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170 XI. CAPPARIDE^. (Hook. f. & Thoms.) [aemc. 



Flowers i in. long, dull yellow, solitary, long-pedlcelled. Capsules 1-1 4 in., sessile^ 

 slender, beaked. Seeds large, glabrous, transversely rugose. ] 



% 9. C. Burmannl, W. & A. Prodr. 22 ; branches glabrous prickly, 

 leaves 3-foliolate, leaflets shorter than the petiole obovate or oblong-lanceo- 

 late, flowers axillary, capsule stalked terete. Polanisia dodecandra, 1)1. 

 Lc. 2A2.—Burm. Thes, ZeyL t. 100, f. 1 {not good). 



Fields of the Carnatic, and in Ceylon, Kcenig, &c. i/ 



Annual, 6-18 in. ; branches many from the root. Leaflets 1 in., acute or obtuse. 

 Floii-ers i in., solitary, purple. Cajisnles 2 in., terete, glabrous, striate, tapenng at 

 both ends ; stalk yV^ i^-j Blender. Seeds glabrous, transversely rugose.— C, ciliata, 

 Sch. & Th,y of tropical Africa approaches this very closely. 



*** Leaves compound. Stamens lO-oo. 



10. C. felina, Linn. f. Suppl 300 ; rough with rigid scale4ike hairs, 

 leaves 3-foliolate, leaflets obovate, flowers axillary long-i)edicelled, stainens 

 28-32, capsule glabrous. Polanisia felina, BG. Prodr. i. 242; WaiL^<^^ 

 6971 ; W. dc A. Prodr, 22 {exch syn. Hori. Malabo). 





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Southern provinces of the Carnatic, Kce-nig^ &c. , .. ' 



Annual, erect, 1-2 ft., much branched. Lenflets 4-1 in., obtuse, equalling or sborier 



than the petiole. Flowers \-% in. long, solitary, purple. Calyx and corolla oris y 



outbids. Filaments filiform. Capsvle 1-1^ by ^ in., compressed, liuear-oblong, acuie 



at both ends, striate. Seeds large, glabrous, tubercled. />. ■- 



11. C. viscosa, Linn.; softly pubescent, leaves 3-5-foliolate, leaflets 

 ovate or obovate, flowers racemed long-pedicelled, stamens ^^-20. caps 

 glandular-pubescent. Roxb. Fl Ind. ii. 128. C. icosandra, Linn, -^^^l f 

 viscosa, BC. Prodr. i. 242 ; Wall. Cat. 6968. Polanisia icosandra, W. d:^- 

 Prodr. 22 ; Wight Ic. t. 2.—PIieede HoH. Mai ix. t. ^3. ; k 



Abundant throughout tropical and warm India, and the rest of the world. :^ ^ 

 Annual, erect, 1-3 ft., hairs simple and glandular mixed. Leaflets e^^*^ p|^ 

 shorter than the petiole, upper usually subsessile. Flowers \ in. long, yellow. *■ 

 rellcxed. Capsule 2-34 i^^-. striate, narrowed to the tip. Seeds small, granular, 



y 12. C- Chelidonli, Lhm. f. Suppl 300: glabrous or sparsely scabn^ 

 leaves 5-9-f oliolate, leaflets obovate or oblong, flowers racemose ^^^ 

 corymbose long-pedicelled, stamens very many, capsule glabrous. ^ j^' 

 FL Ind. iil 127. Polanisia Chelidonii, DC. Prodr. i. 242 ; W. ^^'^T.' 

 22 ; Wight /c. t. 319 ; Wall. Cat 6969 ; Dalz. dh Gibs. BoTub. Fl 8. /i^^ 

 rophylla, WaU. Cat. 6970. P. Schraderia«^ Leschenaultii, DC toryu^ 

 dra pulchella, Schrad. . , -; 



Moist places from the N, Circars, Roxburgh^ and Pooka, Jacquem.^ soutnwa 



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Annual, erect, 1-3 ft., much branched, glabrous or with few bristles. ^^^^ in^en 

 petioled, pubescence appressed, seabrid; leaflets 1-1^ in., obtuse or acute. ^^^^^ 

 3-1 in. diara., regular, rosy ; bracts small, simple or 3-foiioIate. Petals ^^^^ ^^1^% 

 Filaments clavate above. Capsule 2-4^ in. ^ slender, tapering at both ®°^> • :^ 

 Seed rather large, pale brown, muricate- ;.'^^''* 



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2. GTNANDROFSXS, DQ 



\ An annual glandular-pubescent or glabrate herb. Leaves ^'^^\^^ 

 long-petioled. Flowers racemed. Sepals 4, spreading. Petals 4, ^P^V^jjef 

 long-clawed, open in bud. Stamens 6, filaments adnate below ^^^^^jl gjoB' 



gynophore, spreading above. . Ovart/ stalked, ovules many. - ,C<^P^^ 



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