Cor'chorus,

Cor'chorus, a genus of Tiliaceæ. C. olitorius is widely diffused in tropical countries, being cultivated both as a pot-herb (Jew's Mallow) and on account of its fibre. More important, however, in the latter respect, is the closely allied C. capsularis, which has long been cultivated for its fibre in China ('Chinese Hemp'); also in India for making Gunny Bags (q.v.), and is now of great importance in European manufactures as Jute (q.v.). The Japanese shrub, common in gardens on account of its pretty double yellow flowers, and still frequently called by gardeners C. japonicus, really belongs to the Spiraea family of Rosaceæ, and is correctly known as Kerria japonica.