108 THALAMIFLOU^. 



detitatis, postremas in setas inermes, Browne, 232. t. 25. f. 1. 

 — Corchorus aestuans, Jacq. hart. t. 85. — Willd. Sp. III. 1216. 



HAB. ? 



FL. ? 



Browne states, that he found this species in our Island ; but 

 that it is not a common plant. The stem is described as slightly- 

 scabrous, purpurascent ; branches divaricating : leaves cordato- 

 ovate, serrated, with the lowest serratures setaceous : styles 3, 

 bifid : capsule, according to Willdenow, " linear, 6-angled, (the 

 angles approximating in pairs) ; and the terminal teeth very 

 much diverging." 



4. Corchorus olitorius. Jew's Mallow. 



Capsules oblong subterete glabrous 5-celled 5-val- 

 ved, leaves ovato-oblong serrated with the two lowest 

 serratures terminating in long bristles — De Cand. 



Willd. Sp. III. 1214.— De Cand. Prod. I. bOi.—Bot. Mag. 

 2810. 



HAB. Cultivated. 



FL. After rain. 



An annual species : stem erect, glabrous. Leaves 2-3 inches 

 long, varying from oblong to ovate, acute or even acuminate, 

 thin : petiole often as long as the leaf. Flowers yellow, soli- 

 tary, shortly peduncled, opposite the leaves : peduncles fur- 

 nished about the middle with three subulate bracteas. Calycine 

 sepals spreading. Petals obovato- oblong. Capsules varying 

 from 1 to 3 inches in length, acuminate : seeds ovate, brown. 



This plant may be frequently met with in our gardens ; al- 

 though it has in a great measure ceased to be cultivated as a 

 pot-herb. The leaves boiled, afford a very excellent and whole- 

 some substitute for spinach. 



5. Corchorus lanuginosus. TVoolly Broom-weed. 



Capsules oblongo-conical curved setoso-echinated 

 with soft woolly hairs, leaves ovato-oblong obtuse to- 

 mentose undulato-crenato-serrate. 



?1AB. Common on the windward road, between Albion and 

 the Eleven Mile-stone. Below Moccha Great House, St 

 David's. 



FL. End of the year. 



A shrub, 4-5 feet in height : branches terete, farinoso-to- 

 mentose with stellated hairs, rufescent. Leaves ovato-oblong, 

 obtuse, rounded at the base, a few (the lowest and largest) sub- 

 cordate, undulato-serrated with blunt teeth, penni-nerved, to- 

 mentulose above, and incano-tomentose beneath with minute 

 stellated hairs, about 2 inches long and 1 broad : petiole rufes- 



