6o Capparide(C. [Capparis. 



ceolate, acute at both ends, entire, glabrous, petioles i-i^in. ; 

 fl. few, in short terminal corymbs, pcd. i^in., spreading; sep. 

 ovate, 2 outer larger, pubescent outside; pet. 2, large, if in., 

 roundish-ovate, acute, with a long, slender claw ; disk-process 

 f in. long, erect between the pet., hollow, dilated at the end ; 

 gynophore 2 in. ; stam. 6 ; ov. small, linear, truncate ; fruit 

 about 3 in., linear, cylindrical, blunt, usually curved, .soft, 

 smooth, green ; seeds reniform, finely muriculatc. 



Dry low country ; rare. Mannar ; Trincomalie ; Pomparippu. Fl. 

 Feb. ; pet. pale yellow, disk-process orange-yellow. 



Also in dry districts of South India. 



2. C. indica, Lam. Encycl. i. 544 (1783). Vili, T. 



Thw. Enum. 15. C. P. 1070. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 173 (not given for Ceylon). Burm. Fl. Ind. t. 46, f. 3 

 {Cleoine friiticosd) (badj. 



A small, straggling tree or shrub, bark smooth, purplish- 

 grey ; 1. small, simple, .shortly stalked, i-i^in., oblong-oval, 

 rounded at base, obtuse or retuse, entire, glabrous ; fl. rather 

 small, \ in., in short, terminal, one-sided racemes ; sep. equal, 

 acute, outer concave ; pet. 4, slightly longer than sep., oval, 

 obtuse, long-clawed ; disk-process f in., curved, declinate, 

 expanded and toothed at end; gynophore fin., much exserted ; 

 stam. 4 ; fruit 1-2 in., linear-oblong, cylindrical, irregularly 

 torulose, smooth ; seeds surrounded by a red aril, striate. 



Dry or desert country ; very rare. Mannar district in several places ; 

 'Kokotaduwa' (Gardner), a locality I do not identify. 



Fl. Feb. ; pet. nearly white, disk-process violet-pink. 



Also in Southern India, where it is common. 



6. CAFPARIS, L. 



Trees or .shrubs, erect or more usually climbing, generally 

 with 2 stipular thorns at base of petioles ; .sep. 4, biseriate ; 

 pet. 4, imbricate ; stam. indef. (rarely few), inserted at very 

 base of long gynophore ; ov. i -celled, with 2-6 parietal 

 placentas, ovules numerous ; fruit hard or fleshy, indehiscent ; 

 seeds imbedded in pulp, embr}'0 helicoid. — Sp. about 120; 

 31 in Fl. B. Ind. 



Fls. solitary, axillary, or corymbosely arranged at 



ends of branches. 

 Shrubs. 



Fruit ovoid, soft, scarlet 



Fruit globose, hard, brown . 

 Climbers. 



Fl. 4-5 in. Young branches smooth . 



Fl. \\ in. Young branches finely tomatose 

 Small tree ...... 



