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XI. CAPPARiDEJE. (Hook. f. & Thoms.) 



[ Capparis, 



bracts at the base, and at the top a tuft of the same probably enclosing a leaf-bud; 

 buds immature, each in the axil of a subulate bract ; pedicel I in. Sepals 4, imbricate 

 in pairs. 



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'21, C. multifiora, H.f, (k T. ; branches glabrate, thorns 0, leaves large 

 glabrous broad-lanceolate or oblong taper-pointed, flowers small, sepals 





glabrous. 



Tropical vallevs in E. Nipal, and Sikkim ; Bhotan, Griffith; Hookhoom va% 



inBiRMA, Griffith. , ' i-'"C' ' 



A large woody climber; branches long, slender. Leaves 6-12 by 2-5 in., thin, base 

 acute, pale beneath ; ui)per2-4 in... often bracthke and very deciduous; petiole a^y^ 



in. diara., supra-axillary to the leaf or bracts, forming a leafy or naked 4- 



Ovary glabrous, 



Flowers ^- 



or more-flowered raceme; pedicels J-4 in. Pe^aZs obovate oblung. 



i^rwi^ pisiform or larger, l-3-8eedcd. ]■..}'■■ 



22. C. horrida, Linn,/,; DC. Prodr. i. 246; young leaves buds and, 

 shoots brown-tomentose, thorns stout broad-based recurved, leaves ovat 

 obovate or oblong acute obtuse or mucronate at length rshining aoove, 

 petals oblong ciliate, ovary glabrous acute. Wall Cat. 6981 ; ]W. <b A. rmir^ 

 26; Wight Id, 173; Dalz. <k Gibs, Bombay Fl. 10. C. ieylanica^^^^^r 

 FL Ind. ii. 567 {not of Linn), C. formosa, Wall Gat. 8982 A. t. acu- 

 minata, WUld. ; Wall. Cat. 6990 C {not A or B). C. temiiflora and qua^ 

 riflora, DC. l.c, 247. C. erythrodasys, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 99. Cappan. 

 sp. Griff, IcPl, Ind, Or, iv. t. 698. r . s 



Gangetic vallbt, &c., as far N. as Saharunpore ; Westekj/ Peninsula, Chitta- 

 GOKO to Pegu ; Ceylon. — Distkib. Java; Philippines. j - t ve 



Shrubby, chmbing. Leaves 1^-4 by |-2 in., tip pungent, at/ length shining ?^^ 

 and usually much reticulate. Flowers 14-2 in., white or pArphsh; buds glotM>se^» 

 pediccds supra-axillary, i-1 in., upper longer. Fruit 1-1 4 in! diara., obovoid or s 

 globose, smooth, obtusely 4-ang!ed, red-brown, many-seeded. / 





23. C. acuminata, Willd, ; DC Prodr, i. 247;y(Jungslioots andleav^ 

 beneath brown-tomentoso, thorns straight or curved/, leaves at length g 

 brous broad-ovate obtusely acuminate, buds globose/downy, flowers sma 

 C. zeylanica, W, d: A. Prodr. 25 {not of Linn., but pelhaps of DC. ^^^^^^'t 



Western Peninsula, Carnatic? Klein in Herb. Wight, / .''^^ niem- 



Eiect?; branches slender. Leaves l\-2 by 1-1^ in., /obtusely acuminate, ^ .^^ 

 branous; petiole J-^ in. Flowers 2-4 in a series, white axillary; pedicels i- ^^; 

 downy.— The specimen in Herb. Wight, is the only one knciwn. It differs from t>. * . 

 rida in the thoms and small white flowers. The original picket bears the "^^""^^^ 

 name fernif/inca of Klein, corrected by himself to acummata, Willd., no doubt i ^^^^ 

 corresponding specimens sent to Europe ; the locality is uiiknown. ' ' 



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24. C. olaclfolia, ILf. iSc T. ; young branches Wown-pubescent, i^^^^ 



raight or slightly curved, leaves glabrous ovate-lajiceolate taper-poi» ' 



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Tropical Himalayan valleys, from Nipal, Walllch, to Assam, OrifitJi, &c. -^ .^^^ 

 An erect shrub, 6-8 ft. ; branches long, leafy, old glabrous. Leaves 3-6 by 1 « j^^^ 

 base rounded or subacute, shining above, midrib of young puberulous. -^^^^^/^ ufouS- 

 diam., (white, anthers blue) 2-3 in a series, axillary ; buds acute, glabrous or P."- jj^gi^ 

 Sepals margined. Petals narrowly obovate-oblong, pubescent. FtM^PA *^' 

 globose, sharply beaked, black, smooth, shining^v,^: 



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