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sepal very saccate. Capp'iris jaleata, Fresen. in Mus, Senckenb. v. 2, 

 p. Ill ; Oliver, Fl. Trop. A£r. v. 1, p. 95. 



A maritime plant, growing on the Sind coasts. Sind : Dahclll; rocks by the sea 

 and saltwater creeks, Karachi, Stocks ! — Distrib. Arabia and E. Africa near the sea. 



2. Capparis zeylanica, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1762) p. 720. A rigid, 

 much-branched shrub ; .young shoots glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, 

 1-i— 2| by -j-Iy ii-i elliptic or broadly lanceolate, acute or obtuse, entire, 

 glabrous on both surfaces, prominently reticulately veined, pale beneath, 

 base subacute or rounded ; petioles -i- in. long ; stipular thorns short, 

 straight. Flowers lf-2 in. in diam., a.xillary, solitary or 2-3 together 

 on a short shoot; pedicels slender, 1-1^ in. long. Sepals nearly equal, 

 concave. Petals i in. long, white, obloug, obtuse, undulate, the lower 

 pair spreading, the upper approximate and with a colored spot at the 

 base. Gynophore -|-|- in. long. Ovary oblong, pubescent. Fruit 

 irregularly ovoid, 2-2^ by 1-1^ in., pointed or blunt, bright scarlet. 

 Seeds numerous, imbedded in a white fetid pulp. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 174; 

 Trim. Fl. Cevl. v. 1, p. 61 : Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 10; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 123; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 134. 

 Capparis hrevispina, DC. Prodr. v. 1, p. 246; Grab. Cat. p. 8 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. p. 9. — Flowers: Feb. -Apr. Vebx, Wagcili; Ooviw^phal. 



KoNKAN : near Vingorla, Dalsell ^~ Gibson. Deccan : W. Deccan, D vlzdl Sf Gibson ; 

 Alandi (near Poona), Woodrow. Kanaka : N. Kanara, Talbot. S. M. Oou.vtry : 

 Dharwar, Woodrow, Talbot. 



3. Capparis Heyneana, Wall. Oat. (1828) 6985. An erect shrub, 

 unarmed or with minute, straight, stipular thorns. Leaves 3-5 by 1-2 in., 

 elliptic-lanceolate, acute or acuuiinate, narrowed at the base, reticulately 

 veined, the younger clothed with ferruginous, stellate tomentum, the 

 older glabrous, shining above ; petioles \ in. long. Flowers A^ery large, 

 4-5 in. in diam., white or pale blue, arranged in corymbose, 2-6-flowered 

 racemes, terminal or at the ends of short axillary branches ; pedicels 

 1-1^ ill. long and together with the subulate bracts ferrugino foment ose. 

 Sepals obtuse, tomentose within. Petals flat, obovate, spreading, the 

 2 lower much approximated and with a yellow, pubescent, basal spot. 

 Filaments as long as the petals. Gynophore 1-1^ ii- long. Ovary 

 oblong, tomentose. Fruit not seen. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 174; Grab. Cat. 

 p. 9; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 10; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 

 (1897) p. 123 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 131. Capparis formosa, 

 Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. v. 2 (1850) p. 40; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 9.— 

 Flowers : Apr.-Maj'. Vern. Chayrulca. 



KoNKAN : Bal-zell\, Law'. Ghats of the S. Konkan, Talbot. Kanaka: Ritchie, 

 1614! ; in evergreen forests, N. Kanara, Taltjot ; Divimana (N. Kanara), Woodrow. 



4. Capparis divaricata, Lam. Enci/c. v. 1 (1783) p. 606. A much- 

 branched shrub or small tree. Leaves lj-2i by f— | in., 5-7-nerved 

 from the base, narrow-oblong, obtuse or refuse, rarely acute, mucronate, 

 rounded at the base, the young leaves tomentose, the older glabrous ; 

 petioles ^^i^ ^"* ^^^S'> stipiilar thorns stout, straight or slightly curved. 

 Flowers 2i in. in diam., axillary, solitary, greenish ; buds beaked, tomen- 

 tose ; pedicels i- f in. long, stout, tomentose. Sepals ovate, acute, 

 araneoso-tomentose on both surfaces. Petals oblong, acute or rounded 

 at the top, araneoso-tomentose on both surfaces. Gynophore | in. long. 



