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glochides gUrcma. — T.polyandra, DC. — Sepals lanceolate-linear, 8'" long, exceeding the co- 

 rolla, equalling the pedicel j petals 6'" long.— Hab. Montserrat (TaA/); Dominical, Mr.; 

 [Mexico I]. 



2. CORCHORUS, L. 



Sepak 5 (-4). Petals 5 (-4). Stamens oo (-4), distinct. Osajy 2-5-celled: style 

 simple, with the stigma obsoletely toothed. Capsule loculicidal, usually elongated : seeds 

 indefinite ; embryo incurved, with the cotyledons foliaoeous. — Herbs or shrubs ; peduncles 

 s/iori, one- or feto-jbmered, opposite to the leaf; flowers yellow. 



Sect. 1. EucoKOHORUs.— ,Sfe)«e«* hypogynous ; ctipule none. — Suffinitescent, 

 Usually annuel herbs. 



9*. C. olitorins, L. Glabrous; leaves ovate-oblong or ovate, pointed, serrate: two 

 lowest serratttres pointing backward and terminating in a long bristle ; flowers subsolitary ; 

 petals spathulate, equalling the sepals ; stamens indefinite ; capsule glabrous, linear, straight- 

 ish, corniculate at the top with 5 short points, 5-locular: spurious transverse dissepiments 

 complete. — Bot. Mag. t. 2810. — Stem herbaceous, 6-9' high ; leaves 5" long, or smaller ; 

 petals 3"'-4"' long ; capsule 2" long, 2'" diam., subcyUndrical, tornlose. — Hab. Naturalized 

 in Jamaica I, }Fils. ; Trinidad 1, Cr. ; [introduced from the East Indies or tropical Airica]. 



10. C. eestuans, L. " Stem glabrous, with a line of pubescence ; leaves ovate, acumi- 

 nate, serrate: two lowest serratwres pointing backward and terminating in a short bristle; 

 flowers fascicled ; capsule puberulous, linear, straight, corniculate at the top with 3 bifid 

 teeth, Z-locular." — Br. Jam. t. 25. y. 1 ; Jacq. H. Find. 1. t. 85.^ — C. campestris, Macf. — 

 I have not seen this plant, which is said to resemble much C. siliquosus ; the diagnosis is 

 taken from the quoted figures. — Hab. Jamaica (P. Br., Macf), not common; [Guiana]. 



11. C. acutangulus, i/^sm. Stem hairy; leaves ovate, pointed, glabrescent, serrate':' 

 serratures equal; flowers subfascicled (usually 2—1); capsule glabrous, oblong-linear, 6- 

 angled, with 2 or 3 of the angles winged, straight, corniculate at the top 'with 3 entire or 

 bifid points, Z-locular: spurious tranverse dissepiments incomplete. — Wight, Ic. 3. t. 739. — 

 Capsule 8'" long, 2'" diam.^My diagnosis is taken from African specimens. — Hab. 'West 

 Indies (Benth.), e.g. Barbadoes; [all tropical continents]. 



^ 12. C. siliquosus, L. Glabrous; leaves ovate, acuminate, or oblong-lanceolate, ser- 

 iate: serratures equal; flowers fascicled (4-1) ; petals obovate or spathulate, usually some-, 

 what exceeded by the narrow sepals ; stamens oo-" 4 ;" capsule glabrous, and puberulous along 

 the sutures, linear j straight, corniculate at the top with two bifid teeth, 2-locular: spurious 

 tminsverse dissepiments none. — 67. t. 94. /. 1 ; As. Gr. Gen.. Bor. Amer. 2. t. 137 : the 

 capsule-teeth are wanting, but I see no difference in North American and 'West Indian spe- 

 cimens. — A suffrutescent herb, l'-3' high : stem usually with a single line of minute hairs ; 

 leaves li"-3" long, but often much smaller ; petals about 2'" long ; capsule 2V'-J" long, 1'" 

 broad, suhcompressed, not torulose. — Hab. Jamaica!, Maef., Wils., March, common along 

 roadsides; Antigua!, Nichols.; S.Vincent!, Guild.; [Florida! to Texas!; Cuba!, Haiti!; 

 Panama!, New Granada!]. 



13. C. hirtus, L. Stem hairy ; leaves ovate-lanceolate or oblong, glabrescent, crenate- 

 toothed: teeth equal; flowers fascicled (3-1) ; petals spathulate ; stamens indefinite ; capsule 

 hairy, linear, curved at the base, acuminate at the top' with the point entire, 2-locular .- 

 spurious transverse dissepiments none. — Plum. t. 103. _/. 2; Jacq. H. find. 3. t. 58. — 

 C. tortipes, St. Hil. — A suffinitescent herb : hairs scattered ; leaves l"-2" long ; petals 3'"- 

 2'" long; capsule 1"-1J" long, H'" diam., subtorulose.— Hab. Antigual, Nichols.; [Gua- 

 deloupe!; Venezuela!, Brazil !]. 



Sect. 2. GuAZUMOiDES. — Stamens •inserted into the top of a short gynophore, 

 surrounded at the base by a repand cwpale.—^rv!a%. 



14. C. hirsutus, Z. Tomentose ; leaves ovate-lanceolate or oblong and blunt, crenate, 

 hoary chiefly beneath; pedicels (8-2) umbellate, nearly as long as their peduncle ; petals, 

 obovate-oblong, equalling the calyx ; stamens indefinite ; capsule furfiu:aceons-lanuginose, 

 oblong, blunt, curved, with the pedicel ^-loenlar. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 157. — C. lanugi- 



