48 X. CAPrARIDACE.5, 



of the Mahableshwar plant in situ, aud all of tliera belonged to the var. 

 Io)u/ispina, which is very abundant on the hill. 



Var. longispina, Hook. f. & Thorns, (sp.) in FL B. I. v. 1, p. 176. 

 Stipular spines straight, acicular, divaricate, sometimes reaching | in. 

 long. Leaves dark green, the upper surface shining, the lower more or 

 less pubescent. — Flowers : Mar. Veen. Kolisna. 



Konkan: dense woods of the Ghats, Sfocl-s\, Law I ; Matlieran, Cooke ! Deccan: 

 Gibson ! ; Mahableshwar, Cooke !, Woodrow \ Kanaka : along the N. Kanara Ghats, 

 Talbot. 



10. Capparis sepiaria, Linn. Syst. ed. 10 (175U) p. 1071. A 

 much-branched, woody climber ; young shoots more or less pubescent. 

 Leaves |-lg by |-g in., oblong-elliptic or obovate, obtuse, einarginate, 

 rarely acute, the younger more or less pubescent, the older glabrous ; 

 petioles yV"¥ ^'^^ ^"^"S' pubescent ; stipular spines hooked. Flowers 

 white, ^-g in. in diam., in dense, short-peduucled or sessile umbels ; 

 pedicels |-| in. long, filiform. Gynophore j-§ in. long, filiform. Ovary- 

 ovoid, pointed, glabrous or very minut-ely pubescent. Fruit |-| in. in 

 diam., globose, smooth, black when ripe. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 177; Grab. 

 Cat. p. 9 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 10 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, p. 64 ; Talb. Trees, 

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

 Diet. EcoD. Prod. v. 2, p. 132. — Flowers : Feb.-May. Vern. Kanthar. 



Common in dry parts of the Presidency. Deccan : widely, Woodrou- ; Nasik, 

 Cooke ! Kanaka :' Haliyal, Bitchie, 1617 ! 



11. Capparis horrida, Linn. f. Siij)}^^. (1781) p. 264. A climb- 

 ing shrub ; branches terete ; young parts clothed with rufous tomen- 

 tum. Leaves 1-3 by | -2 in., elliptic-oblong, obtuse, acute or refuse, 

 with a long, stout mucro, narrowed at the base, reticulately veined, 

 glabrous and shining above ; petioles \ in. long ; stipular spines booked. 

 Flowers supra-axillary, solitary or 2-3, one above the other in a vertical 

 line, the upper the longest. (Sepals | in. long, densely rufous-pubescent 

 outside, very concave. Petals twice as long as the sepals, densely 

 villous. Gynophore 1| in. long. Ovary ellipsoid, apiculate. Fruit 

 subglobose, I5 in. in diam., on a greatly thickened stalk, obtusely 4-angled, 

 red-brown. Seeds manv. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 178 ; Grab. Gat. p. 9 ; Dalz. 

 & Gibs. p. 10; Trim. Fl. Cevl. v. 1, p. 6-t ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 11 ; 

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

 Prod. v. 2, p. 131. — Flowers : Nov.-Apr. Vern. Tarati. 



Throughout the Presidency and Sind, tolerably common. Konkan : Stocks ! 

 I)e(Can: Woodrow; Poona, Cooke\ S. M. Country: Belgaura, Ritchie, 25! Sind: 



Woodrotv. 



12. Capparis tenera, DaJz. in Hook. Keiv Jonrn. Bot. v. 2 (1850) 

 p. 41. A climbing shrui) : branches slender, terete, glabrous. Leaves 

 membranous, 1-2| by |-1.] in., ovate-oblong or lanceolate, acuminate, 

 glabrous ; i)etioles i in. long ; stipular spines hooked. Flowers white, 

 -\ in. in diam., supra-axillary, usually solitary or sometimes 2 (rarely 3) 

 together in a vertical line, one above the other ; jiedicels liliform, -J 1 1 in. 

 long. Sepals linear-lanceolate, detlexed. Petals oblong, acute, longer 

 than the sepals, pubescent. Gynophore | in. long, iiliform. Ovary 

 ovoid, long-])ointed, glabrous. Fruit pisiform, | in. in diam., usually 

 4-seeded. Fl. B. 1. v. 1, p. 179 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 9; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. 



