392 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Poninsula. 



1. C. HuLLETTilj Kibg, n. sp A much -branched, sub-decumhent 

 small shrub ; the stem striate, puberulous, and with a few short prickles 

 in distant pairs. Leaves dimorphous ; those of the lower part of the 

 stem petiolate, tiifoliolate, the leaflets obovate ; those of the upper part 

 simple, sessile, ovate; all pubescent and from '5 to '76 in. lonof. Flowers 

 solitary, axillary, about "6 in. in dinm. Stamens 6. Pedicels slender, 

 much lona^er than the leaves. Capsules terete, striate, glabi'ous, about 

 1".5 in long; seeds large, muricate. 



Singa^jore, in dry place by road-sides. 



This is allied to the Peninsular Indian species G. aspera^ Koen, and 

 C. Bnrmanni, W. & A., but differs from both in its dimorphous leaves. 



2. C. VISCOSA, Linn. An erect, glandular-pubescent, viscid herb. 

 Leaves ; the lower with long petioles, the upper sometimes sub-sessile, 

 8-to 5-foliolate ; leaflets obovate or ovate. Flowers in terminal corymbs, 

 on long pedicels. Petals yellow, reflexed, about '5 in. long. Stamens 

 ]2 to 20. Capsule glandular-pubescent, striate, narrowed to the apex, 

 2 td 3"5 in. long. Seeds small, reniform, transversely ridged. Hook, 

 fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 170; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. Pt. 2, 97; Bl. Bijdr. 52; 

 DC. Prodr. i. 242 ; Wall. Cat. 6968. Polanisia icosandra, W. & A. 

 Prodr. 22 ; Wight Ic. t. 2.— Rheede Hort. Mai. ix. t. 33. 



A common weed at low elevations in the tropics. 



2. Gynandropsis, DC. 



An annual, glandular-pubescent or glabrate herb. Leaves 5-folio- 

 late, long-petioled. Flowers raceraed. Sepals 4, spreading. Petals 4, 

 spreading, long-clawed, open in bud. Stamens 6, filaments adnate be- 

 low to the slender gynophore, spreading above. Ovary stalked, ovules 

 many. Capsule elongate, stalked ; valves 2, separating from the seed- 

 bearing placentas. Seeds reniform, black, scabrous. 



1. G. PENTAPHYLLA, DC. Prod. i. 238. An erect, glabrous or 

 pubescent, spreading hei'b. Leaves on long petioles, quinate, the leaflets 

 sessile, obovate or cuneate, acute or obtuse, entire or serrulate, 1 to 1*5 

 in. long. Flowers whitish or purple, in terminal racemes, '35 to '8 in. 

 in diam., bracts 3-foliolate. Capsules cylindric, pointed, striate, nearly 

 glabrous, 2 to 4 in. long. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 171; Miq. Fl. lud. 

 Bat. i. Pt. 1, 96; W. & A. Prod. 21. G. ajjinis, Bl. Bijdr. 5J. Oleome 

 pentaphylla, Linn. Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 126. 



Abundant in waste ground all over the tropics. 



3. Capparis, Linn. 



Trees or shrubs, erect, decumbent or climbing, unarmed, or with 

 stipular thorns. Leaves simple, rarely 0. Flowers white or coloured, 

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