Capparis.] x. capparidace^. 125 



recurved. Leaves thinly coriaceous, elliptic acute, base blunt, 

 5-5 in. long, 2*5 in. wide; petioles -15 in. long. Flowers greenish 

 white, -25 in. across, in umbels of 6 on peduncles, 75 in. long, in 

 a pendent terminal panicle 6 in. long. Sepals outer boat-shaped, 

 inner ones larger, with a thin white edge. Petals connate at base, 

 broad thin. Stamens httle longer. Gynophore hardly longer than 

 filaments. Ovary small conic. Fruit pea-shaped small. Hab. In 

 dense forests. Kelantan, near Chaning Estate, Kelantan River. 

 Disirih. Borneo. Sumatra. 



5. CRATiEVA, Linn. 



Trees unarmed. Leaves trifoliolate, membranous. Flowers 

 large in terminal racemes, yellowish white. Sepals 4. Petals 4, 

 obovate long clawed. Stamens indefinite, adnate to the base of 

 the gynophore. Ovary on a slender gynophore, i-celled. Stigma 

 sessile. Ovules many on 2 parietal placentas. Fruit baccate 

 with a woody pericarp. Seeds numerous imbedded in pulp. Species 

 about 6, tropical countries. 



Tree; leaflets elliptic, acute, rather stiff; fruit 2 in. 



long, oblong (i) C. macrocarpa 



Shrub; leaflets lanceolate, acuminate, thin; fruit i in. 



long, globose (2) C. religiosa 



(i) C. macrocarpa Kiirz, Journ. Bot. 1874, 195, t. 148, figs. 8 

 to 10; King, I.e. 398. 



A fairly large tree, about 60 ft. tall. Leaves membranous, 

 leaflets nearly sessile elongate-oblanceolate acuminate acute, 

 glabrous ; nerves about 8 pairs, prominent beneath inarching within 

 margin, 4 to 6 in. long, 175 to 3"2 in. across. Flowers in terminal 

 racemes, 2 to 3 in. long. Sepals green "2 in. long. Petals white, 

 1-5 in. long, '80 in. wide, ovate clawed, rounded. Stamens pink, 

 3 in. long. Gynophore as long. Fruit large woody oblong globose, 

 fawn colour with paler spots, 2 or 3 in. long. Seeds -4 in. long, 

 ovoid reniform compressed shortly tubercled on the edges. Hah. 

 River banks, not rare. Pahang, Tahan River and Chenei. Malacca, 

 Tampoi : Selandor, etc. Selangor, Batang Berjuntai. Perak, 

 KwalaKangsa; Kertai River (Kunstler). Penang, Balik Pulau. 

 Disirih. Indo-China. Native names : Kulumbai ; Dala. 



(2) C. religiosa Forst. Prodr. 35 ; Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 172. 



Tree or shrub, not very tall. Leaves deciduous at flowering 

 time, leaflets lanceolate acuminate, narrowed at the base, thinly 

 coriaceous glaucous beneath; nerves about 10 pairs, secondary 

 nerves as conspicuous, 4 to 5 in. long, 2 to 2*25 in. wide; petiolules 

 •I in. long; petioles 2*25 in. long. Flowers in a short raceme, 

 about 4 in. long. Sepals narrow lanceolate acute -2 in. long. 

 Petals obovate round clawed, cream colour, i in. long, -5 in wide, 



