398 xxvin. TILIACEJE. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Corchorus. 



Wall. Cat. 1072 F, partly. C. subscandens, Watt. Cat. 1074. C. sestuans, 

 Hb. Madr. ; Wall. Cat. p. 237, 1074. 



Southern provinces of the WESTERN PENINSULA, Wight; Ava, Wallich; CEYLON, 

 Trincomalee, Thwaitc*.-DirnaB. Abyssinia. 



Leaves 2-3 by 1 If in., thinlv pilose, cordate, sometimes oblique, ovate acuminate, 

 dentate (almost precisely as in Urticad dumclet extra-axillary, 2-3-flowered. 



Capsule 1 in., bent downwards, hairy. Closely allied to C. trilocularia but with a much 

 shorter pod. 



5. C. fascicularis, Lam.; DC: Prodr. i. 605 ; annual, capsule short sub- 

 cylindric puberulous shortly beaked, valves nearly destitute of internal 

 partitions. li< ,.,!>. /'/. /W.'ii. 582 ; ThwaiU* Enum. 401; Dalz, ,( 

 J><nnb. Fl. 24 ; Wall. Cat. 6312. C. linearis, Wail. Cat. 1070, /*//////. 



Throughout the hotter parts of India from I'.ANDA, J:'</ ; i< u-orth, t<> I'.KX;AL, the 

 WKSTI.KN J'KXIXSCLA and CEYLON. I>ISTUIH. Tropical Australia and Africa. 



Leaves 1-2 by \-^ in., oblong lanceolate, serrated; pet' 

 J'< ill nicies opposite the (lowered. in. Xiamen* 5- IV. ' 



- in., 3 or 4 together, each 3-4-valved, valves downy. 



(J. C. Antichorus, Ita-ii^-h. Nomend. I>f. <</. iii. ins ; woody. perennial, 

 much branched, branches prostrate, capMile cylindric elongate beaked. 

 Bob*. FL Or'nnt. i. Mi; ; M.ixt. in Ol<>\ /'/. Trop. Aj'r. \. 263. Anticiu.rus 

 dt-pressus, Linn.: l><'. I'nxlr. i. .".ol. C'oi'chorns huniilis, Mmtrn Jloi't. 

 A<jr<'ii*. Ainu uili.i'. \ft\ Wi'jltt /c. 1073; Da //' /////. /' 



North Western India from Sixmi, .S'/(/c7,-.s- ( and the l'i X.IAH, Vmii'ij, to A;u \. Munro. 

 i \ I'KMNSILA, in Katiywar, (in/.erat and the Deccan. Di.-ri;n:. Ail'-'hai i-tan, 

 Aden, Tropical Africa. Cape 06 X'erde Isles. 



Branches tortuous, imbricate, 6-7 in. Lcaces i-| by i in., shortly petioled, roundish, 

 plicate, crenati'-serrate, base o-nervd. | short, stout, opposite the leaves. 



Capsules 4~1 i in., straight or curved, 4-valved. 



*** CajKule elongated, beak 3-fid .spreading. 



7. C. tridens, L. ; IK'. Prodr. i. 606; annual, capsule elongate cyl in - 

 dric terminated by 3 spreading jmints, valves without partitions. IT. ,c A. 

 J'rodr. i. 73; T/ifrail.-x Enum. 401 ; I!''///. Cat. H>73 ; Jini**. /'/. <),- 

 M"). C. Pxirinanni, l)i\ Prodr. i. no.-). C. linearis, Wall. Cat. lo7(). 

 C. trilocularis, Burm. FL lid. t, 37, f. 2. 



Generally distributed. DISTKIB. Australia and Africa. 



Variable as to habit, pubescence and form of leaf. Lfavcx 1-3 by -1 in., linear- 

 oblong or lanceolate; petiole b~\ in. J', ilum^c* 1 4-llowered. Capfiue 1-2 in Of 



this species\\ itjlit and Arnott reco. nise three forms, vi/. : a, leaves lanceolate acumin- 

 e. Wall. Cat. 1U7;5. 



ate. Wall. Cat. 1U7;5. /3, leaves linear oblong or linear-lanceolate, C. I'm mxiunli [)('. 

 C. II m an*, Wall. Cat. 1070, C. y, leaves oblong or obovate cuueate at the ! 

 The three forms merge one into the other. 



8. C. acutangulus, Lain. ; !><'. Pr<><lr. \. 505 ; annual, capsules elon- 

 gate (i-an^led 3 of the angles winged, beak 3-fid divisions spreading hori- 

 zontally, valves with or without partitions. W.t(*A. 7'/W/-. i. 73 ; Wall. 

 Cat. 1069, 1074 D, E; Wit/tit. Ic. t. 739; Tlnvaitt-s K,<nm. 31; Dal 2. <t- 

 (HI*. l'x>,>il>. Fl. 25; Mi'/. FL I ml. ]><tt. i. ]>t. i', J!)l. ( 1 . .estiians / Ha,,i. 

 ii, Wall. Cat. p. 237, 1074 C. C. i'uscus, Roxb. Uort. Bemj. 42; FL I ml. ii. 

 ( 582 ; Ham. in Wall. Cat. 1069. 



Throughout the hotter parts of INDIA and CEYLON. DISTRIB. Australia, Tropical 

 A rica, West Indies. 



Leaves 1-3 by |-1 in., more or less hairy, ovate and acute, or oblong and acuminate, 

 serrate, with or without basal lobes ; petiole \ iii., hairy. Stipules linear-subulate, 



