398 XXVIII. TiLiACEiE. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Corchomi. 



Wall. Cat. 1072 F, partly. C. subscandens, WaU. Cat. 1074. C. aestuans, 

 ffb. Madr. ; Wall. Cat. p. 237, 1074. 



Southern provinces of the Westeeh Peminsula, Wight; Ava, WaUich; Ceylon, 

 Trincomalee, Thwaites. — Distkib. Abyssinia. 



Leaves 2-3 by 1-lf in., thinly pilose, cordate, sometimes oblique, ovate acuminate, 

 dentate (almost precisely as in TTrtica dioica). Peduncles extra-axillary, 2-3-flowererl. 

 Capsuk 1 in., bent downwards, hairy. — Closely allied to C. iritocidaris but with a much 

 shorter pod. 



5. C. fasclcularis, Lam.; DC. Prodr. i. 505 ; annual, capsule short sub- 

 cylindric puberulous shortly beaked, valves nearly destitute of internal 

 partitions. Roxh. Fl. Ind. ii. 582 ; Tkivaites Enwm. 401 ; Balz. <& Gihi. 

 Momh. Fl. 24 ; Wall. Cat. 6312. C. linearis, Wall. Cat. 1070, partly. 



Throughout the hotter parts of India from Bakda, Edgeworth, to Bemqal, the 

 AV^ESTEEN Peninsula and Ceylon. — Distkib. Tropical Australia and Africa. 



Leaves 1-2 by \-\ in., obloiig-lanceolate, serrated ; petioles very short pilose. 

 Peduncles opposite the leaves, 2-5-flowered. Sepals ^ in. Stamens 5-10. Capsule 

 J-| in., 3 or 4 together, each 3— 4-valved, valves downy. 



6. C. Anticborus, Eceusch. Nomencl. Bot. ed. iii. 158 ; woody, perennial, 

 mucli branched, branches prostrate, capsule cyUndric elongate beaked. 

 Boiss. Fl. Orient, i. 846; Mast, in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 263. Antichorus 

 depressus, Linn.; DC. Prodr. i. 504. Corchorus humilis, Munro Sort. 

 Agrens. Appendix 35 ; Wight Ic. 1073 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 25. 



North Western India from Sikdh, StocJes, and the Punjab, Vicary, to Agka, Munro. 

 Western Peninsula, in Kattywar, Guzerat and the Deccan. — Distkib. AfFghanistan, 

 Aden, Tropical Africa, Cape de Verde Isles. 



Branches tortuous, imbricate, 6-7 in. Leaves J-| by 4 in., shortly petioled, roundish, 

 plicate, crenate-serrate, base 3-nerved. Peduncles short, stout, opposite the leaves. 

 ■ Capsules 4-1 J in., straight or curved, 4-valved. 



*** Gapsvle elongated, beak 3-fid spreading. 



7. C. tridens, L.; DC. Prodr. i. 505; annual, capsule elongate cylin- 

 dric terminated by 3 spreading points, valves without partitions. W.& A. 

 Prodr. L 73 : Thwaites Enum. 401 ; Wall. Cat. 1073 ; Boi!ss. Fl. Orient, i, 

 845. C. Burmanni, DC. Prodr. i. 505. C. linearis, Wall, Cat. 1070. 

 C. trilocularis, Bivrm. Fl. Ind. t. 37, f. 2. 



Generally distributed. — Disteib. Australia and Africa. 



Variable as to habit, pubescence and form of leaf Leaves 1-3 by 4-1 in., linear- 

 oblong or lanceolate; petiole ^-4 in. Peduncles 1-4-flowered. Capsule 1-2 in —Of 

 this speciesWight and Arnott recognise three forms, viz. : — a, leaves lanceolate acumin- 

 ate, Wall. Cat. 1073. /3, leaves linear obliing or linear-lanceolate, C. Burmannii DC. 

 C. linearis, Wall. Cat. 1070, C. y, leaves oblong or obovate cuneate at the base. — 

 The three forms merge one into the other. 



8. C. acutangulus, Lam. ; DC. Prodr. i. 605 ; annual, capsules elon- 

 gate 6-angled 3 of the angles winged, beak 3-fid divisions spreading hori- 

 zontally, valves with or without partitions. W. dc A. Prodr. i. 73 ■ Wall 

 Cat. 1069, 1074 D, E; Wight. Ic. t. 739; Thwaites Ernrni. 31; bah. i 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 25 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 194. C. sstuans ? Ham. 

 in Wall. Cat. p. 237, 1074 C. C. f usuus, Eoxb. Eort. Beng. 42 ; Fl. Ind. ii 

 582 ; Ham. in Wall. Cat. 1069. 



Throughout the hotter parts of India and Ceylon. — Disteib. Australia, Tropical 

 A rioa. West Indies. 



Leaves 1-3 by \-l in., more or less hairy, ovate and acute, or oblong and acuminate, 

 senate, with or without basal lobes ; petiole J in., hairy. Stipules linear-subulate, 



