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TILIACEjE. V. COECHORUS. VI. HONCKENYA. VII. TRIUMFETTA. 



SECT. IV. GA'NJA (the name of the plant in Amboyna). 

 Rumph. amb. 5. t. 78. f. 1. D. C. prod. 1. p. 505. Capsules 

 somewhat globose, depressed, wrinkled, muricated. 



26 C. CAPSULA'RIS (Lin. spec. 746.) leaves ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminated, serrated, with the lower serratures setaceous. O- S. 

 Native of the East Indies. Gsert. fr. t. 129. Jacq. eel. 2. 

 t. 120. Pluk. aim. t. 255. f. 4. Flowers yellow, in clusters, 

 opposite the leaves. 



Capsular-podded Corchorus. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1731. 

 PL 1 to 4 feet. 



SECT. V. GUAZUMOI'DES (from Guazuma and idea, form ; 

 plants agreeing with Guazuma, in having prickly capsules). D. C. 

 prod. 1. p. 505. Capsules ovate, somewhat velvety, and echi- 

 nated with soft prickles. Flowers yellow. 



27 C. HIRSU'TUS (Lin. spec. 747.) capsules ovate, woolly ; 

 leaves ovate, obtuse, tomentose, equally serrate-crenated or 

 entire. Tj . S. Native of South America. Plum. ed. Burm. 

 t. 104. Jacq. amer. pict. 81. t. 157. C. frutescens, Lam. 

 diet. 2. p. 105. Peduncles umbellate, many-flowered. 



Var. ft, oblongifolius ; leaves oblong. J? . S. Native of 

 Jamaica, &c. C. hirstitus, Jacq. hort. vind. t. 57. f. 2. 



Hairy Corchorus. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1752. Shrub 4 

 to 5 feet. 



28 C. ARENA'RIUS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 

 339.) capsules oblong, 3-sided, 3-celled ; leaves small, in fasci- 

 cles, oblong, blunt at both ends, undulately-crenated, rather 

 complicated, coriaceous, tomentose ; branches clothed with 

 flocky down. T? . S. Native of New Andalusia in sandy places. 



Sand Corchorus. Shrub 8 to 1 2 feet. 



29 C. TOMENTOSUS (Thunb. fl. jap. 228.) capsules oblong, 

 woolly ; leaves ovate, obtuse, tomentose, equally serrated, f? . G. 

 Native on the mountains of Japan. Flowers orange-coloured, 

 usually solitary. 



Tomentose Corchorus. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



f Species not sufficiently known. 



30 C. ? SCA'NDENS (Thunb. in Lin. trans. 2. p. 335.) leaves 

 opposite, ovate, with setaceous serratures ; stem and branches 

 flexuous-scandent ; flowers terminal, solitary, fy . ^.G. Native 

 of Japan. Flowers yellow. 



Climbing Corchorus. Shrub climbing. 



31 C. SERRA'TUS (Thunb. 1. c.) leaves oblong, serrated ; ser- 

 ratures pointed ; branches smooth. Ij ? G. Native of Japan. 

 Branches purple. Flowers yellow, terminal. 



Serrate-leaved Corchorus. Shrub 2 feet. 



32 C. FLEXUOSUS (Thunb. 1. c.) leaves doubly serrated, acu- 

 minated, obliquely cordate, villous ; stem flexuous. Tj ? S. 

 Native of Japan. Flowers yellow. 



Flexuous-stemmed Corchorus. Shrub 2 feet. 



33 C.? JAVA'NICUS (Burm. ind. 123. t. 36. f. 3.) capsules 

 roundish, hispid ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, equally serrated ; 

 calyxes awned. ^ 1 S. Native of Java. Perhaps this plant 

 is nearer Melochia. 



Java Corchorus. Shrub ? 



34 C. BURMA'NNI (D. C. prod. 1. p. 505.) capsules awl- 

 shaped, trigonal, 3-celled, 3-valved ; leaves linear-oblong, ser- 

 rated, with the lower serratures setaceous. J; . S. Native of 

 the East Indies. C. trilocularis, Burm. ind. p. 123. t. 37. f. 2. 

 This plant is probably referable to C. trilocularis or to C. trtdens, 

 but according to the figure it is distinct from both. 



Burmann's Corchorus. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



35 C. BIFURCA'TUS (Mill. diet. no. 6.) capsules linear, com- 



pressed, forked at the apex ; leaves cordate, serrated. O- S. 

 Native of Jamaica. Flowers pale-yellow. Capsules 2-celled. 

 7o-^brA:ed-capsuled Corchorus. PL 2 to 3 feet. 



36 C. FURCA'TUS (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 42.). . S. Native 

 of the East Indies. Flowers yellow. 



Forced-capsuled Corchorus. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



37 C. DECEMANGULA'RIS (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 42.) capsules 

 10-angled. O- S. Native of the East Indies in Bengal. 



Ten-angled-capsu\ed Corchorus. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



38 C. QUADRANGULARIS ; erect, smooth, branched ; leaves 

 lanceolate, acute, serrated, with the lower serratures setaceous ; 

 stipulas setaceous ; flowers nearly sessile ; capsule long, qua- 

 drangular. O ? J? ? H. Native of Sierra Leone. 



Quadrangular-capsuled Corchorus. PL 1 foot. 



Cult. This is a genus of trifling plants with small yellow 

 flowers ; therefore they are not worth cultivating, except in 

 botanic gardens. They will thrive best in a light sandy soil, and 

 cuttings of the shrubby kinds will readily root in sand, under a 

 hand-glass, in a moderate heat. The annual species require to 

 be sown on a hot-bed in spring, and when the plants are of 

 sufficient size they should be potted off into separate pots, and 

 then placed in the greenhouse or stove, or they may be planted 

 out in the open border in a warm sheltered situation about the 

 middle of May, where they will probably ripen seed. 



VI. HONCKE'NYA (in honour of G. A. Honckeney, a cele- 

 brated German cultivator of plants.) Willd. in Ust. del. op. p. 

 201. t. 4. D. C. prod. 1. p. 506.^ 



LIN. SYST. Octdndria, Monogynia. Calyx of 5 sepals, co- 

 riaceous, hairy on the outside, coloured on the inside. Petals 5, 

 oblong. Stamens 8, with oblong anthers, intermixed with nu- 

 merous capillary threads. Ovary oblong. Style 1. Stigma 

 6-toothed. Capsules echinated with prickles, 5-celled, 5-valved, 

 with a dissepiment in the middle of each valve. Seeds numer- 

 ous, arillate. This shrub is allied on the one side to Spar- 

 mdnnia, and on the other to Apelba. 



1 H. FICIFOLIA (Willd. 1. c.) TZ . S. Native of Guinea. 

 Leaves clothed on the under surface with brownish tomentum, 

 upper ones spatulate-oblong, toothed, lower ones obtusely 3-5- 

 lobed. Flowers terminal in threes, of a bluish-violet colour. 



Fig-leaved Honckenya. Shrub or Tree. 



Cult. This plant will thrive in a mixture of loam and peat ; 

 and young cuttings will root in sand under a hand-glass, in heat. 



VII. TRIUMFE'TTA (in honour of John Baptist Trium- 

 fetti, an Italian botanist, author of observations on the vegeta- 

 tion of plants; died 1707. It must also distinguish Laelius 

 Triumfetti his brother, once professor of botany at Rome.) 

 Lin. gen. no. 600. D. C. prod. 1. p. 506. 



LIN. SYST. Deca-Poly&ndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-sepalled, 

 blunt, or usually with a point just under the apex. Petals 5, 

 with the claws ciliated, rarely wanting. Stamens 10-30, free, 

 girded by a narrow urceolus at the base. Glands 5 on the 

 receptacle, opposite the petals. Ovary roundish. Style 1, 2- 

 5-toothed at the apex. Carpels 2-5, more or less closely joined 

 into a single fruit, which is beset with hooked prickles. Seeds 1 

 or 2 in each cell or carpel, hairy. Embryo straight. Shrubs, 

 rarely herbs, with simple or 3-lobed leaves, for the most part 

 3-nerved at the base. Peduncles solitary, axillary, 2-3-flowered, 

 but usually crowded, frequently joined at the base, commonly 

 opposite the leaves, or disposed in clustered interrupted racemes 

 on the tops of the branches. Corolla yellow. Pili stellate. 



SECT. I. LA'PPULA (a dim. of Lappa, burdock, resemblance 

 in bristly capsules.) D. C. prod. 1. p. 506. Triumfetta, Gsert. 



