X. CAPPARIDACB.E, 47 



petioles |-| in. long ; stipular thorns stout, hooked. Flowers white, 

 1-1 1 in. in diaui., in corymbs at the extremities of the branches or 

 on short axillary branches ; buds tomentose ; pedicels 1-1| in. long, 

 pubescent or tomentose. Sepals as in the preceding species, but ranch 

 smaller, the outer less than | in. in diam. Petals broadly obovate- 

 cuneate. Gynophore 2 in. long. Ovary subglobose, pointed, glabrous. 

 Pruit 14-2 in. in diam., dark purple {lioxh. 1. c), globose, umbonate. 

 Seeds numerous. PI. B. I. v. 1, p. 175 ; Grab. Cat. p. 9 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 p. 9 (?) ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, p. 62; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 10 ; Woodr. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 123. Oapparis cori/inbosa, Hoxb. 

 PI. Ind. V. 2, p. 569.— Plowei-s : Aug. Vebn, Warjdti. 



Very like the preceding, from which it differs chiefly in size and 

 pubescence. In the description by Dalzell & Gibson (Bonbay Flora, 

 p. 9), it seeuis doubtful whether the plant described as C. Roxhurjliii 

 may not be C. Moonii. 



Kanara : Stocks ! ; Kumpta and Ankola Gli^it, in evergreen forests, Talhot. 



8. Capparis grandis, Linn. f. Sappl. (1781) p. 263. A small 

 tree ; young shoots covered with olive-green tomentum. Leaves 1-2| 

 by 1-lg in., elliptic-obovate, obtuse (rarely retuse), sometimes mucronate, 

 the younger clothed with olive-green velvety pubescence, the older 

 subglabrous, except the midrib ; petioles |-| in. long ; stipular thorns 

 usually absent, when present hooked. Flowers about 1 in. in diam., in 

 terminal, many-flowered, densely pubescent corymbs, or sometimes in 

 racemes the lower pedicels of which are furnished with stalked, leafy, 

 the upper with small, deciduous bracts ; pedicels |-1 in. long. Sepals : 

 the outer l-y^ in. long, covered with olive-colored pubescence outside, 

 boat-shaped, valvate ; the inner broadly elliptic, ciliate. Petals oblong- 

 obovate, the inner surface pubescent. Gynophore usually |-1 in, long, 

 sometimes only i in. Ovary ovoid, very acute, glabrous. Fruit the 

 size of a nutmeg, subglobose, purple, smooth, 2-6-seeded. Fl. B. I. 

 V. 1, p. 176 ; Grab. Cat. p. 9 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 10 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, 

 p. 63; Woodr. in Journ. Bon)b. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 123 ; Watt, Diet. 

 Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 131. — Flowers : Apr.-May. Veeis". Pachimda. 



Deccan : Gibson I; in the forts of Sholapore and Miraj, Da.lznU cf- Gibson; Bul- 

 eshwar Hill, Yeoat, 30 miles B. of Poona, Woodrow \ ; islet in the Mutha-Mula River, 

 Poona, Kanifkor\ ; near Poona, Cooke \ Kanaka: Law\ S. M. Country: in the 

 forests of the Dharwar district, Talbot ; Belganm, Bitchic, 1)79 ! 



9. Capparis pedunculo3a,TFrt?Z.Crti. (1828) 6999. An erect shrub 

 with wiry brauL-hes ; young parts pubescent. Leaves bifarious, very close 

 together, |-1 in. in diam., broad-elliptic or orbicular, obtuse or acute, 

 usually mucronate, glabrous, base rounded or subcordate ; petioles very 

 short ; stipular spines hooked. Flowers white, in simple terminal and 

 axillary short-peduncled umbels; pedicels |-1 in. long, filiform. Sepals 

 less than I in. long, reflexed, glabrous. Petals as long as the sepals. 

 Gynophore 1 in. long, filiform. Fruit subglobose, size of a pea, smooth. 

 Fl. B. I. V. 1, p. 176 (amending citation of no. in Wall. Cat.) ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. p. 9; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, p. 63; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 11; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 123. 



I have seen no specimens from Bombay. Dalzell & Gibson (1. c.) give 

 Mahableshwar as a locality in which. Capjuiris jJcdiinculosa proper occurs. 

 I consider this an error. I have jpersonallij examined numerous specimens 



