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XLVIII.—THE GENUS CORCHOROPSIS. 
H. Taxepa. 
This small genus, established on a single Japanese species, has 
been referred to Tiliaceae since the time of its publication.* 
When gehts Paradombeya, a new genus of Sterculiaceae, Stapf, 
however, pointed outt that his genus had a close relationship to 
Corchoropsis and Pentapetes. It has therefore been stbgeetod to 
me that it would be interesting to determine to what Natural Order 
the genus Corchoropsis should be referred. 
_ The original description and figures given by Siebold and 
Zuccarini are excellent on the whole except for the stamens. The 
stamens are, Se, 15 in oe very slightly united at the 
In external appearance Uorekers opsis is very similar to Corchorus, 
as was noticed by Siebold and Zuccarini. The structure of the 
flower is, however, totally different from that tiliaceous genus in 
having a definite number of stamens and staminodes as well as in 
the nature of the petals, nor does it possess a ae affinity to any 
other genus of Tiliaceae. I am consequently led to the conclusion 
that the genus in question is to be transferred to Sr seeaglinaae tribe 
Dombeyeae. 
The genus is only known from the Far East, and includes, at 
pee two species. The synonymy and distribution are as 
follow 
Cocaine tomentosa, Makino in Toky6 Bot. Mag. xvii. (1903), 
p. 11.—Corchorus tomentosus, Thunb. Fl. Japon. p. 228, excel. 
syn. eget aie crenata, Sie et Zuce.in Abh. Akad. Miinch. ili., 
p. 738, tab. iv., 1; Mig. P Fl. Japon. p. 206; Fr. et Sav 
Enum. Pl. Japon. i, p- 66; F ibe et Hemsl. Index Fi, Sinensis, 
i, p. 94. 
Japan, China, and Manchuria. 
Corchoropsis psilocarpa, Harms et Lésen. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 
xxxiv., Beibl. 75, p. 51 tet abe Fl. Mansh. iii., p. 24; 
Nakai FI. Koreana, i. p. 105, tab 
Corea, China, and Manchuti” 
* Sieb. et Zuce. in Abh, Akad. Miinch. iii, p. 737, tab. iv, 1. (1843). 
+ Stapf in Hook. Icon. PI. ser. 4, viii, 1905, sub tab, 2743. 
