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1. CoRcnORCS CAPSULARis, L. sp. 74G. Annual, shrubby, glabrea- 

 cent. Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, coarsely 

 serrate, the base rounded and with 2 subulate appendages : length 2 to 

 4 in., breadth "75 to 1"5 in., petiole "5 in. or less ; stipules linear-subu- 

 late •25 to '5 in. Capsules axillary, truncate-globo.se, ridged, wrinkled, 

 sub-muricate, 5-celled. Seeds few in each cell. DC. Prodr. i. 505 ; 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 581; W. & A. Prodr. i. 73; Wall. Cat. 1071 A, 



B, C; Wight. Ic. t. 311 ; Thwaites Enum. 31; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 25 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 194 ; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 397. 



C. Mama, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 6311.— Rumph. Amb. v. t. 78, f. 1. 



Cultivated here and there in all the provinces for its fibre which 

 is known in commerce as " Jute." Doubtfully wild. 



2. CoRCHORUS OLiTORius, L. sp. 746. Annual, shrubby, glabi-escent. 

 Leaves ovate-lanceolate, sei'rate, the base rounded and with 2 subulate ap- 

 pendages: length 2 to 4 in., breadth '75 to 2 in., petiole "75 to 1*5 in., ; 

 stipules linear, "5 to 1 in. Capsules cylindric, 10 ribbed, 5-celled, 2 in. lono-. 

 DC. Prod. i. 504; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 581 ; W. & A. Prod. i. 73; Wall. Cat. 

 1072 ; 1, 2, 3, 4, D, E, F ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, i. 845 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 25; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 195; Thwaites Enum. 31 ; Hook. fil. 

 Fl. Br. Ind. i. 397. C. decemangularis, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 582 ; Wall. 

 Cat. p. 237, 1072 G. 



Doubtfully wild : but occasionally cultivated in all the provinces 

 tinder the name of " Jute." 



3. CoRCHORUS ACUTANGULUS, Lamk. Diet. ii. 104. Erect, herba- 

 ceous, the stems with a bi'oad line of pubescence interi'upted and vary- 

 ing in position at the nodes, othei'wise glabi'ous. Leaves ovate to ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute or acuminate, serrate, the base rounded, with or with- 

 out subulate appendages, sparsely hairy on both surfaces ; length 1'5 to 

 2 in., breadth -75 to 1-75 in. ; petiole "25 to "75 in. slender, villous at the 

 apex: stipules lanceolate, acuminate, "5 in. long. Capsules 1 to 1-5 in. 

 long, cylindric, 6-winged, with 3 terminal bifid beaks, 3-celled. DC. 

 Prod. i. 505; W. & A. Prodr. i. 73; Wall. Cat. 1069, 1074 D, E; Wight 

 Ic. t. 739 ; Thwaites Enum. 31 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 25 ; Miq. Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 194 ; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 398. 0. restuans ? 

 Ham. in Wall. Cat. p. 237, 1074 C. C. fuscus, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 42 ; 

 Fl. Ind. ii. 582; Ham. in Wall. Cat. 1069. 



Johore : at the base of Gunong Panti, King's Collector, No. 180. 

 Distrib. India, Ceylon, Australia, Africa, W. Indies. 



8. Trichospermdm, Blume. 



Trees with penni-nerved, minutely stellate, pubcrulous leaves. 



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