Corchonis.'] xxiii. tiliace^e. 277 



tevmiuating in setae as in C. oUtorins. Flowers small, nearly sessile, usually 

 2 or 3 togetlier. Stamens numerous, the torus scarcely raised. Capsule 

 linear, rigid, f to 1^ in. long, straight or curved, glabrous, 3- or 4 -celled, 

 and often tcrniinating in as many very short spreading points or teeth. 

 Seeds numerous, without any, or with very imperfect, transverse partitions. 



N. Australia. Islands of the N. coast, R. Brown; Upper Victoria river, Sturt's and 

 Hooker's creeks, F, Mueller, The species is widely spread over tropical A:^ia and Africa. 



6. C, acutangulus. Lam, ; W. andArn. Trod. 73. An annual, sometimes 

 veiy small, but attaining 2 ft., decumbent or erect, slightly pubescent and 

 often sprinkled with a few rigid hairs. Leaves petiohate, ovate, serrulate, 

 j without ^setae. Tlowers 1 to 3, nearly sessile, and very small. Sepals little 



more than 1 line long. Stamens 15 to 20. Capsule straight, |- to f in. 

 long, rather thick, prominently 3-angled, or with 3 longitudinal wings, trun- 

 cate at the top, with 3 spreading points or teeth, 3-celled. Seeds numerous. 



Very rarely the capsule has 4 cells, and as many wings and teeth, — Wight, 

 Ic. t. 739. 



V" Australia. Upper Victoria river, T. Mueller. The species is common iu tropical 

 Asia and Africa, and occurs also, perhaps introduced, in some parts of S. America. 



_7. C. fascicularis, Lam.; W. and Am. Prod. 72. A small annual, 

 ^'ith procumbent or ascending branches, rarely attaining 1 ft., glabrous or 

 loosely pubescent. Leaves petiolate, oblong or lanceolate, | to 1| iu. long, 

 or the lower ones small and broad, slightly serrate without seta^* Flowers 

 very minnte, in clusters of 3 to 6, on very short peduncles. Sepals about 

 1 line long. Stamens 5 to 10. Capsule nearly c}Hndrical, rarely | in. 

 long, usually slightly hairy, terminating in 3 teeth, 3-celled. Seeds several, 

 without transverse partitions. 



N. Australia. Victoria river, Start's and Hooker's creeks, F. Jfueller ; Arnhem's 

 •^ay> 21, Brown (the latter somewhat doubtful, the specimen very imperfect). The species 

 extends over tropical Africa aad Asia, from Sencsral to Bengal, and includes C. brack^carpus, 

 Guill. and Perr. 



8. C. pnmilio, R. Br. Herb. A small rigid, mucli-hranched herb or 

 iindershrub, not much more than -§- ft. high, hii'sute with spreading stellate 

 liaii's, the slender branches appearing almos't woody at the base, although the 

 plant flowers the first year. Leaves petiolate, ovate or oblong, obtuse, rarely 

 above J in. long, crcnate, ragose and plicate, spriukled with rigid stellate 

 hairs. Flowers very small, in sessile clusters. Buds narrow-obloug. Sepals 

 verj^nan^ow, acute, hirsute, 1 to H 'i>ies long. Petals narrow. Stamens 

 about 10. Ovary very hirsute. Capsules reflexed, linear, 3 to 4 lines long, 

 slightly curved, rather acute, very hirsute, 2-celled, with few oblong seeds. 



W. Australia. Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown; Upper Victoria river, 

 ^* Mueller, 



9 . C, vermicularis, F. Mi 



Leaves p' 



in. long, sen-tvte-crenate, nigose aud plicate, rather rouglily stellate-tomentose. 

 Mowers veiy smr.ll, 2 or 3 togetlier, and shortly pedicellate. Buds obovoid. 

 Sepals linoar-ctineate, l^- lines long. Petals broadly obovoid. Stamens 



