Order 10. Capparidea. 17 



4. CBAT.EVA. 



G. religiosa (C. Roxburghii and C. Narvala, D.). A tree 

 with long petioled leaves, leaflets ovate or obovate, lateral ones 

 very oblique ; flowers in racemes, white turning to buff, with 

 long purple filaments ; fruit large, round or ovoid, long-stalked. 

 Wdnvan; Sanscrit, Wdras, hdwarna. 



Very variable. (#.). Not uncommon, but generally planted; as 

 it is throughout India (Brandis). 



5. CAD ABA. 



G. Indica. A straggling much-branched shrub, leaves small, 

 ovate or oblong, flowers dingy-white, stamens spreading out 

 from the gynophore, silique linear, nearly black when ripe, 

 seeds black with scarlet or orange-pulp. Kabab. 



Common in hedges in most parts, and not at all attractive. 



6. CAPPARIS. 



1. C. spinosa (G. Murrayana, D.). A prostrate, rather 

 downy shrub, flowers very handsome, solitary, white, with. 

 long purple filaments, sepals large and very convex, leaves 

 alternate roundish-ovate, thorns small, orange-coloured, fruit 

 ribbed, ovate or oblong. Kabar. 



This is the caper-plant, the flower buds of which are our capers. 

 Found in every quarter of the globe. H. has 4 varieties, which 

 between them extend over a great part of India. Beds of streams 

 on the Ghauts (D. Sf (?.). I have seen it only at Batlod. 



An old traveller says that the genus takes* its name from the 

 famous island of Capri, where " the caper-bush hangs from the 

 walls and ledges of rocks, and adorns them with its white flowers, 

 full of long lilac-coloured stamens." 



2. G. divaricata (C. stylosa, D.). A thorny shrub or small 

 tree with large white flowers tinged with yellow, solitary, on 

 short stout stalks; leaves linear lanceolate, fruit size of a 

 billiard-ball, scarlet, warted, with 6 ridges, seeds dark, 

 embedded in pulp. 



The above is as I have seen the flowers, but D. calls them green, 

 G. red. Common all over the Deccan (D.). S. M. country (0.). 



3. C. aphylla. A very thorny shrub or small tree, with 

 innumerable green smooth branches ; leaves only on the young 

 shoots, linear subulate ; flowers red, handsome, several to- 

 gether, buds whitish and mealy, fruit smooth, round, size of 

 a cherry. Kanl, Kerd. 



Very common in Guzerat, less so in the Deccan : a plant of very 

 dry districts. 







