150 XXYIT. TILIACEiE. 



branches terete, glabrous. Leaves |-1^ by ^-^ in., elliptic-obloug, 

 obtuse, serrate, the lower serratures not (or rarely) produced into 

 filiform appendages, glabrous, base rounded or cuneate ; petioles very 

 short, pilose ; stipules lanceolate-subulate. Flowers in very short 

 (almost sessile), leaf-opposed cymes ; buds obovoid apiculate ; bracts 

 long, lanceolate ; peduncles 2-5-flowered. Sepals ^ in. long, linear, 

 apiculate. Petals obloug-obovate. Capsules jy in. long, shortly beaked, 

 straight, cylindric, pubescent, 3-valved ; valves slightly septate between 

 the seeds. Seeds wedge-shaped, black, smooth. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 398 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 24; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, p. 183; Woodr. in Jouru. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 265 ; AVatt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 539. 

 — Flowers : Sept. Veen. Bahuphalli. 



Tolerably common in the hotter parts of the Presidency. Deccan : Poena, Wood- 

 row ! ; Kolhapur, Couke .' Gujarat : Woodrow ; Surat, Dalzell. — Distrib. Tropical 

 Africa, Australia, Ceylon. 



5. Corchorus Antichorus, Raensch. Nom. ed. 3 (1797) p. 158. 

 Perennial, 6-9 in., prostrate, mugh-branclied from the base ; branches 

 twisted, imbricate, woody. Leaves 1-1 by \-^ in., roundish, usually 

 wrinkled, glabrous, irregularly crenate-serrate, the serratures not 

 appendaged, base rounded or cuneate ; petioles i-1 in. long, Aery 

 slender ; stipides subulate. Flowers numerous, on leaf-opposed cymes ; 

 buds obovoid, apiculate ; bracts lanceolate-subulate ; peduncles and 

 pedicels very short. Sepals -^ in, long, linear-oblong, apiculate. Petals 

 longer than the sepals, oblong-obovate. Capsules §-§ in. long, cylindric, 

 beaked, glabrous, often curved upwards, 4-valved ; valves scarcely, if at 

 all, septate between the seeds. Seeds trigonous, black. Fl. B, I. v. 1, 

 p. 398 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 1, p. 846 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 11 (1897) p. 265; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 535. Corchorus 

 hiunilis, Munro, Hort. Agrensis, App. p. 35 ; Dalz. & Gibs, p. 25. — 

 Flowers : Sept.-Oct. Vern. Mudliiri. 



Common in dry and hot districts ; a member of tlie Indian desert flora. Deccan : 

 BalzcU. Gujarat: Dahell; Rnjkot (Kathiawar), Cookel; Gogo (Kathiawar), 

 J)rihfill\ SiND : 8tocks\, Dalzelll; Hyderabad, Sirackanl — Distrib. Tropicil Africa, 

 Afghanistan, Arabia, Cape de Verde Islands. 



6. Corchorus tridens, Linn. Mantiss., Ajjj). (1771) p. 566. Annual, 

 1-2 ft. high ; branches glabrous. Leaves 1y~3^ by -^-1 in., linear- 

 oblong or lanceolate, crenate-serrate, the lower serratures on each side 

 usually prolonged into filiform appendages, glabrous or more or less 

 ])ubescent ; petioles -^^ in. long ; stipules subulate, \ in. long. Flowers 

 1-4 together, nearly sessile ; buds obovoid, apiculate. Sepals g in. long, 

 linear-oblong, apiculate. Petals obovate-oblong, slightly longer than 

 the sepals. Capsules 1-1 J- in. long, slender, glabrous, terminating in 

 3 stellately spreading or de flexed points, 3-valved ; valves without 

 partitions. Seeds truncate at both ends, black. 1*1. B. I. v. 1, p. 398 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 265; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 2, p. 544. 



SiND : Woodrow, Sfockul — Distrib. Tropical Africa and Australia. 



7. Corchorus acutangulus, fAnn. Encyc. v. 2 (1786) p. 104. 

 Annual, much-branched ; branches more or less pubescent. Leaves 

 1-3 L by Y~l if in,, ovate, acute, serrate, the lower serratures on each side 



