XV. TILIACE1E 65 
Simla, below 4000 ft. ; July-September. — Cultivated throughout India and 
in most tropical countries. 
The ‘ Jew’s Mallow.’ Most frequently met with as an escape ; the leaves 
are eaten as a vegetable, and the bark yields jute. 
2. Corchorus Antichorus, Bceusch . ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 398. Peren- 
nial, nearly glabrous. Rootstock thick, woody, dividing at the 
top into several prostrate, twisted, interlacing branches, 6-12 in. 
long. Leaves broadly ovate or oblong, in., crenate. Petals 
often shorter than the sepals. Capsule cylindric, 1-1J in., 4-valved, 
beak entire. 
Simla, below 5000 ft. ; July-September. — Throughout India on dry arid 
soil. — Asia, tropical Africa. 
3. Corchorus acutangulus, Lam . ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 398. Annual. 
Stems hairy, prostrate or ascending, 1-3 ft. Leaves ovate, acute, 
1-2 x ^-1 in., the lowest tooth on each side sometimes ending in 
a bristle; stalks hairy. Capsule 3-celled, 6-angled, j-1^ in., beak 
3-fid, the divisions toothed, spreading. 
Simla, below 5000 ft. ; July-September. — Throughout India. — Australia, 
tropical Africa, W. Indies. 
XVI. LINACE^E 
Hebbs or small shrubs. Leaves alternate, simple, usually entire ; 
stipules minute or none. Flowers regular, 2-sexual. Sepals 5, 
free, imbricate. Petals 5, free, imbricate, twisted in bud, soon 
falling off. Stamens 5, alternate with 5 small staminodes, united 
at the base, anthers 2-celled, versatile. Ovary free, 3-5-celled, 
ovules 2 in each cell separated by an imperfect partition ; styles 
3-5, or sometimes more in Beinwardtia, united at the base, 
stigmas capitate. Capsule globose, separating into 5 or 10 valves. 
Seeds small, 2 or 1 in each cell. — A small, widely dispersed Order. 
A herb, 4-10 in. Styles 5 1. Linum. 
A shrub, 2-3 ft. Styles usually 3 2. Beinwardtia. 
1. LINUM. The classical name of the Flax. — Temperate and 
warm regions. 
*Linum mysorense, Heyne ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 411. An annual, 
glabrous herb. Stems slender, erect, 4-10 in., branching near the 
top. Leaves sessile, oblong, about \ in., acute. Flowers J in. 
diam., in terminal, corymbose racemes, lengthening in fruit. Sepals 
ovate, acute. Petals yellow, longer than the sepals. Ovary 
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