BY THE REV. J. E. TENISON-WOODS, P.G.S., &C. 743 



CAPPARIDE^. 



11. Gynandropsis pentaphylla, DC. Although Vidal's list 

 ■of native names is very rich, compi-ising more than 1600 woi'ds, 

 yet this plant does not appear to be represented in it. In Bali it 

 is called Boangit. The genus has been united with Cleome. It 

 was separated for this species and similar ones in consequence of 

 a greater elongation of the receptacle, which becomes extended 

 into a long and slender stalk. There is nothing otherwise calling 

 for notice in the species, except that it is a tropical coast plant of 

 India, Africa, and Asia. I have found it also in Celebes. There 

 is a species in North Australia distinguished by the very large size 

 of its flowers. 



12. PoLANisiA viscosA, L. This plant is widely spread as a 

 weed throughout the whole of the East, but especially in the 

 Philip[)ines, where in some places it goes by the Yisayan-Indian 

 name of Namoc or the mosquito; in Bali it is also called Boangit, 

 and the leaves are eaten like mustard leaves in salad. In all 

 Northern Australia the plant has become a perfect nuisance, and 

 goes by the inelegant name of 'Stinking Roger,' It is common as 

 a weed in Celebes, Amboyna, and Timor. 



13. Crat^va nurvala, Forster. Balainamoc in Tagalo. A wide- 

 spread plant extending from Malabar to the Society Islands, where 

 it is regarded as a sacred tree, and planted in the gardens. In 

 Java it is called Dangdur- Alias. In the East it is called the Sacred 

 Garlic Pear, and is a small tree. I am doubtful whether this came 

 from the volcanic island. 



14. Capparis horrida, L. f. Native names Daua£r, Alcaparras. 

 The latter name is doubtless a corruption of Capparis. A white- 

 flowered shrub with spinose stipules ; widely spread throughout 

 the East. 



15. Capparis micrantha, Blume. No special name to distin- 

 guish this species which is spinose, but with small leaves, and 

 generally a sinaller plant, I have met with it in Sumatra and 

 Java. 



