38 X. cappauidacejE. 



on both surfaces ; petioles of the lower leaves |-| in. long, those of the 

 upper gradually becoming shorter. J?''lo\vers violet, solitary in the axils 

 of leafy bracts on elongate racemes ; pedicels filiform, | in. long, hairy at 

 top ; bracts narrow-oblong, subsessile. Stamens 12 : filaments enlai'ged 

 at the apex. Sepals small, J.7 in. long, ovate, acute, pilose. Petals i in. 

 long, oblong, acute, veined with dark purple veins, glabrous. Capsules 

 |-1 by ^ in., long-beaked, glabrous, striate, slightly compressed, toru- 

 loses Gynophore 0. Seeds large, yello\^ ish-brown, smooth. Woodr. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 122. Polanisia simplkl folia, 

 Camb. in Jacq. Voy, Bot. p. 20, t. 20 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 8.— Flowers : 

 July-Aug. 



A common weed in the Deccar. Konkan : StocJcs ! ; Bombay, Law ! Beccan : 

 toona Collect orate, Bcdzell <^' Gibson; near Poona, I)alzell\; Poona, Jacqucmont, 

 813 !, 814 !, Woodrow. S. M. Country : Belgaum, Eitckie, 1018 ! 



G. Cleome brachycarpa, Vald, (madi.) ex DC. Prodr. v. 1 (1824) 

 p. 240. A perennial herb, 6-18 in. high, with an odor of rue; stems 

 many from a woody base, the older subglabrous, the younger glandular 

 or viscid-pubescent. Leaves 3-5-foliolate; petioles ^-q in. long; leaflets 

 ?~i ^y "tV~? ^^-i obovate-oblong, viscidly puberulous ; petiolules very 

 short. Flowers yellow, in the axils of leafy bracts, in lax racemes ; 

 pedicels |-| in. long, fihform ; bracts 3-foliolate or simple, subsessile. 

 Sepals Yj_ in. long, OA'ate-lanceolate, much shorter than the petals, 

 glandular-pubescent outside. Petals 5-g in. long, ovate-oblong, subacute, 

 glabrous, furnished inside with a small scale-like appendage above the 

 short claw. Stamens G. Capsules |-| by tV" i i"-' oWong, inflated, 

 glandular ; style about | in. long, filiform, Gynophore 0. Seeds 

 minute, smooth. PL B. I. v. 1, p. 169 ; T. Anders., PI. Aden., in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. v. 5, Suppl. 1 (1860) p. 4 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 

 11 (1897) p. 122. Cleome Vahliaiut, Preseu. in Mus. Senckenb. v. 2, 

 p. 110 ; Ait. Cat. Pb. & Sind PI. p. 9. Cleome Ruta, Cambess. in Jacq. 

 Voy. Bot. p. 19, t. 19; Ait. Cat. Pb. & Sind PI. p. 9.— Flowers : Nov.- 

 May. A^'ern. Kdsturi. 



Very nbundani tliroiigbout Sind. Sind: DahcIl,S2l; hills in Sind, -S^'ocAs, 456 ! ; 

 Boogta Hills, Vicary\; Karachi, Woodrowl; Siikkiir, Covke\ — Dlstrib. N. Africa, 

 Arabia. 



7. Cleome aspera, Keen, (ined.) ex DC. Prodr. v. 1 (1824) p. 241. 

 Annual, G-18 in. high, much-branched from the base; branches ascending, 

 grooved, glabrous, armed with small distant jirickles from triangular bases. 

 Leaves trifoliolate ; petioles ^-| in. long; leaflets \-l in. long (the 

 terminal nuich the largest), oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate, glandular 

 and prickly ; petiolules very short or 0. Flowers small, pink, solitary in 

 the axils of floral leaves (bracts); ])cdicels filiform, \-h in. long; bracts 

 subsessile, simple or trifoliolate. Se])aLs oblong-lanceolate, -,}^ in. long. 

 Petals (\ in. long, obovate-oblong. Ca])sules 1-1 } by yg-^ in., striate, 

 subterete, scarcely torulose, tapering at both ends but quite sessile, 

 glabrous. Gynophore 0. Seeds yellowish-brown, almost orange, trans- 

 versely and sharply ridged, subglobose. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 109; Trim, 

 Fl. Ceyl. V. 1, p. 56 ; AVoodr. in journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 123. 

 — Flowers: Aug. 



Sontliorn Di.«triclH, rare. S. M. Cointrv : Pl.nrwar, Woodrow, Badaiiii, Cvoki\, 

 Woodrow 



