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1. ConcnORUS CAPSULARTs, L. sp. 74G. Annual, shrubby, glabres- 
cent. Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, coarsely 
serrate, the base rounded and with 2 subulate appendages : longth 2 to 
4 in., breadth '75 to P5 in., petiole '5 in. or leas ; stipules linear-subu- 
late "25 to '5 in. Capsules axillary, truncate-globose, ridged, wrinkled, 
sub-muricate, 5-celled. Seeds few in each cell. DC, Prodr. i. 505; 
Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 581; W. & A. Prodr. i. 73; Wall. Cat. 1071 A, 
B, C ; Wight. Ic. t. 311 ; Thwaites Enum. 31 ; Dak. ft Gibs. Bomb. 
Fl. 25 ; Miq. Fl. Ind, Bat. i. pt. 2, 194 ; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 397. 
C. Marua, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 6311.— Rumph. Amb. v. t. 78, f. 1. 
Cultivated here and there in all the provinces for its fibre which 
is known in commerce as " Jute." Doubtfully wild. 
2. Corchorus Olitobius, L. sp. 746. Annual, shrubby, glabrescont. 
heaves ovate-lanceolafce, serrate, the base rounded and with 2 subulate ap- 
pendages: length 2 to 4 in., breadth *75 to 2 in., petiole 75 to 1*5 in., ; 
stipules linear, "5 to 1 in. Capsules cylindrie, 10 ribbed, 5-celled, 2 in. long. 
DC. Prod. i. 504; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 581 ; W. & A. Prod. i. 73; Wall. Cat. 
1072; 1, 2, 3, 4, D, E, F ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, i. 845 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. 
Fl. 25 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 195 ; Thwaites Enum. 31 ; Hook. fil. 
Fl. Br. Ind. i. 397. C. decemangularis, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 582 ; Wall. 
Cat. p. 237, 1072 G. 
Doubtfully wild : but occasionally cultivated in all the provinces 
under the name of " Jute." 
3. Corchorus acutangulcs, Larnk. Diet. ii. 104. Erect, herba- 
ceous, the sterna with a broad line of pubescence interrupted and vary- 
ing in position at the nodes, otherwise glabrous. Leaves ovate to ovate- 
lanceolate, acute or acuminate, serrate, the base rounded, with or with- 
out subulate appendages, sparsely hairy on both surfaces; length 1*5 to 
2 in., breadth 75 to I '75 in. ; petiole '25 to *75 in. slender, villous at tho 
apex: stipules lanceolate, acuminate, '5 in. long. Capsules 1 to 15 in. 
long, cylindrie, 6-winged, with 3 terminal bifid beaks, 3-ceiled. DC. 
Prod. i. 505; W. & A. Prodr. i. 73; Wall. Cat. 1069, 1074 D, E ; Wight 
Ic. t. 739; Thwaites Enum. 31 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 25; Miq. Fl. 
Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 194 ; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 398. C. (estuans ? 
Ham. in Wall. Cat. p. 237, 1074 C. C.f metis, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 42; 
Fl. Ind. ii. 582; Ham. in Wall. Cat. 1069. 
Johore: at the base of Gunong Panti, King's Collector, No. 180. 
Distrib. India, Ceylon, Australia, Africa, W. Indies. 
8. Trichospermpm, Blnrae. 
Trees with peiini-norvcd, minutely stellate, puberulous leaves. 
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