite or inde- — te 
finite, anatropal ; style short, stigma simple or 3-lobed. Fruit either 
capsular or fleshy ; seeds exalbuminous, a 
