118 G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. [No. 1 , 
1. Corchokus capsut.aris, L. sp. 746. Annual, shrubby, glabres- 
cent. Leaves lanoeolate or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, coarsely 
serrate, the base rounded and with 2 subulate appendages : length 2 to 
4 in., breadth '75 to 1'5 in., petiole '5 in. or less ; 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. FI. Ind. ii. 581; W. & A. Prodr. i. 73; Wall. Cat. 1071 A, 
B, C; Wight. Ic. t. 311 ; Tbwaites Enum. 31; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. 
FI. 25; Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 194; Hook. til. FI. 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. CorOHORTJS OMTORIUS, L. sp. 746. Annual, shrubby, glabrescent. 
Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 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 cylind ric, 10 ribbed, 5-celled, 2 in. long. 
DC. Prod. i. 504; Roxb. FI. Ind. ii. 581 ; W. & A. Prod. i. 73; Wall. Cat. 
1072; 1, 2, 3, 4, D, E, F; Boiss. FI. Orient, i. 845; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. 
FI. 25; Miq FI. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 195; Thwaites Enum. 31 ; Hook. fil. 
FI. Br. Ind. i. 397. C. decemangularis, Roxb. FI. 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 acutangulus, Lamk. Diet. ii. 104. Erect, herba- 
ceous, the stems 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 15 to 
2 in., breadth "75 to 1‘75 in. ; petiole '25 to '75 in. slender, villous at the 
apex: stipules lanceolate, acuminate, "5 in. long. Capsules 1 to l - 5 in. 
long, cylindric, 6-winged, with 3 terminal bifid beaks, 3-celled. DO. 
Prod. i. 505; W. & A. Prodr. i. 73; Wall. Cat. 1069, 1074 D, E; Wight 
Ic. t. 739; Thwaites Enum. 31 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. FI. 25; Miq. FI. 
Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 194 ; Hook. fil. FI. Br. Ind. i. 398. 0. cestuans ? 
Ham in Wall. Cat. p. 237, 1074 C. C. fnseus, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 42 ; 
FI. 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. Trichospermcm, Blume. 
Trees with penni-nerved, minutely stellate, puberulous leaves. 
