101 
. Spec. Cuar. Annual: leaves cuneate: oblong, linear or-lan- 
teolate: peduncles 1—4-flowered: capsules slender, 20-30 times 
longer than broad, rostrate, the beak 2-3-cleft, with patent seg- 
Ments: flowers small, yellow, 
Peninsula, not uncommon. 
(5) C. acuranevutus. (Zam.) 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p. 73.—Dec. prod. I. p. 505. 
Syn. CO. fuscus, Rowb. fl. Ind. II. p, 582.—C. estuans, Gaertn. 
fr. t. 64. 
Engrav. Wight’s Icon. t. 789.—Pluk. t. 44, f. 1. 
Sprc. Cuar. Annual: leaves ovate: peduncles 1—2-flowered, 
opposite the leaves: capsules prismatical, about 10 times longer 
than broad, 6-angled, 2 or 3 of the angles winged, 3-celled, trun- 
cate, with 3-5 either entire or 2-cleft horns: flowers small, yellow. 
Peninsula and Bengal. Flowering in the rainy season. 
(6) C. carsutaris. (Linn.) a 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 73.—Dee. prod. I. p. 505.—Boxb. 
fl. Ind. IL. p. 581.—Drury’s Useful Plants, p. 158. 
Engrav. Wight’s Icon. t. 311.—Rumph. Amb. V. t. 78. f. 1. 
Srrc. Cuar. Annual: leaves oblong, acuminated: capsules 
globose, truncated, wrinkled and muricated, 5-celled: flowers small, 
yellow. 
Peninsula and Bengal, flowering in the rainy season. This 
species is extensively. cultivated for the sake of its fibres, called 
Jute, from which gunny, or rice bags are made. 
(7) C. numitis. (Munro.) 
Ident. Munro’s Hort. Agr. p. 35.—Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 25. 
Syn. Antichorus depressus, Linn. 
” Engrav. Wight’s Icon. t. 1073. 
Spec. Cuan. Shrubby, prostrate, lying flat on the ground: 
leaves small, long-petioled, ovate-crenate: peduncles 2-flowered : 
capsules linear-oblong, 6-8 times longer than broad, 4—5-celled, 
4-5-valved : flowers small, yellow. 
Kattywar. Guzerat and the Deccan. 
GENUS Il. TRIUMFFETTA. 
Polyandria Monogynia. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv. In honor of Triumfetti, an Italian Botanist and author 
who died in 1707. 
Gen, Cuar. Shrubs or herbaceous plants, with alternate leaves 3 
