64 Capparidece. [Capparis. 



I have seen onlyileaves of var. j3. ; the stipular spines are occasionally 

 straif(ht in the type. The T. name above given refers to this variety. 



7. C. sepiaria, /.. Syst. Naf. \. 107 1 (1759). XCaruiichurai, T. 



Thw. P^nuin. 16. ('. P. 1063. 



FI. n. Ind. i. 177. Hook. Ic. Pl.t. 123. 



A wood}-, scrambling climber, much - branched, young' 

 shoots hair)' ; 1. i-i|in., oval or oblong-oval, retuse, glabrous 

 above, more or less pubescent or tomentose beneath, petiole 

 very short, tomentose, stipular spines hooked ; fl. small, }^ in., 

 numerous, crowded, in stalked, terminal, or axillary umbels, 

 ped. i in., slender; sep. oval, reflexed ; pet. a little longer 

 than Sep., oblong ; gynophore \-\ in. ; ov. oblong, pubescent, 

 placentas 2 ; fruit ^in., globose, black. 



Var. ft. retusella, Thw. Eman. 16, 400 (Sp.). C. P. 2550. 

 L. linear-oblong, or narrowly ovate, tapering to retuse 

 apex, glabrous or nearly so beneath ; fl. corymbose rather 

 than umbellate. 



Dry country, common. Jaffna ; Hambantota, abundant ; Puttalam ; 

 Anuradhapura ; Kekirawa ; Mannar. Var. ft. Maturata (Moon) ; Hara- 

 gama ; Matale ; Kekirawa (the latter a very extreme form). Fl. July; 

 white. 



Throughout India ; also in the Philippines : \'ar. ft. endemic. 



8. C. floribunda, Wight, III. i. 2,3 (1838). 



C. P. 3766. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 177. V\ ight, 111. i. t. 14. 



A large woody climber, young twigs glabrous ; 1. 3-3^ in., 

 oblong-lanceolate, obtuse at both ends, retuse, apiculatc at 

 apex, glabrous, petiole I in., stipular spines, small, broad- 

 based, very decurved (often absent) ; fl. small, numerous, in 

 numerous dense umbels on long peduncles from axils of upper 

 leaves and ends of branches, forming together a large terminal 

 panicle, jjedicels about ^ in. ; sep. reflexed in fl., pet. oblong, 

 gynophore 3 in. ; stam. 8, erect ; fruit globose, ^ in. diam. 



Dry country, very rare. I have only seen it from Haragama, where 

 the C . P. specimens were gathered in 1862. Fl. white. 

 Also in Malabar, Tenasserim, and the Philippines. 



9. C. horrida, L.f. Suppl. Plant. 264 (1781). Welangririya, 5. 



Thw. Enum. 15. C. P. 1058. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 178. Wight, Ic. t. 173. 



A climbing shrub, with long, divaricate branches, young 

 shoots with rufous, scurfy tomentum ; 1. oval-lanceolate or 

 oblong, obtuse, strongly apiculate, tomentose when young, 

 afterwards glabrous and shining, petioles short, stipular spines 

 recurved ; fl. rather large, lAin. diam., supra-axillar)', solitary 

 or 2 or 3 together above one another in a vertical line, ped. 



