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Corchorus capsiilariSf var. pyrifolia 



Corchorus eapsularis : 



nervis 



basi 



remotis. 



Folia elongato-ovata ; berba alta, amara forma typica, 

 Folia late ovata; berba minor, sapore 



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dulcis... 



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Folia subincisa, nervis majoiibas lateralibns basi approxima- 



Folia late ovata 

 Folia lanceolato-ovata 



dulces 



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var. corylifolia 

 var. Marua. 



It is interesting tbat out of 0. eapsularis, wbicb is held ir. 

 some repate ia Bengal as a bitter tonic, we sbould have to cut 

 three varieties cultivated locally for eating, and not bitter. 



The reader will notice that three of the places^ at which these 



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