4<1 X. CAPPAI11J)AC£.E. 



Ovary glabrous, ribbed. Fruit 2 in, in diam., subglobose, scarlet, warted, 

 5-6-r)bbed, obtusely beaked, seated on the elongate and greatly thickened 

 gyuophore. Fl B. I. v. 1, p. 174; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, p. 61 ; Talb. 

 Trees, Bomb. p. 10 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 123. 

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

 p. 10. — Flowers : Feb.-Apr. 



Deccan : common all over the Deccan, DaLell cf- Gibson, Talhot ; Kajewadi, Woodroio ; 

 Alandi, Woodrow. S. M. Country : Badaiui, Woodrow \, Cooke ! 



5. Capparis aphylla,i2o<?i,i\^oy.PZ./S;/7.(1821)p.238. A straggling, 

 glabrous shrub ; branches terete, smooth, green. Leaves on the young 

 shoots only (the older branches leafless), small, less than -^ in. long, 

 linear-oblong, acute, spinous-poiuted ; petioles very short or ; stipular 

 thorns long, sharp, straight, orange-yellow. Flowers in many-flowered 

 corymbs, from the old branches, or from short lateral shoots ; pedicels 

 slender, about i in. long. Sepals : the outer pubescent, ciliate, sub- 

 valvate, the lower sepal very saccate, acuminate, the upper much 

 smaller, ovate-oblong, concave ; inner sepals elliptic, acute, A\ith floccose 

 margins. Petals red, narrow-oblong, |- by -1- in. Gynophore i in. long. 

 Fruit globular, size of a small cherry, glabrous, beaked. Fl. B. I. v. 1, 

 p. 174 ; Grab, Cat. p. 9 ; Dalz. t Gibs. p. 9 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 10 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat, v, 11 (1897) p. 123 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 2, p. 130. Sodada dechhia, Forsk. Fl. ^^gypt. (1775) p. 81. 

 Capparis decidua, Pax, in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenf. v. 3, part 2, pp. 230, 

 231, fig. 139 (not of Edgew.). — Flowers: Nov.-Mar. Vern. liepti. 



Throughout the driest parts of the Presidency ; very common in Sind. Deccan : 



Dalzell ^- Gibson ; widelj', Woodrow ; Yeoat, near Poona, Woodrow ! ; island in tlie 



Poona river, Cooke\ Gujarat: Dalzell ^' Gibson. Sind: Cookc\ — Distrib. Arabia, 

 N, tropical Africa, Egypt, 



6. Capparis Moonii, Wujlit, III. v. 1 (1840) p. 35. A large 

 climbing shrub ; stems reaching 6 in. in diam. ; young branches purple, 

 glabrous, shining. Leaves 3-4 by 1:^-2 in,, elliptic-oblong, obtuse or 

 acute, with a short callous tip, glabrous on both surfaces, shining above, 

 paler beneath ; petioles -^-f in, long ; stipular thorns short, stout, 

 hooked. Flowers white, 4-5 in. in diam., in terminal corymbs ; j)edicels 

 1^-2^ in. long, stout, flattened, glabrous. Sepals : the outer 1 in. in 

 diam., orbicular, deeply cupped, much imbricate ; the inner broadly 

 oblong, finely tomentose outside. Petals spreading, pubescent on the 

 upper surface. Stamens very numerous, 2-2-2- in. long. Gynophore 

 2-3 in. long. Ovary ovoid, glabrous. Fruit 2-4 in. in diam., subglobose, 

 pointed, seated on the much thickened woody stalk. Seeds numerous, 

 •^ in. in diam. Fl, B. I, v, 1, p, 175 ; Trim, Fl, Ceyl, v. 1, p. 62 ; Talb. 

 Trees, Bomb. p. 10; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 123. 

 — Flowers: Dec- Jan. Verx. Wagdli. 



Konkan: iS/of/is!, iaw !; W.Gliats widely, Woodrow. Deccan: Kiiandala, 6VwX-5 !, 

 Cooke \, Woodrow. S. M.Countky: llaingiiat, ZWc/tic, 26 ! Kanaka: evergreen forests 

 along the N. Kanara Ghats, Talbot. 



7. Capparis Roxburghii, DC. Vrodv. v. 1 (1824) p, 247. A 

 large uoddy cliiiibcr ; young branches fuscous- or hoary-pubescent. 

 Leaves l-i-2a by 1-1^ in-, oblong or obovate, acute or shortly acuminafe 

 narrowed or cuneate at the base, glabrous, shining, pale beneath; 



