124 X. CAPPARIDACE^. [Capparis. 



globose green. Hah. Seashores and sandy spots, chiefly in the 

 north. Johor, Pulau Aor, off the Johor coast. Penang, Pulau 

 Badak and Pulau Tikus. Pulau Adang. Kedah, Alor Sta. Perils, 

 Kanga. Kelantan, Kota Bharu, Disirib. Burma, Siam. 



(7) C. perakensis Ridl. C. pubiflora var. perakensis Kmg, I.e. 



394- 



A straggling shrub 5 ft. tall, glabrous, with minute thorns in 

 pairs. Leaves membranous, elliptic-oblong acuminate, base nar- 

 rowed or rounded ; nerves 9 or 10 pairs and reticulations prominent, 

 5 to 7 in. long, 2 to 2'5 in. wide; petioles '25 in. thick sulcate. 

 Flowers i in. across, supra-axillary. Bracts narrow acute; pedicels 

 long, slender. Sepals oblong concave, 2 outer ones pubescent 

 outside. Petals white oblong, the 2 posterior united at the 

 base by a gland, pubescent above and round the gland, with a 

 purple blotch. Stamens numerous. Gynophore i in. long with 

 ovary pubescent. Hah. In damp shady forests. Perak (Scor- 

 techini). Kelantan, Chaning Woods, Kelantan River. 



(8) C. Finlaysoniana Wall. Cat. 6992 ; Hook. fd. F.B.I, i. 179 ; 

 King, I.e. 395. 



Sarmentose-scandent, glabrous. Thorns stipular nearly straight, 

 in pairs, very short, bases broad, tips blunt black. Leaves cori- 

 aceous, broadly lanceolate to elliptic, shortly acuminate; midrib 

 and 7 pairs nerves prominent beneath, 6 to 7-5 in. long, 2*25 to 3 in. 

 wide ; petioles "4 in. long. Flowers solitary or in pairs, large white 

 with a golden spot at the base of the lower petals. Sepals lanceo- 

 late acute. Fruit cylindric, tapering to tip, 4 to 7 in. long, i to 

 i'5 in. wide, red on a gynophore, i"5 in. long, with a pedicel as 

 long. Seeds, "4 in. long, ovoid. Hah. Singapore, sandy open 

 country, Changi, now very rare. Pahang. P'lawan, Rumpin 

 (Foxworthy). Native name : Jambol Merah. 



(9) C. cucurbitina King, I.e. 395; Ann. Bot. Card. Cale. i. (2), 

 119, pL 136. 



A climber, with stout branches nearly glabrous. Leaves 

 coriaceous, elliptic lanceolate to lanceolate acuminate, base shortly 

 narrowed or not ; nerves 8 or 9 pairs, prominent beneath inarching 

 •I in. or less from edge, secondary nerves conspicuous, 5*5 in. to 

 7"5 in. long, 175 to 2'25 in. wide; petioles '2 in. long slender. 

 Flowers in fascicles of 2 or 3, on pedicels over i in. long. Sepals 

 ovate lanceolate acuminate puberulous. Petals broadly elliptic 

 obtuse. Stamens 20. Gynophore short. Fruit cylindric, narrowed 

 to base, shortly apiculate, when ripe 3 in. long, 1*25 in. through, 

 orange coloured; gynophore 75 in. long; pedicel i"25 in. long. 

 Seed ovoid smooth, -4 in. long. Hah. Dense mixed jungle at 500 

 to 700 ft. altitude. Perak, Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). Bindings 

 (Ridley). 



(10) C. paniculata Ridr. Joiirn. F.M.S. Miis. x. 129. 



Long slender thorny climber, much branched. Thorns short 



