Corchorus. POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 581 
In Bengal there is a small variety, which the natives 
call Shreephula and is I presume that - mentioned we 
Sir W. Jones. 
BIXA. Schreb. gen. n. 887. 
Calyx five-toothed. Corol ten-petalled, Capsule supe- 
rior, bispid, two-valved. 
B. Orellana.. Willd. 2. 1854, 
Can. Kuppa-manhala. 
_ Hind. and Beng. Latkan. 
Pigmentaria Rumph. Amb. 2. t. 19. ' 
This small tree appears to be a native of India, The 
flowers. are however white, and the immature capsule 
green, In, plants reared from West India seed the flow- 
ers are rose-coloured, and the immature seed vessel red, 
nor do the seeds of our plant furuish so much, nor so. 
good a colour. 
CORCHORUS. Schreb. gen.n. 917. 
_ Calyx five-leaved. Corol five petalled. Nectary cup- 
shaped, between the corol and stamina. Capsule supe- 
rior, from three to five-celled, three to five-valved. 
1. C. olitorius. Willd, 2. 1214. 
Annual. Capsules. cylindrical, Sreselet, with trans- 
verse partitions between the seeds. 
Sans. Putta. 
~ Beng. Pat. 
_A native of various parts of India. It is much culti- 
vated in Bengal during the rains, for the fibres of its 
bark, which the Bengalees call jute, and employ for a 
variety of purposes. Of this there is a reddish eeey 
which the natives call Bun, or wild Pat. 
120! eapsularis. Willd. 2. 1216. 
_ Annual. — plotudlar, ini without rans 
verse partitions, - ES 
