1^20 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL RISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XXI. 



Herbs, ekect, with Alternate Stipuiate Simple Leaves. 



Leap Margins Toothed. 



Petals Ununited. 



stamens 8-15, style thread-like, stigma 5-toothed ; 

 capsule \ in. diam., round or ovoid, white-felted, 

 prickly, spines j^ in., hooked, smooth, not dilated 

 at the base, seeds one or two in each cell. 



Triumfetta rotundifolia, 



see Shrubs, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 



Triumfetta annua, medium-size, annual, smooth except for a line of 



Chilcti, hairs on one side, which alters at every joint ; 



TiLiACEiE. leaves 4-5 by 2-3 in., ovate, long-pointed, toothed, 



F. B. I. i. 396. smooth except for a few scattered hairs, long- 



The Plains to 5,000 ft. stalked, stipules awl-shapped ; flowers \ in., orange 



Simla (Collett). on stalks, 3-flowered, ^ in. long, opposite to the 



Koti. leaves, sepals shortly and sharply pointed, petals 



nearly equal to the sepals, stamens 10 ; fruit J in., 



bluish-green waxy gloss, 4-celled, spines long, 



smooth, hooked ; otherwise like Triumfetta rhom- 



boidea. 



Corchorus capsularis, 

 Jute, 



Harrawa, 



Tiliace^. 



F B. I. i. 397. 



The Plains to 4,000 ft. 



(Cultivated or escaped) 



Thanesar (Edgeworth) 



medium-size to large, annual, smooth ; leaves 

 2-4 in , ovate-lanceolate, long-pointed, toothed, 

 rounded at the base, the two teeth furthest back 

 prolonged into tails, sbalk 1-^ in., stipules thread- 

 like, as long as the stalk ; flowers small, \ in. diam. 

 or less, yellow, one or two together on axillary or 

 leaf opposed stalks, sepals 4-5, petals 4-5, without 

 glands, stamens few or twice the number of petals, 

 ununited, style short, stigma cup-shaped ; capsule 

 ■!■ in. diam., nearly round, depressed at the apex, 

 ridged, rough with hard tubercles, 5-celled, valves 

 woody, without cross partitions, seeds few in each 

 cell, brown, smooth, wedge-shaped. The fibre of 

 the inner bark forms the jute of commerce. 



