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XV. TILIACEiE 
3-5 X 1-2 in., lowest leaves more or less lobed. Flowers yellow, 
£-f in. long. Capsule J in., diam., densely pubescent, prickles 
i in., bristly. 
Simla ; June-October. — Throughout India, ascending to 5000 ft. — Tropical 
Asia and Africa. 
2. Triumfetta rhomboidea, Jacq. ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 395. Peren- 
nial, densely pubescent. Stems 1-3 ft. Leaves broadly ovate, 
2-3 \ x l|-3 in., 3- or 5-lobed, lobes long-pointed ; uppermost 
leaves usually not lobed. Flowers yellow, J in. long or less. 
Capsule ~ in. diam., densely white woolly, prickles ~ in., bristly. 
Simla ; June-October. — Throughout India, ascending to 5000 ft. — Tropical 
regions of Asia, Africa and America. 
3. Triumfetta annua, Linn. ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 396. Annual, 
nearly glabrous, the stem with a line of hairs along one side, shift- 
ing at each joint. Leaves ovate, 1J-3J X f-2 in., with a few 
scattered hairs. Flowers orange, J in. long or less ; clusters 
sometimes leaf -opposed. Capsule glabrous, J in. diam., prickles 
| in., glabrous. 
Simla ; June-Octoher. — Throughout India, ascending to 5000 ft. — Malay 
archipelago. Tropical Africa. 
3. CORCHORUS. A name adopted by Linnaeus from classical 
authors. — Most tropical regions. 
Herbs, usually annual, or small shrubs. Leaves shortly stalked, 
not lobed, crenate or sharply toothed , stipules long, bristle-like. 
Flowers small, yellow, 1-3 on short, thick, axillary or leaf-opposed 
stalks. Sepals usually 5, sometimes 4. Petals 5 or 4, usually 
longer than the sepals, not glandular at the base. Receptacle 
slightly elevated. Stamens numerous. Ovary 3-5-celled ; style 
short, stigma shortly lobed. Capsule glabrous, long, narrow, 
erect, cylindric or angled, tipped with a short beak. Seeds 
numerous. 
The valuable fibre Jute is derived from the inner bark of C. capsularis, C. 
olitorius and some other species of this genus. It is used in the manufacture 
of rope, string and the gunny bags in which grain is packed for export. 
Capsule cylindric ; beak entire. 
Stems erect. Leaves 2-4 in. Capsule 2 in. . 1. C. olitorius. 
Stems prostrate. Leaves § in. Capsule 1-1|- in. . 2. C. Antichorus. 
Capsule 6-angled ; beak 3-fid ; divisions spreading . 3. G. acutangulus. 
1. Corchorus olitorius, Linn. ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 397. Annual, 
nearly glabrous. Stems 1-4 ft., erect, branching. Leaves ovate, 
lanceolate, 2-4 X 1-2 in. ; the lowest tooth on each side running 
out in a long, curved bristle ; stalk and veins on the lower surface 
hairy. Capsule cylindric, 2 in., 5-valved, beak entire. 
