1 82 Tiliacece. \Corchorus^ 



than long, \ in. diam., ridged and muricated, 5-valvcd, valves 

 woody, without transverse partitions on inside ; seeds wedge- 

 shaped, smooth, brown. 



Low country ; ' very common,' according to Thwaites, but I have 

 never met with it. Kalutara (Moon) ; Bintenne (Gardner). A casual 

 weed .'' Fl. yellow. 



Native of India, and perhaps of Malaya, cultivated elsewhere in the 

 Tropics. 



There is a drawing, but no specimen in Hermann's Herb. 



This is one of the species so largely cultivated for jute in Bengal, but 

 it is not grown in Ceylon. It is, perhaps, only a cultivated race of C. 

 olitorius. 



2. C. olitorius, L. Sp. PL 529 (1753). 

 Thw. Enum. 31. C. P. 1107. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 397. Bot. Mag. t. 2810. 



An annual or perennial herb, 3-4 ft., much branched,, 

 stems glabrous ; 1. 3-5 in., ovate-lanceolate, rounded at base,, 

 acuminate, acute, serrate, the two lowest serrations prolonged 

 into dcflexed filiform tails \ in. long, glabrous on both sides, 

 3-5-veined at base, veins conspicuous beneath, petiole \-\\ in., 

 slightly pilose above, stip. | in., setaceous ; fl. on very short 

 ped., \ in. diam., buds obovate, angled, cuspidate ; sep. linear, 

 acuminate, cuspidate ; pet. longer than sep. ; style papillose ; 

 capsule linear, \\-2\ in. long, linear, cylindrical, tapering, 

 with 5 short points at apex, glabrous, 5-valved, valves with 

 transverse partitions between the seeds ; seeds triangular,, 

 pointed, slightly wrinkled, black. 



Low country, a weed by roadsides, common, but, perhaps, introduced. 

 Fl. July ; yellow. 



Native of India and Malaya, and spread by cultivation to other Tropical 

 and Sub-tropical countries. Largely grown in Bengal for the production 

 of jute and elsewhere as a potherb. 



I have not seen much of this. It is represented in Hermann's Herb, 

 by C. aciita7igultcs. 



3. C. urticaefolius, W. atid A. Prod. T^ (1834). 

 Thw. Enum. 31. C. P. 2758. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 397. 



Annual, stems 1-3 ft., softly hairy ; 1. 2-2^ in., ovate,, 

 rounded at base, acute, coarsely serrate, glabrous or slightly 

 hairy above, softly hairy beneath, petiole i-i^ in., hairy, stip. 

 \ in., setaceous ; fl. shortly pedicellate ; sep. apiculatc, very 

 hairy ; capsule about i in., linear, slightly curved, dcflexed, 

 beaked, hairy, 2-3-valvcd, valves with internal partitions 

 between the seeds ; seeds wrinkled, black. 



