262 XXVII. TiLiACE^ (masters). \_Corchorus. 



Stem herbaceous, erect 5. C urticifolius. 



Stem prostrate. 



leaves oblong, 1-2 in. long 6. C.fascicularis. 



Leaves roundish, very small 1. C. Aniichorus. 



Capsule 3-0-valved, beaked. Beak divided, spreading hori- 

 zontally. 



Capsule short, stout, winged . . 8. C acutangulus. 



Capsule long, slender, wingless 9. C tridens. 



Shrubby toraentose 10. C. hirsutus. 



1. C. olitorius, iz««. ; DC. Prod. i. 405. Annual or suffrutesceiit, 

 with erect, branching, nearly glabrous stem. Leafstalks 1-2 in. long, pilose. 

 Stipules setaceous, half the length of the petioles. Leaves 2-4 in. long, 1-2 

 in. wide, ovate-lanceolate, 3-5 -nerved, smooth, serrate ; the two lowermost 

 serratures prolonged into long setaceous appendages. Pedicels 2-3-flowered, 

 erect, shorter than the petioles. Sepals sharply pointed, shorter than the 

 spathulate yellow petals. Pod cylindrical, appressed, straight or slightly 

 curved, 1-3 in. long, 10-ribbed, 5-valved, each valve ending in a long point, 

 the whole forming a long, straight, undivided beak to the fruit ; inner sur- 

 face of the valves transversely septate and pitted to receive the numerous 

 blackish seeds. — G. longicarpus^ Don, Gen. Syst. i. 543. C. lanceolatus, 

 Don, 1. c. 



Wild, or cultivated as a potherb in every part of tropical Africa, and also widely diffused 

 throughout the tropics, extending even into Austraha. It varies considerably in stature, 

 form of leaf, hairiuess, etc. The valuable fibre, known as Jute, is derived from this and 

 allied species. 



2. C. trilocularis, Linn.; DC. Frod. i. 504. Annual or sometimes 

 perennial (?), with numerous, erect or decumbent, purplish, smooth or pilose, 

 branching stems. Leaves elliptic, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 1-3 in. long, 

 ^1 in. wide, crenate-serrate, either with or without basal lobes. Petioles 

 very short, pilose. Stipules setaceous. Pedicels very short, 2-3-flovvered. 

 Petals spathulate, bright yellow. Pods 2-3 in. long, erect, straight or curved, 

 slender, 3-4-angled, 3-4-valved ; valves scabrous, deeply pitted on the inner 

 surface and ending in a short straight point. Seeds numerous. — C. fruticu- 

 losus, Visiani ex Walp. Rep. i. 354. C. serrcsfolius, DC. Prod. i. 504. C. 

 triflorus, Bojer, ex Walp. liep. v. 117. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Dillon and Petit ! Unyoro, Speke and Grant ! 



Ijower Guinea. Angola, Dr. Welwitsch ! 



South Central, Baines ! 



Mozaxnb. Distr. Senna, Zambesi, Peters ! 



3. C. lon^pedunculatus, Jfa5^. An annual, 1-2 ft. high, giving 

 off, from near the base of the stem, numerous, elongated, slender, decumbent 

 or erect, nearly smooth branches. Leafstalks very slender, \ in. in length. 

 Stipules subulate, setaceous, shorter than the leafstalk. Leaves 1-3 in. long, 

 \-\ in. wide, linear, acute, at both ends, 1-costate, dentijculate. PediceTs 

 hair-like, nearly as long as the leaves to which they are opposite, 1-3- 

 flowered. Sepals subulate, setaceous. Petals spathulate below. Pod erect, 

 1-2 in. long, straight, linear, triquetrous, beaked, tapering at the base, 3- 



