120 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Triumfetta. 



indehiscent or separating into cocci. Seeds 1-2 in each cell, 

 pendulous, albuminous ; embryo straight ; cotyledons flat, 

 foliaceous. 



Fruit including bristles 1 in. across, hirsute ; leaves ovate-acuminate 



serrate, softly tomentose beneath ; perennial herb 1. pilota. 



Fruit including bristles '5 in. across, glabrous ; leaves ovate-caudate, 



serrate, glabrous ; annual herb 2. anmui. 



Fruit including bristles -2--25 in. across ; pericarp tomentose : 



Fruit ovoid ; bristles ciliate down one side ; stamens 5-13 ; leaves 

 subglabrous, irregularly bluntly dentate ; lower ones ovate 3-lobed ; 



annual herb 3. pcnta ndra . 



Fruit globose ; leaves tomentose beneath ; herbaceous undershrubs : 

 Lower leaves 3 5-lobed ; bristles of fruit glabrous ; stamens 8-15 



4. rhomboidea. 



Lower leaves orbicular; bristles of fruit puberulous ; stamens 15-25 



5. rotundifolia. 



1. TRIUMFETTA PILOSA, Both ; F. B. I. i. 394 ; W. & A. 74. 



In almost all Districts, up to 6,500 ft. in Nilgiris. 



2. TRIUMFETTA ANNUA, Linn. ; F. B. I. i. 396. 



Deccan, in Godavari and Bellary ; "W. Ghats, in S. C-anara 

 and Coorg. 



3. TRIUMFETTA PENTANDRA, A. Eich. T. neglecta, W. & A. ; 75 ; 

 F. B. I. i. 396. 



E. Coast in Guntur ; Tinnevelly. 



4. TRIUMFETTA RHOMBOIDEA, Jacq. ; F. B. I. i. 395. T. anfjulata, 

 Lam. ; W. & A. 74 ; Wt. Ic. t. 320. 



In almost all Districts. 



5. TRIUMFETTA ROTUNDIFOLIA, Lam. ; F. B. I. i. 395 ; W. & A. 



75. 



In all Districts of the Circars, Deccan and Carnatic. 



3. Corchorus, Linn. 



Herbs or undershrubs. Leaves serrate, lower pair of teeth 

 usually prolonged into hairs. Flowers small, yellow ; peduncles 

 very short, axillary or leaf-opposed, 1-few-flowered, bracteate. 

 Sepals 4-5. Petals 4-5, naked at the base. Stamens numerous 

 (or 8-10), inserted on a very short torus. Ovary 2-5-celled ; 

 ovules many in each cell ; style short, the apex stigmatose. 

 Capsule siliquiform and even, or subglobose and echinate or 



