106 thalamiflor;e. 



half the length of the petals. Style multifido-pencilled. Cap- 

 sule 1-celled, 1 -seeded. 



This plant is very common in Guinea-grass pastures, and is 

 usually to be found in the bundles of grass sent to Kingston. 

 The heads of flowers, in such situations, are usually subsessile. 

 In the mountains of St David's and Port- Royal the peduncles 

 are elongated. 



ORDER XXVII. TILIACE^. 



Calyx of 4f-5 sepals ; aestivation valvular. Petals 

 of the same number as the sepals, alternating with 

 them, usually with a little pit at the base. Stamens 

 generally indefinite, hypogynous ; anthers 2-celled, 

 opening with a double longitudinal slit. Disk formed 

 of glandules equal in number to the petals, and oppo- 

 site to them, adhering to the stalk of the ovary. 

 Ovary single composed of 4-10 carpels ; style 1 ; 

 stigmata as many as the carpels. Fruit dry, multilo- 

 cular. Seeds several in each cell: albumen fleshy ; 

 embryo straight ; cotyledons plane, fleshy. 



Trees or shrubs, with leaves simple, stipulate, toothed, alter- 

 nate, and with flowers axillary. Natives principally of the 

 Tropics. They all possess a mucilaginous juice. The berries 

 of some are edible ; and the bark of all are remarkable for the 

 toughness of their fibres, and that of one species is used in 

 Brazil for tanning. 



I. CORCHORUS. 



Sepals 5 deciduous. Petals 5. Stamens co. Style 

 scarcely ciny. Stigmata 2-5. Capsule 2-5 valved, 2-5 

 celled, with the valves septiferous down the middle. 

 Seeds in two rows. 



Name, from m^'/o^"^' ^^^^ Greek name of a culinary vegeta- 

 ble, supposed to be the C. olitorius. — The C. Japonicus has 

 been introduced, and is common in our gardens in the moun- 

 tains. 



1 . Corchorus siliquosus. Long-podded Broom-iveed. 

 Capsules linear compressed glabrous 2-cclled 2-val- 



