Capparis.'\ CapparidecE. 63 



much imbricated, glabrous ; pet. | in., broadly obovate- 

 cuneate ; stam. \\ in. long, erect; gynophore rather longer; 

 ov. urceolate, placentas 5, ovules numerous ; fruit i|-2 in., 

 globose, apiculate, on a woody stalk 2\ in. long ; seeds 

 numerous, f in. diam. 



Dry low country ; rather rare. Trincomalie ; Puttalam ; Hanguran- 

 kette ; Kekirawa ; Mannar. Fl. August ; white. 

 Also in Southern India. 



5. C. grandls, Z./ 5«///. /•/««/. 263 (1781). IHudkondai, T. 

 Moon Cat. 41. Thw. Enum. i6. C. P. 1071. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 176. 



A small tree, young shoots palely tomentose ; I. 2-3 in., 

 rhomboidal-oval, acute at both ends or obtuse at apex, 

 glabrous above, finely tomentose-pubescent beneath, venation 

 reticulate, prominent, petioles short, pubescent, no stipular 

 spines ; fl. | in. diam., on slender, pubescent, spreading ped. 

 |-i in. long, crowded in corymbs at end of branches ; sep. 

 pubescent outside ; pet. narrowly obovate ; gynophore | in. ; 

 ov. glabrous, apiculate ; fruit (not seen ripe) ' subglobose, size 

 of a nutmeg,' smooth, 2-6-seeded, purple. 



Dry low country in forest; rare. (C. P. 1071 is without locality). 

 Kambukkan-ar, E. Prov. (Capt. Walker) ; Anaradhapura ; Mannar. Fruit 

 collected in Ceylon by Koenig. Fl. September. 



Also in S. India. 



6. C. pedunculosa, Wall. Cat. 71. 6993 (1828). Pichchuvilatti, T. 



Thw. Enum. 16. C. P. 1069. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 176 (not given for Ceylon). Hook. Ic. PI. t. 128. 



A much-branched, spreading shrub, with wiry, pubescent 

 branches ; 1. numerous, very shortly stalked, closely placed, 

 ovate-rotundate, f-i in., obtuse retuse or apiculate, glabrous, 

 stipular spines small, hooked ; fl. small, \ in., 2-5 together in 

 shortly stalked, simple, axillary umbels, pedicels i in., slender ; 

 sep. less than \ in., glabrous, reflexed ; pet. equalling sep., 

 oval; gynophore f-i in.; fruit ovoid-globose, ^ in., apiculate, 

 smooth. 



Var. /3. longrispina, Hk.f. and T. (sp.). 



Stipular spines straight, divaricate, f in., leaves pubescent 

 beneath. 



Dry low country ; rare. Chilaw ; Haragama ; near Nalande. Var. 

 /3. Mannar. Fl. March. 



Also in a few places in South India. 



Specimens from Moon n. 323, collected in 18 19, are in Mus. Brit. 

 (C niyrtifolia., Br. Ms.). 



