650 BURMA, ITfi PEOPLE AXD PRODUCTIOXS. 



Or.lrr CAPPARIDE.E. 



Flowers usually hcrmaplirodite. Sepals 4, free or connate ; valvatc or imbricate, 

 i-nrely open in the bud. Petals as many, rarely 2 or none, hypogynous or seated on 

 the disk, imbricate or open in bud. Stamens 4 or more, hypogynous or perigynous, 

 or at the base of, or on, a long or short gynopliore. Bisk none, or tumid, or lining 

 the calyx. Ocanj-iule stalked or sessile, 1-4-ccllcd, with numerous amphi-, or 

 carapylotropous ovules on the 2-4 parietal placentas. Style short, or none. Fruit 

 a capsule or berry. Seeds angular or uniform. Alhaiiien none. Herbs, shrubs or 

 trees, often armed with spiny stipules. 



CI EOMIE.l-:. 

 Fill if cajisular, \-ecllc(l, usualh/ pod-like, rareli/ short or (Udyinuas. I'apsnles 4-8- 

 or iiianij-seeded. Herbs. 



X Torus short, the stamens inserted immediateli/ within the sepals and petals. 



Cleome, Linnreus. 

 Torus often produced into an appendage. Stamens 4-6 or more, some of them 

 often without anthei-s. 



C. CnELiiioxiT, L. Prorae road, between Poungday and 



the Myit-ma-kha stream. 

 Plants thinly oppressed, hispid. Petals white or pale rosy. This plant is 

 probably introduced. 



C. TiscosA, L. A weed from Chittagong and Ava to 



Polanisia icosandra, W.A. Tenasscrim. The Nicobars. 



X X Torus elongated, beiirinr/ the stamens at the top under the orary. 

 GrNANDRorsrs, De Candolle. 

 Stamens 6, all perfect. Filaments long. 



G. (Cleojie) rEXTArniLLA, L. A wcid from Chittagong and Ava, 



to Tenasserira. The Nicobars. 



CArPJIlIE.i:. 

 Fruit herry-like or drupaceous. Shrahs or trees. 



* Sepals united at the base into a faiinel- or lill-shaped tvhe, or funning a 

 spalhaecous calyx. 



NlEBDHKiA, De Candolle. 



Sepals united at base into a funnel or bcdl-shaped tube. Petals none. Leaves 

 1-3-foliolate. 



N. VARIABILIS, Kz. S. Ava. 



Younger parts puberulous, rough. Leaflets coriaceous. 



N. SiAMENSis, Kz. E.S. Siamese Province of Radbooree. 



Glabrous. Leaflets thin, chartaccous. 



•■" Sepals free or only at the very base connate. Petals 4. 



C'ArrARis, Linntcus. 



Sejials usually 4, rarely 5, in 2 rows, the foremost one usually larger and galeatc. 

 Stamens usually indefinite, inserted on the short torus, the filaments free, filiform. 

 Perry more or "less stalked, globular to elongate. Seeds 1 or several, immersed in 

 pulp, uniform. Shrubs or trees often scandent. 



"'•■ Pedicels arisiiiy from nhuve the axils of the leaves in a line one ahove the other 

 {supra-axillary) ; or rarely axillary and solitary. 



