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medium altitudes. A monotypic endemic genus, very close, however, to 

 Broivnlowia. 



Local names: Badabo (Bag.); balabo (S. L. Bis.); balobo (Tag., Lan., 

 Mag., Mbo.) ; balubo (Tag.) ; balubu (Yak.) ; balugo (Ilk.) ; banago (Tag.) 

 barobo (Bik., S. L. Bis.) ; barubo (P. Bis.) ; barubu (Ibn., S. L. Bis.) 

 bukad (Lan.) ; bulolo (Bik.) ; bulubu (Mag.) ; bulugug (Mag.) ; bulugai 

 (Mag.); bukad (Lan.); buru (Lan.); dupdupan (Sul.); kamiling (Tag.) 

 kideng (Ilk.) ; malubo (Tag., Bis.) ; manaring (Ibn.) ; mangabu (Sul.) 

 maobo (C. Bis.) ; maramani (Ilk.) ; marobo (P. Bis.) ; marubo (S. L 

 Bis.); mayobo (P. Bis.); puyus (Tag.); tagpam (Mag.); talu-talu (Sul.) 



4. CORCHORUS Tournefort 



CORCHORUS ACUTANGULUS Lam. Encycl. 2 (1786) 104; DC. Prodr. 1 

 (1824) 504; Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 308, ed. 3, 2 (1878) 206, 

 t. Ul; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 2 (1858-59) 195; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 

 (1880) 31; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 99, Rev. PL Vase. 

 Filip. (1886) 71; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 90, 

 Fl. Manila (1912) 315, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 249; Perk. Frag. 

 Fl. Philip. (1904) 103. 

 Cor chorus aestuans Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 441. 



In open waste places at low and medium altitudes, throughout the 

 Philippines, certainly an introduced weed. Pantropic, but probably a 

 native of tropical Asia. 



Local names: Salsaluyut (Ilk.); saluyot (Ilk., Tag.); ubat-lagak (Sul.). 



CORCHORUS CAPSULARIS Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 529; DC Prodr. 1 

 (1824) 504; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 442, ed. 2 (1845) 308, ed. 

 3, 2 (1878) 206; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 2 (1858-59) 194; A. Gray 

 Bot. Wilkes U. S. Explor. Exped. (1854) 196; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 

 (1880) 31; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 17, t. 20, f. B, Rev. PI. 

 Vase. Filip. (1886) 71; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 

 78, Fl. Manila (1912) 315, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 249. 



In clearings, on rice-paddy banks, and in open, low, usually wet places 

 in and near settlements throughout the Philippines, but not planted. Pan- 

 tropic, cultivated and naturalized. Jute. 



Local names: Lumhai (Bis.) ; panigbin (S. L. Bis.) ; pasau-na-bilog 

 (Tag.); saluyut (Ilk.); sumpa (S. L. Bis.). 



CORCHORUS FASCICULAR1S Lam. Encycl. 2 (1783) 104; Mast, in Hook, 

 f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 1 (1874) 398. 



Luzon (Bulacan, Pampanga), B. S. 33420, £1646 Ramos. In open fallow 

 lands, margins of swamps, etc., at low altitudes. India, Burma, tropical 

 Africa, and tropical Australia, but not recorded from Malaya. 



Local name: Pasau-dikot (Pamp.). 



CORCHORUS OLITORIUS Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 529; DC. Prodr. 1 (1824) 

 504; Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 308, ed. 3, 2 (1878) 207; A. 

 Gray Bot. Wilkes U. S. Explor. Exped. (1854) 195; Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. 1 2 (1858-59) 195; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 31; Vidal 

 Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 17, t. 20, f. A, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 

 71; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 78, Fl. Manila (1912) 

 315, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 249. 

 Corchorus catharticus Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 442. 



