174 XI. CAPPARiDE^, (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [Capparis. 



2. C. g^randiflora. Wall Cat 6984 ; brandies tomentose, leaves ovate 

 acute mucronate shining above pubescent beneath, flowers large, pedicels 

 short, ovary glabrous. C. pyrifolia, W. & A, Prodr. 25 [TwtofLamk d;DC>); 

 Wight let. 1047. ^ / 



Eastern slopes of the Nilgiiiri Mts., Wight. ' ^ ;^ 



A dense branched spreading shrub, 2-3 ft. ; thorns recurved. Leaves 1 in., sbort- 



petioled, pubescence brown. Flowers 3 in. diam. ; pedicels 4-^ in. Petals broadly 



obovate-cuneate, almost truncate. Ovary narrow- oblong, furrowed. Fruit 2 in., g\._ 



brous, oblong, beaked. W 



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3. C. zeylanicaf Linn, {not DC. nor W. (k A.); glabrous, armed, 

 leaves broad ovate to lanceolate usually acute and mucrcmate reticulate 

 beneath, flowers large, pedicels slender, ovary pubescent. Willd, Sp. PI u- 

 1132; Wall Cat, 6789. C. acuminata, Roxh. Ft. Ind. ii. bm{not Willd). 

 C brevispina, DC. ; W. &. A. Prodr. 24; I'hwaites Enum. 15 ; Uook. Ic PI 

 t 126; Dak. & Gibs. Bombay Fl 9. C. Wallichiana, W. & A. Prodr. ^\ 

 Wall Col. 698L (C. Eheedii and rotundifolia, Rottb.) ^; 



Common in the Carnatic and Malabar ; occasional in the Western Dekkan ; aij 

 parts of Ceylon. , ' v 



A rigid, wiry, much branched shrub ; shoots sometimes puberulous. Leaves 1^-3 by 

 4-14 in., coriaceous, shining above, sometimes pubescent beneath. Flowers 2 }J^' 

 diam., white, solitary or 2-3 on a short shoot; 2 lower petals yellowish changinir to 

 red browu ; pedicels 1-2 in. Ovary oblong. Fruit 2 in., ovoid, smooth. — C. zeylanica, 

 DC, is probably C. tenera or acuminata. 



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4. C. Keyneana, Wall Cat. 6985 ; unarmed or thorns minute, leaves 

 ovate or lanceolate acute or acuminate reticulate beneath, flowers soUtary or 

 fascicled, pedicels slender 1-bracteate, ovary tomentose." -W. d^A. P^^j^^- 

 25. C. formosa, Dak. in Hook Kew Journ. ii. 40; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. FLy- 

 — R/teede Uort. Mai. vi. t. 57. 



From S. CoNCAN and Canara, to Travancor ; Cetlox, Thwaites (2509 in part). ^ 

 An erect shrub ; young parts floccose. Leaves 3-6 by ^-3 in., base acute, coria- 

 ceous, old shining above. Flowers 4-5 in. diam., white pale blue or lilac, solitajT ^J 

 2-3; pedicels 1-2 in., terminal; bracts linear. Sepals obtuse, tomentose ins^ide. i^*?'* 

 oboyate, 2 lower close together with a yellow basal spot. ^rwzY (immature) li^^-» 

 ovoid, beaked, ,.. V 



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 leaves linear-oblong or ovate obtuse mucronate 5-7-nerved at the d ^^ 

 flowers solitary, pedicels slender, ovary glabrous ribbed. ^^^^^' k, vcall 



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 Cat. 6980 ; W.& A. Prodr. 25 ; Dalz. iSc Gibs. Bomb. FL 10. 



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The Dekkan, and Caknatic at Tanjore and Colmbatore. - |i_j 



A shrub or small tree, branches spreading, glabrous or shoots hoary, -f^^^^j.pe- 



by J-l in., thick, coriaceous; petiole short. Flowers 24 in. diam.; budsbeaKea, p 



dicela 4-1 in. Sepals very concave, ovate. Petals narrowly obovate-spatn * 



Fruit 2-3 in. diam., subglobose, 5-6-ribbed, tuberclcd, obtusely Ij®^'^®*''" f^ribes 



described from young plants with slender branches and narrow leaves. Graham aesc 

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