54 Capparidece. 



the )'oung parts more so ; 1. stalked, pinnate, with 2-3 pair of 

 Iflts. and a larger terminal one, Iflts. very shortly stalked, 

 coarsely and irregularly crenate or lobed ; fl. few, very small, 

 on short hairy ped., at first corymbose, afterwards racemose ; 

 Sep. oblong, obtuse, with few bristly hairs ; pet. often o ; 

 stam. 4 (or 2) ; siliquas shortly stalked, in racemes which are 

 somewhat crowded at the ends, ^-f in., slender, slightly 

 tapering at end, compressed ; seeds few, 4-8, distant. 



Montane zone, in open places ; rather common. N. Eliya ; Madul- 

 kelle ; Rangala ; Dimbula. Fl. various months ; whitish-green. 



Also found in the hills of Western India. 



I cannot think this is more than a local form of the cosmopolitan 

 C. hirsuta, L. The corymbs usually elongate themselves into racemes as 

 in other crucifers, but the flowers are often very few and the racemes 

 thus very short. 



Brassica Juncea, Hk. f. and Th. Aba, S. C. P. 3772. Thw. Enum. 

 399. This is commonly cultivated about cottages, and is a frequent weed 

 in waste ground. It is grown for the oil from its seeds, and is figured in 

 Duthie's ' Field Crops of India,' t. 41. 



Capsella Bursa-pastoHs, Moench., the 'Shepherd's Purse' of England, 

 is a frequent garden weed in the hills, having been introduced from 

 Europe. 



IX.— CAPPARIDE.E. 



Annual herbs, shrubs (often climbing), or small trees ; 



1. simple or compound, alternate, with or without stip. ; fl. 



regular or irregular, bisexual ; sep. 4, distinct (rarely connate 



into a tube), valvate or imbricate ; pet. 4 (rarely 2) ; stam. 



indef , sometimes 6 or 4, inserted at base of or half way up 



gynophore ; disk usually absent, rarely developed as a flat 



expansion or a horn-like process ; ov. usually at end of a lon^ 



gynophore, rarely sessile, i -celled, ovules numerous on 2 



(rarely 4-6) parietal placentas ; fruit a 2-valved capsule, or 



indehiscent and fleshy ; seeds with a curved embrj'O, no 



endosperm. 



Herbs {Clt'omecr). 



Stam. inserted on receptacle at base of gynophore . i. Cleome. 

 Stam. inserted half way up gynophore . . .2. GynandropSIS. 

 Woody {Capparcce). 



Sep. combined at base into a calyx-tube . . 3. M/t:RUA. 

 Sep. distinct. 

 Sep. distant, inserted on edge of expanded recept. 4. CkAT.iiVA. 

 Sep. biseriate. 



Stam. 4-6, inserted halfway up gynophore . 5. Cadaba. 

 Stam. indef., inserted at base of gynophore . 6. Capi'ARIS. 



