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than the petioles, slightly pubescent : involucel leaves much shorter 
renee the calyx, pubescent; style densely pubescent: capsule 
ovate. ; 
Columala. 
(2) E. Canpnottyu. (Wall.) 
Ident. Dalz. Bomb. flor p. 24. 
Engrav. Wall. pl. As. Rar. I. t. 64. 
Srrc. Cuar. Leaves ovate, cordate, taothed, tomentose beneath: 
capsule cone-shaped, pointed : flowers yellow. 
Ram Ghaut. Western Coast, 
(3) E. evinevezocuranis. ( W. § A) 
Tdeot. W.& A. prod. I. p. 71. 
Syn. Microchlena quinquelocularis, W. § A. 
Engrav. Wight’s Icon. t. 882. 
Srrc, Cuan. Middling-sized tree: involucel leaves mintitej 
caducous, 3-5-lobed : ovary 5-celled: stigma 5-lobed. 
Common on the slopes of the Neilgherties, flowering in July 
and August, 
ORDER XXII. TILIACEZ. 
Trees or shrubs, seldom herbaceous plants: leaves alternate, 
stipulate : sepals 4-5, valvate in zstivation: petals 4-5, hypo- 
gynous, sometimes wanting: stamens hypogynous, usually inde= 
finite, distinct: anthers 2-celled, opening lengthwise: disk glan- 
dular at the base of the petals: ovary single, of 4-10 carpéls: 
style 1: stigmas equal in number to the carpels: fruit dry or 
pulpy, riany-celled, many-seédéd, often prickly, and occasionally 
winged : albumen fleshy. 
GENUS I. CORCHORUS. 
Polyandria Monogynia. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv. From the Greek word for a pot-hetb, which is from kore, 
a pupil, and ‘oreo, to purge, in allusion to the laxative qualities of 
C. olitorius, 
Gen. Car. Shrubs or herbacedus plants, with serrated leaves : 
the lower serratures usually termiriated by a long bristle: calyx 
deeply 4-5 partite, deciduous; segments unequal: petals 4-5, ins 
