2. Tbiumfetta.] 20. TILIACEM. 



2. T. rhomboidea, Jac%. Chikti, H. 



A herb, or undershrub 3-4 feet with more or less pubescent 

 branches and 3-lobed 5-7- nerved leaves, stellately hairy espe- 

 cially on the ribs beneath. Fruits pubescent \" diam. 

 including the minutely-hooked spines. 



Throughout the area, attaining its largest size in damp shady places. 



Fl. and Fr., Oct.-Jany. 



Stems usually more pubescent on one side. L. t lower with round base 

 attaining 5£* by 5'', 3-lobed and coarsely toothed with a petiole np to 4" 

 long. Upper leaves gradually smaller and uppermost lanceolate. Fls. 

 fascicled axillary and running into terminal spikes. Bep. linear * * 

 apiculate. Pet. oblong or spathulate, somewhat shorter. 



Yields a soft glossy fibre. Mucilaginous. 



The following species of Corchorus, viz., acutangulus, Lamk. with 

 narrow winged capsules and 3-fid beak ; fascicularis, Lamk. with nar- 

 row leaves and beaked capsules ; olitorius, L. and capsularis, L. are 

 found outside the forests. The last two give the fibre known as Jute. C 

 capsularis, Kaskomrau, 8. with globose capsules is found sometimes 

 apparently wild, the others are all probably truly wild. They flower in 

 the rains. C. olitorius, Vern. Hatempa, Bo. Bir Narcha, 8. is eaten as 

 a vegetable. It has broad ovate serrate leaves some, or all of them with a 

 slender tail each side of the base, and a linear long-beaked capsule 

 with transverse partitions between the seeds. 



Elaaocarpus serrarus, L. A tree with evergreen foliage and 

 axillary racemes of white flowers with laciniate petals is sometimes grown 

 in gardens. 



Fam. 21. STERCULIACEiE. 



Chaiacters of leaves, hairs, etc., of Malvaceae but fls. 

 often zygomorpbic, l-2-sexual or polygamous. Petals some- 

 times absent. St. sometimes definite and anther-cells always 

 2. parallel or divergent. Ovary sessile or stipitate, of 2-5 

 carpels loosely united and follicular in fruit, or connate into 

 as many cells, rarely carpel 1 (Waltheria). Ovules anatro- 

 pous. Frt. capsular or follicular. Cotyledons leafy. Alb. 

 present or 0. 



A. Petals 0. St. column bearing a head or ring of 

 anthers. Carpels in fruit distinct follicular. 

 L. simple or digitate ..... 1. Btereulia. 



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