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X. CAPPARIDACE.i:. 



ovoid, oil a long gynophore, 1-2-celled ; placentas 2 ; ovules many, in 

 many series ; stigma sessile, discoid. lierry rather large, globose or 

 ovoid. Seeds few or many, reniform, imbedded in pulp. — Disieib. 

 Tropical regions of the world ; species 6. 



1. Crataeva religiosa, Forst. f. Prodr. (1786) p. 35. A small 

 tree with a much-l)rauclied head. Leaves deciduous, 3-fohoIate; petioles 

 l|-3 in. long ; leaflets 2-6 by 1^-2^ in., ovate, lanceolate or obovate, 

 acute or acuniiuate, attenuated at the base, entire, glabrous on both 

 surfaces, pale beneath and reticulately veined, the lateral leaflets oblique 

 at the base ; petiolules i-| in. long. Flowers many, in dense terminal 

 corymbs, greenish-white; pedicels 1-1| in. long, stout, glabrous. Sepals 

 petaloid, small, distant, ovate, acute. Petals (including the claw) nearly 

 1 by g in.; claw up to 5 in. long, A'ery narrow. Stamens longer than 

 the petals, spreading. Gynophore nearly 2 in. long, terete, smooth. 

 Ovary ellipsoid ; stigma flat. Fruit a globose or ovoid, woody, smooth 

 or scurfy berry, on the thickened gynophore.. Seeds imbedded in pulp, 

 nearly smooth, brown. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 172; Pax, in Engl. & Prantl, 

 Pflanzenf. v. 3, part 2 (1891) pp. 227, 228, fig. 137 ; Talb. Tr^es, Bomb, 

 p. 9 ; AVoodr. in Journ. Eomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 123 ; Watt, Diet. 

 Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 583. — Disteib. Tropical Africa. 



Var. 1. Furvula, Hook. f. & Thorns. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 172. Leaflets 

 ovate-lanceolate, taper-pointed. Berry ovoid. CraUeva Nurvula, Bucb.- 

 Ham. in Trans. Linn. Soc. v. 15 (1827) p. 121; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 8. 

 Cratceva Roxhurgliii, Grab. Cat. p. 8. — Flow ers : Mar. Yebn. Vdya- 

 varna. 



KoNKAN : Stor/iS !, Law ! ; Byculla (Bombay), Graf/am ; Karanja Ilill, DalzeJl ^• 

 Gibson ; Wari Country, BaLzell ^' Gibson. Kanaka : CLanclwar, lUtchie, 'I'd ! ; Iliilical, 

 Woodroiv ! 



The tree is often planted near temples and tombs. 



Yar. 2. RoxhuTfjhii, Hook. f. & Thoms. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 172. Leaflets 

 ovate or obovate, abruptlj^ acuminate. Berry globose. Cratceva Itcx- 

 hurghii, Br. in Denh. & Cla])p. Travels, App. (1826) p. 224; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. p. 8; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. ], p. 59. 



KoNKAN : Law ! ; Wai'i jungles, Dalzdl ^- Gibson. Gujarat : banks of the Narbada 

 near Chandod, Lalzell cf- Gibson. 



6. CADABA, Forsk. 

 Unarmed shrubs. Leaves simple or trifoliolate. Flowers axillary, 

 solitary, racemose or corymbose. Sepals 4, unequal or 2-seriate, the 

 2 outer valvate. Petals 2-4, rarely 0, clawed. Disk prolonged iiito a 

 trumpet-shaped or spathulate process with a tubular claw. Stamens 4-6 ; 

 filaments filiform, exserted, sjireading. Ovary 1-celled, on the top of a 

 long gynophore; ovules many, on 2-4 parietal placentas ; stigma sessile. 

 Fruit fleshy, long, cylindric, berried, or dehiscing tardily by 2 valves 

 which leave the puli)y ])lacentas. Seeds subglobose ; testa cartilaginous ; 

 cotyledons convolute. — Distkib. Tropical and subtropical E. and W. 

 Africa, Arabia; species 12. 



Shrubs ; limb of petals spatLuliile. 



Staiuens 4 1. C. indica. 



Stamens f) 2. C. farinosa. 



A tree; limb of petals suborbicular 3. C. heicrotricha. 



