Triumfetta.] xxv. tiliace^. 305 



(Ridley). Distrib. Cochin-China, Java, Borneo, Cocos, Philippines 

 and islands off Queensland. 



Excluded Species 



T. annua Linn. Mant. p. 73, is given as a weed from Perak by 

 King, I.e. 117. The only specimens of King's I have seen so labelled 

 were T. pilosci. 



7. CORCHORUS, Linn. 



Herbs or shrublets more or less stellate-pubescent. Peduncles 

 axillary i- to 2-fiowered. Flowers small, yellow. Sepals 4 or 5. 

 Petals 4 or 5. Stamens free, indefinite or twice as many as petals 

 on a short torus. Ovary 2- to 6-celled ; style short. Stigma cup- 

 shaped. Capsule elongate-cylindric angled, or sub-globose, 2- to 

 5-valved. Seeds numerous, albuminous. Species 35, tropics 

 generally. 



Capsule globose . . . . . . . (i) C. capsularis 



cylindric, smootli . . . . . . (2) C. tridens 



cylindric, lo-ridged . . . . . . (3) C. olitorius 



cylindric, 6-winged . . . . . . (4) C. acutangulus 



(i) C. capsularis Linn. Sp. PI. 746; Wight Ic. t. 311; Masters, 

 in Hook. fil. F.B.L i. 397; King, I.e. 117. 



Annual, shrubby, erect little branched 2 to 4 ft. tall, glabrous. 

 Leaves lanceolate acuminate, coarsely serrate, base rounded with 

 2 subulate appendages, 2 to 4 in. long, 75 to 1-5 in. wide; petioles 

 •5 in. long. Stipules linear-subulate. Flowers in small axillary 

 clusters, yellow, 'i in. long. Capsule globose truncate, ridged and 

 wrinkled, '5 in. long, 3 in. wide, on short stout "i-in. peduncles, 

 5-celled. Hab. Weed in waste ground, never cultivated, as King 

 suggests. Perak, Ulu Bubong in open bamboo jungle (Kunstler) ; 

 Perils at Kanga. Distrib. India. 



(2) C. tridens Linn. Mant. 366 ; Masters, I.e. i. 398. 

 Shrubby herb, Httle branched about 2 ft. tall, nearly glabrous. 



Leaves glabrous, oblong-lanceolate sub-acuminate, base rounded, 

 bluntly serrate, with 2 setaceous processes at base; nerves 6 

 slender, 1-5 to 4-5 in. long, '5 to i in. across; petioles slender -4 in. 

 long. Flowers -i in. long, yellow. Capsule cylindric, 17 in. long, 

 less than -i in. thick, with 3 short recurved points at tip, no ridges 

 or wings. Hab. Rocks by the sea or in dry open country. Johor, 

 Minyak Buku, Batu Pahat. Province Wellesley, Permatang 

 Bertam. Distrib. India, Australia. 



(3) C. olitorius Linn. Sp. PL 746; Masters, I.e. i. 397; King, 

 I.e. 118. 



Shrubby annual 2 ft. or more tall, nearly glabrous. Leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate serrate, base rounded with 2 subulate appendages, 

 2 to 4 in. long, 75 to 2 in. wide ; petioles 75 to 1-5 in. long. Stipules 

 linear. Flowers yellow. Capsule cyhndric, lo-ribbed, 5-celled, 



Fl.M.P., I. X 



