riLlACE.E. 60-5 



Capstdes indelmcfnf, (jhibular, echinate, the cells usually l-seeded {Lappula). 

 T. KOTiNDiFOLiA, Lanilc. Ava. 



Leaves rotundato, not lobed, blunt, beneath greyisli-tomentoso like tlie sepals. 



T. KHOMiioiiiK.v, Jaci[. A comiiion weed in cultivated laiuls and leal'-sbeddiug 



I\ ungidata, Lanik. forests all over Euima. Kamorta. 



T. Barirnmia, Koxb. 

 T. cana, lil. Cbittagong [fide Jfasters). 



Leaves rotundate, acuminate, often lobeil. The sepals stellate-hairy. 



Cap-tides when ripe separating into 3—1 cocci, denscli/ covered hij hii;/ bristles, the 

 cells usually '2-secdcd [Bartramia). 



T. axxtj.\, L. Mixed forests of Ava and Pegu. 



Leaves sliglitly hirsute. Capsules and bristles glabrous. 



T. rii.osA, Eoth. var. fi common all over Burma, in the mixed 



forests and clearings. 



var. fi oblonga. Wall. ; T. tomrnlosa, ilast. ; T. octinidra, Gritf. The bristles of 

 the carpels somewhat shorter and straight or nearly so. 



Masters identifies var. ji of this species with 7'. tnmcntosa, Boj. The Mauritian 

 plant, which for a long time was cultivated in H.B.C., but is now apparently lost, haa 

 a velvety tomcntum and small globular fruits not larger than those of T. rhomhoidea, 

 while Masters describes them as being as large as a cherry. 



DiCLiDOCAEPUs, Asa Gray. 



D. (Trichospermum) J.waxicum, Blume. Tropical forests of Kamorta. 

 Bixagrctcia Nicobarica, Kz. 



tilie.t:. 



Sepals distinct. I'ctals uithout a scale at base, inserted directly round the stamens. 



■"•■ Capsule opening luculicidally, almost pod-liJce or globular, many-seeded. 

 CoHcnoRfs, Linnaus. 

 Stamens all anther-bearing. Capsules pod-like or globular, striate or muricate. 



§ Capsules globular or nearly so, more or less muricate. 



*C. CAPsuLAUis, L. Cultivated for its fibre all over Burma. 



Lower pairs of serratures of leaves produced into five bristles. Capsules 10-sulcatc, 

 truncate. The fibre is the 'Jute ' of commerce. 



§ Capsules more or less elongate or linear, cylindrical or angular, but not winged. 

 * Capsules \ to '2 inches long or longer. Stamens very numerous. 

 ° Lower pair of serratures of leaves produced into long bristles. 



*C. oLiTORius, L. Wild and cultivated for its fibre in Ava and Pegu. 



C. decemangularis, Eoxb. 



Capsules 2 inches long, 5-celled and o-ribbcd, longitudinally pitted, the partitions 

 within very distinct. 



^ ° Leaves without basal bristles, usually small and blunt. 



C. TRii.ocrLARis, L. Burma {fide Mason). 



Capsules 2 inches long, sparingly aud minutely tubercled, glabrous, beaked. 



C. rRTiCEFOLirs, W.A. Ava. 



As preceding, but capsules only about 1 inch long, thinly pilose. 



C. TRIDKXS, L. Prome. 



C. triloeularis, Burm. 



