Corchoriis?^ TlliaceCE. I S "^ 



Dry districts, rather common. Trincomalie (Moon) ; Puttalam (Nevill) ; 

 Anuradhapura. Fl. all the year ; yellow. 



Also in Southern India, Burma, and Abyssinia. 



4.* C. fascicularis, Lam. Eticycl. ii. 104 (1786). 

 Thw. Enum. 401. C. P. 2>772,- 

 FI. B. Ind. i. 398. 



An annual herb, much branched, stems glabrous ; 1. f-i| in., 

 oval-oblong, rounded at base, obtuse, serrate, glabrous, petiole 

 short, pilose, stip. linear, filiform ; fl. very small, 3-5 together, 

 nearly sessile ; capsule | in., cylindrical, long-beaked, very 

 hairy, 3-valved, valves faintly septate, seeds trigonous, smooth, 

 black. 



Low country, very rare. Only found near Colombo by Ferguson in 

 1862, and probably a casual weed only. Fl. July. 



Also in Peninsular India, and Trop. Africa and Australia. 



5. C. tridens, Z. Mant. ii. app. (1771). 

 Thw. Enum. 401. C. P. 3791. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 398. (Not given for Ceylon.) Burm. Fl. Ind. t. yj, f. 2 

 (C. trilociilaris). 



Annual, 1-2 ft, slightly branched, glabrous; 1. \\-2\ in., 

 oblong-linear, acute, coarsely crenate-serrate, the two lowest 

 teeth produced into filiform tails, petiole very short, stip. 

 setaceous, about as long ; fl. nearly sessile ; capsule \\ in., 

 slender, glabrous, with a short beak terminating in 3 spreading 

 or reflexed points, 3-valved, valves without partitions ; seeds 

 truncate at both ends, smooth, black. 



Dry country ; very rare. Trincomalie 1863 (Glenie). 

 Distributed through Tropical Asia, Africa, and Australia. 



6. C. acutangrulus, Lam. Eticycl. ii. 104 (1786). 

 Herm. Mus. 31. Burm. Thes. 75. Fl. Zeyl. n. 213 (C. oliforiiis, L.). 

 Moon Cat. 42. Thw. Enum. 31. C. P. 1106. 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 398. Wight, Ic. t. 739. 



Annual, 1-2 ft, much branched, branches slightly pubes- 

 cent ; 1. 1-2 in., oval or ovate, rounded at base, acute, crenate- 

 serrate, the 2 lowest teeth often prolonged into filiform tails, 

 hairy on veins beneath, petiole hairy, stip. filiform, shorter 

 than petiole; fl. shortly pedicellate; capsule f-i;^ in., erect, 

 cylindrical, truncate, 6-angled, 3 of the angles strongly winged 

 and terminating above in a horizontal or recurved beak, 

 3- (or 4-) valved, valves slightly septate ; seeds truncate, 

 rough, dark brown. 



