Cappajj's.] Capparidca". 6i 



Fls. in simple umbels. 



Shrub . . 6. C. pedunculosa. 



Climbers. 



Umbels solitary on short peduncles . . 7. C. SEPIARIA. 

 Umbels numerous on long peduncles, form- 

 ing a large panicle . . . . 8. C. floribunda. 

 Fls. supra-axillary, 1-3 in a vertical line. 



Young shoots supra-tomatose. Fl. i^ in. . 9. C. horrid.a.. 

 Young shoots, glabrous. Fl. A in. . .10. C. ten era. 



1. C. zeylanica, L. Sp. PL ed. 2720 (1762). Kattoddi, Venna- 

 chchi, T. 



Herm. Mus. 7. Burm. Thes. 53. Fl. Zeyl. n. 210 (in part). Moon 

 Cat. 41. C. brevispina, Thw. Enum. 15. C. P. 1059, 1060, 1062,2509. 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 174. Hook. Ic. PI. t. 126. 



A much-branched shrub, young shoots glabrous ; 1. 1^-4 in., 

 lanceolate, ovate- lanceolate, or oblong-lanceolate, acute, entire, 

 glabrous, rather thick, reticulate, venation prominent, petioles 

 short, usually with 2 small, straight, sharp, persistent, stipular 

 spines ; fl. large, i|-2 in. diam., solitary, axillary or 2 together 

 at ends of branchlets, ped. about i in.; sep. nearly equal, very 

 concave ; pet. 3 or 4 times as long, oblong-lanceolate, very 

 obtuse, undulate, the lower pair spreading, the upper pair 

 approximated ; gynophore as long as stam.; ov. oblong, with 

 4 placentas, ovules numerous, stigma capitate; fruit irregularly 

 ovoid, 2\ in. long, i;^ in. broad, pointed or blunt, on a stalk \ in. 

 long, smooth, shining, soft ; .seeds immersed in a white, creamy 

 pulp, sub-reniform, with a thick, white, waxy coat (aril i"), 

 testa thin, brittle, dark brown. 



Dry country ; common. 



Fl. March-July ; white, the 2 upper pet. usually with a basal blotch of 

 yellow, afterwards purple ; anth. pale blue. Fruit bright orange-pink, 

 very conspicuous. 



Also common in Southern India. 



The leaves vary greatly in width, but the varieties based on their forms 

 are connected by intermediate states. The coloured patch at the base of 

 the upper petals may be either yellow, pink, dull purple, or crimson, 

 or either in combination, as seen at different stages of growth. 



Some of Hermann's specimens are doubtful. 



The green fruit is sliced, dried, cooked, and eaten. 



C. Heyneatta, Wall. — To this species are referred, in Fl. B. Ind. i. 174, 

 some specimens in Herb. Kew included under C. P. 2509 (which is not 

 represented in Hb. Perad.), but they are scarcely sufficient to warrant 

 a certain reference. An imperfect specimen from Mandagalla Tank, 

 E. Prov., sent by Mr. Nevill, may possibly be this ; he describes it as 

 forming a round-topped tree, and it has pubescent young foliage and 

 smaller flowers. 



2. C. divaricata, La7n. Encycl. Meth. \. 606 (1783). 

 C. stylosa, DC, Thw. Enum. 15. C. P. 1072. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 174 (not given for Ceylon). Wight, Ic. t. 889 (.?). 



