3o6 XXV. TiLiACE^. [Corchonis. 



2 in. lone. Hab. Occasional weed never cultivated. The jute. 

 Selangor, Bukit Kutu (Ridley). 



(4) C. acutangulus Lam. Did. ii. 104; Wight Ic. t. 739; 

 Masters, I.e. i. 398; King, I.e. 118. 



A herbaceous or slightly woody plant, prostrate or erect branched, 

 nearly glabrous, stem with a line of pubescence running up it. 

 Leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate acute or acuminate, serrate, base 

 rounded, '5 to 3 in. long, '2 to 17 in. wide, herbaceous; petioles 

 •I to I in. long. Stipules long, subulate. Flowers "2 in. long, 

 yellow, in axillary pairs. Capsule i to 1*5 in. long, cylindric, 

 6-winged with 3 terminal beaks, 3-celled. Hah. Open ground and 

 rocks by the sea very variable. Singapore, Chan Chu Kang. 

 Johor, Gunong Pantai base (Kunstler). Pahang, Tembeling River 

 sand-banks, a dwarf form ; Pulau Jellam, Pahang River. Selangor, 

 Port Swettenham. Perlis, Tebing Tinggi ; Penang, Telok Bahang 

 (Curtis). Disirib. India, Australia, Africa, West Indies. Native 

 name : Rumput Baya Roaza. 



8. COLUMBIA, DC. 



Trees often hairy or pubescent. Leaves alternate, lanceolate 

 often serrate, base usually obliquely bilobed. Flowers in terminal 

 panicles, bracteate. Sepals 5, lanceolate or oblong. Petals shorter 

 or about as long. Stamens numerous. Fruit a winged capsule, 

 wings 2 to 4. Species about 5, Malaya, India, Annam, China. 



Leaves lanceolate, long-acuminate, base unequal, grey 



beneath . . . . (i) C. serratifolia 



Leaves broad ovate, base unequal . . . . (2) C. integrifolia 



Leaves small, oblong or elliptic, acuminate, sub- 

 glabrous, base nearly equal, nor cordate. 

 Wings of fruit 2 . . . . . . (3) C. diptera 



Wings of fruit 4 . . . (4) C. Curtisii 



(i) C. serratifolia DC. Prod. i. 512. 



Tree. Branches villous. Leaves lanceolate acuminate, serrate 

 towards tip, base unequally bilobed, glabrous above; nerves hairy 

 or pubescent, beneath minutely velvety grey, 'lo in. long, 3 in. 

 wide or less; petioles -25 in. long. Panicles 6 in. or more long, 

 2 to 4 in. wide. Flowers numerous about "5 in. across ; pedicels 

 •2 in. long. Bracts whorled, obcuneate, deeply cleft into laciniae. 

 Sepals lanceolate acute, white-pubescent outside. Petals shorter, 

 nearly glabrous, oblanceolate thin, orange yellow speckled red. 

 Capsule obovoid, 4-winged, wings narrow, ribbed transversely 

 •5 in. long and wide. Hab. Johor, Penyabong (Foxworthy) ; 

 Pahang, Pulau Tiuman, Juara Bay (Burkill) ; Pianggu, Endau 

 (Evans). Disirib. Borneo, Celebes, Philippines. 



(2) C. integrifolia Ridl. Joiirn. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 57, p. 26. 



Tree 30 ft. tall. Branchlets stellate-hairy. Leaves oblong, 

 shortly acuminate, base unequally lobed, i lobe -5 in. longer than 



