24 CAPPADIDEA. CapaBa. 
lobe or knot one-seeded.—z« ; leaves notched at the extremity.— Wight ! cat. 
n. 86. a; Wall.! L. n. 6976. e.—N. arenaria, DC. prod. 1. p. 244.—£; leaves 
rotuse or obtuse.— Wight ! cat. n. 86.—N. oblongifolia, DC. prod. 1. p. 244 ; 
Wall. ! L. n. 6976. c. e.—Capparis heteroclita, Roxb. fl. Ind. 2. p. 570.—Cra- 
teva oblongifolia, Spr. syst. 2. p. 448.—y; leaves ovate, acuminated.— Wight! 
cat. n. 85 ; Wall.! L.n. 6976. a. æ from about Courtallam ; y from Cudda- 
lore. 
Certainly only one species: indeed the leaves vary on the same individual, 
so that it is scarcely possible to limit the varieties. The singular fruit is 
caused by the placents becoming indurated and nearly straight, while the 
seeds bulge out the side of the berry ; so that it has the appearance of seve- 
ral berries placed along a receptacle. The ovarium is erroneously described 
by Roxburgh, and is certainly unilocular. 
VI. CADABA. Forsk. 
Calyx of 4 sepals ; 2 interior, smaller and more coloured than the outer ones. 
Petals 4 or 2 with long claws, or none. Torus (nectary of authors) elonga- 
ted, somewhat infundibuliform, erect, bearing the elongated ascending theca- 
phore (or fruitstalk) at its base on the opposite side from the two middle pe- 
tals. Stamens 4-6: filaments free above, united below into a column, which 
surrounds and firmly coheres with the thecaphore for nearly half its length. 
Fruit bacate, cylindrical, many-seeded.—Shrubs with simple or rarely trifolio- 
late leaves, usually without thorns. 
80. (1) C. Indica (Lam.:) without thorns: leaves from elliptic-oblong to 
broad-lanceolate, mucronate, glabrous: torus tubular, mouth oblique, widen- 
ing, toothed : petals and stamens 4: seeds immersed in firm pulp.— DC. prod. 
1. p. 244 ; Wall.! L. n. 6977 ; Wight ! cat. n. 81.—Cleome fruticosa, Linn. ; 
Burm. fl. Ind. t. 46. f. 3.—Stremia tetrandra, Vahl ; Spr. syst. 1. p. 766 ; 
s f Ind. 2, p. 18.——Very common, especially in a dry soil, or among 
rubbish. 
81. (2) C. trifoliata (W. & A. :) without thorns: leaves trifoliolate ; leaflets 
ovate-oblong, petioled, glabrous: torus infundibuliform ; limb folded back on 
one side with a few teeth on its margin: petals 2: stamens 6: fruit dry with- 
in, imperfectly dehiscent from the base upwards: seeds remaining attached 
to the placentze.— Wight ! cat. n. 80.—C. triphylla, Wight ! in Hook. Bot. misc. 
supp. tab. 37.—Stremia trifoliata, Roxb. fl. Ind. 2. p. 79.—Desmocarpus mis- 
sionis, Wall. L, n. 6978.—— Courtallum and Pathucottah. 
This species has so many remarkable characters in common with the others 
of the genus, that we are not disposed to separate it on account of the trifo- 
liolate leaves, and structure of the fruit. 
VII. CAPPARIS. Linn.; Lam. illt. 446. 
Calyx of 4 sepals. Petals 4, sessile. Torus inconspicuous. Stamens nu- 
merous, distinct. Siliqua more or less baccate, stalked.—Shrubs with simple 
entire leaves. 
In the Indian and New Holland species the flower-buds ar bular ; sepals 
ovate, concave, obtuse, imbricated, and unequal ; and the thecishors g : 
$ 1. Pedicels axillary, solitary or rarely 2-8 from the same point. 
82. (1.) C. brevispina (DC.:) stipules thorny, short, straightish : leaves 
short-petioled, varying from broad-lanceolate to broadly oval, more or less 
acute, mucronate, coriaceous, glabrous, reticulated, paler beneath : pedicels 
slender, axillary, solitary, 1-flowered, a little shorter than the leaves: ova- 
num oblong, densely pubescent: berry roundish with an even surface.—C. 
