Capjmridacece.^ ceylon plants. 



+ 



Hab. North-eastern parts of the island, a 

 vulg. " Loonoowarana. 



15 



5. CADABA, Forsk. 



1. C. trifoliata, W. et A. Prod. i. 24.— c.p. 1066. 

 Hab. Northern part of the island, Gardner. 



2. C. Indica, Lam. (W. et A. Prod. i. 24.)— c.p. 1070. 

 Hab. Northern part of the island, Gardner. 



6. M^RUA, Forsk. 



1. M. oblongifolia A Eich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, i. 32, t. ^.—Nieluhria 

 ohlongtfuha, DC. Prod. i. 244 ; Hook. Ic. ii. t. 128.— c.p. 1064. 

 Hab. Trincomalee, Gardner. 



7. CAPPARIS, Liu. 



Sect. 1, 



syn.) 



Var. ^. Rheedll (C. Bheedii, DC.)— c.p. 1060. 



\ ar. y rotundifoUa ((7. rotundifoUa, Eottb. ; Willd.)— c,P. 1059. 

 Hab. V ery abundant in the hot, dry northern parts of the island. 



May not one of the forms of this species be the a Zeijlamca of LinucTus ? 



:um 



C.P. 1072. 



Hab. North of the island, Gardner. 



Sect. 2. 



3. C. horHda, Lin. (W. et A. Prod. i. 26, cuni syn.)— c.p. 1058. 

 Hab. Hot, drier parts of the island, up to an elevation of 1500 feet. 



4 O tetrasperma, Thw. (c.p. 614); stipuUs spinosis, brevibus, 

 ttucinatis; foliis ovatis, acuminatis, glabris ; junioribus parce pubes- 

 centibus ; sepalis glabris, margine lanatis ; petalis interne dabris, ex- 

 terne lanu;^inosis. ^ . > -r h f 



'-^ 



feet. 



an elevation of 1500 



1 ^^t^ scandens. Ba?uuH teretes, minute striati, ghibri. FoNa lf-2^ poll. 



onga^ 4-lA poll. lata, petio/o a poll, longo. PediceUi supra-axillares, ssepissime 3, 



-l-senales, 6 lin. longi. Peiala obloiiga, 2 lia. longa, sepaJa ovalia acuta parum 



eicedentia. Stamina circiter 20. Ovaritim oblongnm, atteuuatum ; gynophoro 



Peclicellum subjcquaute; placeyitis 2, 2-3-ovulati3. Ovula brevi-stipitata. Kucula7iia 



rp[*?^'.^ 'j»- i" diani., sBepissime 4-sperma. 



n ^i ^^ Fobahlv the C, Zeylanica of De Candolle, but can scarcely be the plant so 



11 k^ ^"^°*^^' ^^^^ ^*^^^^® ^^ ^"^^^^ ''^^ described as " subpetiolata ;" nor can it 

 weil be the C. acuminata, Willd. {€, Zeylanica, W. et A.), which is stated to have 

 tne leaves tomentose beneath, and the spiny stipules straight. 



Sect. 3. 



5 C Roxburghii, DC. Prod. i. 247 ; W. et A. Prod. i. 26 ; E. W. 

 ^^' t. 1048.— c.p. 1065, 2480. 



