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8. Cleome Burmanni, Wight Sf Am. Prodr. (1834) p. 22. Annual, 

 6-18 in. hii^b ; stem (but not tbe leaves) rough with minute scattered 

 prickles. Leaves 3-foliolate ; leaflets ovate-oblong or obovate, those of 

 the lower leaves shorter tlian the petioles, those of the upper much 

 longer, glabrous. Capsules l|-2 bj^ in., subterete, striate, attenuated 

 at the base, stalked, glabrous. Gynophore ^ in. long. Seeds as in the 

 preceding species. 11. B. 1. v. 1, p. 170 ; Grrah. Cat. p. 7 ; Trim. Fl. 

 Ceyl. V. 1, p. 56 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 123. 



Very similar to Cleo)ne asj)era, from wbich it differs cbieliy by the 

 presence of a distinct gynopbore. Trimen (Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, p.' oG) 

 considers it doubtfully distinct from that plant. 

 SiND : Hyderabad, JV. Sfrachan (fide Woodroio, 1. c). 



9. Cleome viscosa, Limi. Sjy. PI. (1753) p. 672. Annual, erect, 

 1-3 ft. high ; stems grooved, densely clothed with glandular and simple 

 hairs. Leaves 3-5-foliolate ; petioles of the lower leaves 1-2 in. long, 

 gradually becoming shorter upwards ; the floral leaves (bracts; often sub- 

 sessile. Leaflets elliptic-oblong or obovate, acute or obtuse, the terminal 

 the largest and reaching 1| by 1 in. (when 5-foliolate the basal pair much 

 reduced) ; petiolules short, hairy. Flowers yellow, axillary, growing 

 out into a lax raceme ; pedicels slendei", terete, hairy. Sepals f-^ in. 

 long, oblong-lanceolate, glandular-pubescent outside. Petals oblong- 

 obovate, about i in. long, veined. Stamens exceeding 20. Capsules 

 2-2i by -^ in., erect, hairy, obliquely striate, compressed, tapering 

 towards both ends, terminated by a style ^ in. long. Seeds brown- 

 black when ripe, finely transversely striate, subglobose. Fl. B. I. v. 1, 

 p. 170; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, p. 57; AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 11 (1897) p. 123; AVatt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 371. Polanisia 

 icosandra, W. & A. Prodr. p. 22 ; Grab. Cat. p. 8 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 8.— 

 Flowers : Sept.-June. Vern. PivU-tihudn. 



A common weed, widely distributed throughout the Presidency ; very common in 

 the Deccan and about Poona. Konkan : near the hghthouse at Vingorla, Kainie. 

 Deccan : widely, Woodrow ; Poona, Cooke ! 



10. Cleome Chelidonii, Linn. f. Sxipj^l. (1781) p. 300. Annual, 

 erect, much-branched, 1-3 ft. high; stem and branches striate, glabrous 

 except for a few scattered hairs from glandular bases. Leaves 3-9- 

 (commonly 7-) foliolate, (the number of leaflets diminishing upwards), 

 passing into simple, hnear bracts above ; leaflets up to 2| in. long, 

 oblong-obovate, or the upper narrow-linear, appressedly pubescent ; 

 petioles reaching 4 in. long, glabrous except for a few glandular hairs. 

 Flowers rosy, in terminal and axillary racemes, becoming corymbose ; 

 pedicels l-l"| in. long. Sepals small, ovate, acute. Petals J-| in. 

 long, obovate, mucronate. Stamens indefinite. Capsules 2-4 in. long, 

 slender, cylindric, tapering at both ends, finely striate. Gynophore U. 

 Seeds yellowish-brown, echinate. Fl. B. 1. v. 1, p. 170 ; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 123. Polanisia Chelidonii, DC. 

 Prodr. V. 1, p. 242 ; W. & A. Prodr. p. 22 ; Grab. Cat. p. 7 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. p. 8. — Flowers : Jidy-Feb. 



In moist place& througliout the Presidency. Konkan : StocJiS ! Deccan : Eojapore 

 on the road to Poona, BalzvU S^ Gihwn; Khadkala, Woodrow; between Poona and 

 Karli, Jacquemont, 812 ! ; Lanoli, Cooke ! ; near Poona, Woodrow ! Gujarat : Dang 

 jungles, Woodrow. S. M. Country: Uelgaum, Eitchie, 23 !— Disteib. Java. 



