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serted under the ovary, shorter than the calyx: ovary sessile, 2-5~ 
celled: ovules in a double row, pendulous: style very short, deci- 
duous: stigmas 2-5: capsule pod-like, or roundish, loculicidal, 2- 
5-celled: seeds numerous in each cell. 
(1) C. Fascicutaris. (Lam. ) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 72.—Dec. prod. I. p. 505.—Roxb. 
fl, Ind. I. p. 582. 
Engrav. Pluk. t. 439. f. 6. 
. Sexc. Cuan. Annual: leaves oblong or lanceolate, serrated : 
peduncles 3-5-flowered, opposite the leaves: capsules linear-ob~ 
long, many times longer than broad, villous, beaked, with 3 ter- 
minal points, 3-celled, 3-valved: stamens about 5: flowers small, 
yellow. . ' 
Peninsula. Bengal and Surat. Flowering nearly all the year. 
(2) C. rrizocunaris. ( Linn.) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 72.—Dec. prod. I. p. 504.—Roxb. 
fi. Ind. II. p. 582. 
Srrc. Cuar. Annual: leaves oblong-lanceolate: peduncles I= 
2-flowered, opposite the leaves: capsules equal, slender, 3—4-an- 
gled, covered with little prickly points, much longer than broad, 
rostrate and entire at the point, 3—4-celled, 3-4-valved: flowers 
small, yellow. 
Southern Provinces of the Peninsula. Sholapore and Guzerat. 
Flowering in August and September. 
(3) C. otrrortus. (Linn.) 
- Ident. W. & A. prod.I. p. 73.—Dec. prod. J. p. 504.—Roxb. 
fi, Ind. II. p. 581. 
Syn. C. decemangularis, Rowb. fl. Ind. IT. p. 582. 
Engrav. Gaertn. fr. t. 64.—Pluk. t. 127. f 3.—Bot. Mag. 
55. t. 2810. 
Sprc. Cuan. Annual: leaves ovate-acuminated : peduncles 
1-2-flowered: capsules nearly cylindrical, 10-ribbed, many times 
longer than broad, rostrate, with sometimes 5 terminal points, 5~ 
eelled, 5-valved : flowers small, yellow. 
Common in the Peninsula, flowering in the rainy season. Cul- 
tivated in Bengal for the fibres of its bark, which are employed in 
making a coarse kind of cloth, cordage for agricultural purposes, 
boats, and Bengalee paper. . 
(4) C. rripens. (Linn.) 
Ident, W. & A. prod. I. p. 73.—Dec. prod. I. p. 503. 
Syn. C. Burmanni, Dec. prod. I. p, 505. 
Engrav. Pluk, t. 127. f, 4,—Burm, Ind. t, 37, £. 2. 
