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furniflied v/ith a great variety of plants, which fuc- 
ceed very well in the ftoves, and fome of them arrive 
to a great degree of perfeftion. 
CORALLODENDRON. See Erythrina. 
CORCHORUS. Lin. Gen. Plant. 675. Tourn. Inft. 
259. tab. 135. Jews Mallow. 
The Characters are, 
The empalement of the flower is compofed of fins ’narrow 
fpear-Jhaped leaves, which cits erelt. Tee fiowev hath 
five oblong blunt petals, which are no longer than the ern- 
palement. It hath many hairy ftamina , which are floor ter 
than the petals , terminated by fmall fummits. In the 
center is fiiiuated an oblong furrowed get men, fupporting a 
fhort thick Jlyle , crowned by a bifid fiigma. The germen 
afterward becomes a, cylindrical pod, having five cells, 
which are filled with angular-pointed feeds. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the firft fetrion of 
Linnaeus’s thirteenth clafs, intitled Polyandria Mo- 
nogynia, the flowers Having many ftamina and but 
one ftyle. 
The Species are, 
1. Corchorus ( Olitorius ) capfulis oblongis, ventricofis, 
foliorum infimis ferraturis fetaceis. Lin. Flor. Zeyl. 
21 3- Jews Mallow with oblong fwelling pods , and the 
faws on the under fide of the leaves terminatingwith br files. 
Corchorus five Melochia. J. B. 2. 982. Common Jews 
Mallow. 
2. Corchorus (Jifiuans) capfulis oblongis, fexfulcatis 
fexcufpidatis, foliis cordatis infimis ferraturis fetaceis. 
Lin. Sp. 746. Jews Mallow with oblong furrowed pods, 
heart-floaped leaves, whofe faws terminate with briftles. 
Corchorus Americana, carpini foliis, fextuplici cap- 
fu-la pradonga. Pluk. 
3. Corchorus (Capfularis) capfulis fubrotund is, depreffis, 
ruo-ofis. Flor. Zeyl. 214. Jews Mallow with roundijh 
deprejfed capfules which are rough. Corchorus Ameri- 
cana, praelongis foliis, capfula ftriata iubrotunda brevi. 
Pluk. 
'4. Corchorus ( Tetragonis ) foliis ovato-cordatis crenatis, 
capfulis tetragonis, apicibus reflexis. Jews Mallow 
with oval heart-Jhaped leaves which are cremated, and 
four-cornered capfules , whofe points are reflexed. Cor- 
chorus flore fiavo, fruftu carophylloide. Pluk. 
Corchorus {fiineanbus ) foliis lanceolatis, ferrato 
dentatis, capfulis linearibus, compreffis, bivalvibus. 
Jew Mallow with fpear-Jhaped leaves, which are in- 
dented like the teeth of a faw, and narrow, comprejfied, 
bivalvular pods. 
6. Corchorus ( Bifurcatis ) foliis cordatis, ferratis, cap- 
fulis linearibus, compreffis, apicibus bifurcatis. Jews 
Mallow with heart-floaped fawed leaves, and narrow com- 
prejfed pods , whofe points have two horns. 
7. Corchorus ( Siliquofus ) capfulis linearibus compreffis, 
foliis lanceolatis requaliter ferratis. Lin. Sp. 746- 
Jews Mallow with comprejfed capfules, and fpear-Jhaped 
leaves equally fawed on their edges. Corchorus Ameri- 
cana, foliis & fruftu auguftioribus. Tourn. Inft. R. 
H. 259. 
8. Corchorus {Hirfuta) capfulis fubrotundis lanatis, fo- 
liis ovatis obtufis tomentofis asqualiter ferratis. Lin. 
Sp. 747. Jews Mallow with roundiflo downy pods , and 
cbtufe, oval, woolly leaves, which are equally fawed on 
their edges. Corchoro affimis Chamsedryos folio, _ flore 
ftamineo, feminioribus atris quadrangulis duplici ferie 
difpofitis. Sloan. Cat. 50. 
The firft fpecies, Rauwolf fays, is fown in great plenty 
about Aleppo, as a pot-herb, the Jews boiling the 
leaves of this plant to eat with their meat ; this he 
fuppofes to be the Olus Judaicum of Avicenna, and 
the Corchorum of Pliny. 
This plant grows in the Eaft and Weft-Indies, from 
both which places I have feveral times received the 
feeds. In the Eaft-Indies the herb is ufed in the fame 
manner as in the Levant, as I have been informed 
but I do not hear that it is ufed by the inhabitants of 
America. 
It is an annual plant, which rifes about two feet high, 
dividing into feveral branches, garnifhed with leaves 
of different fizes and forms •, fome are fpear-fhaped, 
Others are oval, and fome almoft heart-fhaped ; they 
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are of a deep green, and flightly indented on their 
edges, having near their bafe two briftly fegments, 1 
which are reflexed. They have very long fiender 
foot-ftalks, efpeciallv thofe which grow on the lower 1 
part of the branches. The flowers fit dole on the 
oppofite fide of the branches to the leaves, coming out 
fingly ; they are compofed of five fmall yellow pe- 
tals, and a great number of ftamina furrounding the 
oblong germen, which is fituated in the center of the 
flower, and afterward turns to a rough fwelling cap- 
fule, two inches long, ending in a point, opening iri 
four cells, which are filled with angular greeniih feeds; 
This plant flowers in July and Auguft, and the feeds 
ripen in autumn. 
The fecond fort grows naturally in feveral iflands of 
the Weft-Indies, from whence the feeds have beer! 
fent me •, this is alfo an annual plant, which rifes with 
a ftrbng herbaceous ftalk two feet High, divided 
tlpward into two or three branches, garnifhed with 
heart-ffiaped leaves, fawed on their edges, Handing 
upon long foot-ftalks ; and between thefe are feveral: 
fmaller leaves nearly of the fame form, fitting clofe to 
the branches. The flowers come out fingly oh the fide 
of the branches, as the other, which are fhaped like 
them, and are fucceeded by longer fwelling pods, 
which are rough, and have four longitudinal furrows j 
thefe open into four parts at the top, and contain four 
rows of angular feeds. It flowers and feeds at the 
fame tinle with the former fort. 
The third fort grows naturally in both Indies ; I have 
received the feeds of this from feveral parts of India 
and America ; this is alfo an annual plant, which rifes 
with a (lender herbaceous ftalk about three feet 
high, fending out feveral weak branches, which are 
garnifhed at each joint by one leaf of an oblong heart- 
Ihape, ending in a long acute point, and are fawed 
on their edges, Handing upon Ihort foot-ftalks. The 
flowers come out fingly on the fide of the branches, 
to which they fit very clofe •, they are fmaller than 
thofe of the former forts, and are fucceeded by fhort 
roundiih feed-vefiels, which are rough, and flatted 
at the top, having fix cells filled with fmall angular 
feeds. This flowers and feeds at the fame time as the 
former. 
The fourth fort is alfo a native of both Indies, from 
whence I have received the feeds ; this is an annual 
plant, which rifes about two feet high, dividing into 
fmall branches, garnifned with oval heart-fhaped 
leaves, fawed on their edges. The flowers of this 
are very fmall, of a pale yellow, and are fucceeded 
by fwelling, rough, four-cornered feed-veflfels, about 
an inch long, flatted at the top, where there are four 
horns, which are reflexed, fo that thefe have fome 
refemblance in fhape to the Clove. This flowers and 
feeds about the fame time as the former fcirts. 
The feeds of the fifth fort were fent me from Cartha- 
gena in New Spain, where the plants grow natu- 
rally j this is an annual plant, which rifes about three 
feet high, fending out feveral weak fide branches, 
garnifhed with leaves about three inches long, and 
one broad in the middle, leffening gradually to both 
ends, and are indented on the edges like the teeth of 
a law, fitting clofe to the branches. The flowers 
come out fingly, oppofite to the leaves ; tliey are very 
fmall, of a pale yellow, and are fucceeded by feed- 
vefiels near two inches long, which are flat, and have 
two cells filled with fmall angular feeds. This flowers 
and ripens its feeds about the fame time as the for- 
mer. 
The feeds of the fixth fort were fent me from Ja- 
maica by the late Dr. Houftoun •, this is an annua! 
plant, which rifes with a ftrong herbaceous ftalk be- 
tween three and four feet high, fending out feveral 
fide branches, which grow erect, garnifhed with 
heart-fhaped leaves fawed on their edges. Handing 
upon long (lender foot-ftalks 5 between thefe grow 
many fmaller leaves nearly of the fame form, fitting 
clofe to the branches. The flowers come out from 
the fide of the branches, on fhort foot-ftalks ; they 
are very fmall, of a pale yellow, and are fticceeded 
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