606 BURMA, ITS PEOPLE AXD PRODUCTIOXS. 



Capsules 1-1 J- incTi lonp;, almost terete, not wriukled, 3-4-celled, 3-4-tootlied at 

 apex, witliout partitions inside. 



* *•" Capsules uhouf h inch h>ig. Stamens b io \0. 

 C. FAScicrxAEis, Lamk. Plains between the Hlein and Irrawaddy. 



Capsules almost terete, tomentose, 3-celled, -svithout partitions inside. 



8 CajMuI.es elongate, f/iicJ,-, truncate, Q-aHgled, the alternate angles winged. 



C. ACTJTANGTTLTJS, Lauik. DeciJuous forests up to 3000 feet. 



C. fuscus, Eoxb. 



Stamens 15 to 20. Leaves without bristles. Capsules J-1 inch long, terminating 

 in 3 simple or 2-cleI't spreading points. 



All the species of Corehorus yield a useful fibre, collectively known in the market 

 as 'jute,' and in great demand for the manufacture of the coarse sacking known as 

 ' (ianiiy,' or ' Tat.' The leaves boiled afford a common vegetable. The plant grows 

 wild in Burma, and might be probably cultivated with profit for its fibre, for which 

 the demand is very great, and the selling price about 4 rupees a maund. 



B- Anthers opening by apical pores. 

 SLOAXJE^^. 

 Anthers linear. Stmninal disk flat or cushion-lilce, the scjials and petals inserted 

 directlg round the stamens. 



EcHiNOCAErus, Bliime. 



Sepals 4, imbricate, in 2 scries. Petals 4, gashed, almost imbricate. Dish thick 

 and broad. Capsule woody, 4-valved, echinate, setose, or velvety. 



E. siGUN, Bl. T. Tenasserim Hills (Thoung-ycen). 



U. mure.v, Bth. 



Leaves entire, tufted-hairy in the nerve-axils beneath. Prickles of fruit strong, 

 usually thickened at base. 



E. STEKCTJLiACEus, Bth. T. Upper Tenasserim between 3000 and 5000 feet. 



Leaves crenate-serrato or toothed, at least when young puberulous beneath, the 

 prickles longer, all thin and subulate. 



ELJEOCARPIE^E. 

 Anthers linear. Petals inserted round the base of a raised torus from the top of 

 which the stamens spring. 



El.eocakpus, Linnmis. 

 Sepals 4-5. Petals induplicate-valvate, laciniate or rarely entire. Prupes fleshy. 

 Sub- genus Moxoceeas. 

 Anthers aristatc. Flowers large, the petals fringed or rarely entire. 



"'•■ Petals entire, with a few short teeth at apex or siinjilg fringed, not cut or cleft. 

 Petioles continuous, not geniculate-incrassate. 



° Ltflorcscence and sepals outside almost glabrous. 



E. PETioLATUs, Jack. JH.T. Tenasserim. 



R Integra, Wall. 



E. oralis, !Miq. 

 All parts glabrous. 



° ° Inflorescence and sepals outside sillcg-pubescent. 



E. (Monoceras) teicaxthera, Griff. !Mergui. 



E. Griffithi, Kz. E.T. 

 Glabrous. Petals entire, acuminate. Pedicels l-l inch long. 



