Corcliorux.] TILTACEAE. 121 



muricate, loculicidally 2-5-valved, rarely transversely septate 

 between the seeds. Seeds numerous, pendulous or horizontal, 

 albuminous, embryo curved. 



Woody prostrate undershrub ; leaves roundish ; capsule '5-1*2 in. long, 



glabrous, cylindric, 4-valved ; beak entire 1. Antichorus. 



Erect annuals or rarely becoming perennial and woody but then 

 always with pubescent capsules ; leaves ovate-lanceolate to oblong- 

 lanceolate : 



Capsule elongated ; valves thin : 



Capsule ending in 3 radiating points, 3-4-valved, 1-1-5 in. long: 

 Capsule 6-angled, 3-winged ; leaves straight-sided, serrate 



2. acutainjulus. 

 Capsule cylindric, not winged ; leaves ovate, crenate-serrate 



3. tridens. 

 Capsule ending in a single beak, lobed at the summit : 



Capsule -5 in. long, cylindric, pubescent, 3-valved ; leaves 



straight-sided, serrate 4. fascicularis. 



Capsule 1-3 in. long, ribbed or angled, glabrous or scabrid : 

 Capsule 10-ribbed, 5-valved, glabrous ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, 



finely crenate serrate 5. oU-tonus. 



Capsule 3-4-angled, 3-4-valved, more or less pubescent: 

 Capsule 1-5-3 in. long; leaves straight-sided, crenate serrate 



6. trtioculari*. 

 Capsule under 1 in. long; leaves ovate, serrate 



7. urticaefolius. 



Capsule depressed globose, ridged and muricate, 5-valved ; valves 

 woody; leaves straight-sided, serrate 8. cdpuwbrris. 



1. CORCHORUS ANTICHORUS, Eaeusch. ; F. B. I. i. 398. C. 

 humilis, Munro ; Wt. Ic. t. 1073. 



Deccan red soils, Cuddapah District. 



2. CORCHORUS ACUTANGULUS, Lam. ; F. B. I. i. 398 ; W. & A. 

 73 ; Wt. Ic. t. 739. 



Pastures and cultivated land by the sides of ditches in 

 most Districts of the Deccan, Carnatic and W. Coast. 



3. CORCHORUS TRIDENS, Linn. ; F. B. I. i. 398 ; W. & A. 73. 



Dry Districts of the Deccan and Carnatic, 011 roadsides and 

 waste lands. 



4. CORCHORUS FASCICULARIS, Lam. ; F. B. I. i. 398 ; W. & A. 72. 



Most Districts of the Circars and Carnatic from Godavari to 

 Tanjore. 



