80 IX. CAPPARiDACE.i: (oliver). \CJeowp. 



Nile Iiand. Kordofan, Cienkowski ; Abyssinia {JSchweinf. et Asch. Enum.). 

 liower Guinea. Sandy places, Mossamedes, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch ! 

 Mozaxnb. Distr. Zambesi, Peters. 

 A species included in the Cape Flora. 



Var. fi. pteropoda (Welw.), petioles dilated ; capsules 2-3 lines broad. — Coast near Mos- 

 samedes, Dr. Welwitsch ! 



This variety looks distinct, but is, I believe, merely a maritime condition of the type. 



15. C. yiscosa, Lmn. Sp. PI. 938. An erect, glandular-pubescent 

 herb, from a few inches to 1 or 2 ft. Leaves usually 5-3-foliolate ; leaflets 

 elliptical, varying from obovate to lanceolate,, narrowed to the base or shortly 

 petiolulate, obtuse acute or acuminate, more or less pubescent or glabrate. 

 Flowers yellow, racemose in the axils of the upper leaves. Sepals linear. 

 Petals oblanceolate, narrowed into the claw, often 2-3 times longer than the 

 sepals. Stamens about 12 (8-20). Capsule narroAv-linear, glandular- 

 pubescent, sessile, 2-4 in. long or sometimes shorter. Style slender, variable 

 in length. Seeds transversely rugose. — Polanisia viscosa, DC. Prod. i. 242. 

 P. orlliocarpa, Hochst. ; Webb, Frag. Fl. jEthiop. 23. P. viscosa, ft. icosan- 

 dra, Herb. Schweinf. 



North Central. K Vogel! 



Nile laand. Kordofan and Seunar, Kotschy ! Gallabat, Schweinf arth ! 

 No doubt more frequent in tropical Africa than the few recorded stations indicate. . Very 

 common in India, extending to China and Australia. 



16. C. foliosa, Hook.f. Fl. Nigrit. 219. Branches 1 ft. or more in 

 length, erect, leafy, glandular-pilose or pubescent, or glabrate from a woody, 

 sometimes prostrate stem. Lower leaves usually 5-foliolate, upper or all 3- 

 foliolate ; leaflets obovate, elliptical or obovate-rotundate, obtuse or minutely 

 mucronate, very shortly petiolulate or sessile, minutely glandular-pubescent, 

 \-l\ in. long, i-| in. broad. Flowers pedicellate in the axils of the upper 

 leaves or inbracteate racemes ; bracts usually 3-foliolate, \-l in. diam. when 

 expanded. Stamens (6 according to Dr. Hooker) inserted on the torus. Fruit 

 narrow-linear, 2-2| in. long, glandular-puberulous, striate, stipitate. Style 

 short. Seeds pitted, glabrous. — Polanisia Maximiliana, Wawra and Peyritsch, 

 Sert. Beng. 26 {ex descr.). 



LiOwer Guinea. Elephant Bay, W. Tropical Africa (south of equator), Curror ! 

 Benguela, Wawra. 



Closely resembling C. viscosa, as observed by Dr. Hooker, but diifering in its stipitate 

 ovary. 



17. C. strigosa^ Oliv. An erect, strigose herb. Leaves 5-3-foliolate; 

 leaflets obovate, narrowed to the base, apex obtuse or rounded, 1 in. long or 

 less in our specimens, appressed-strigose. Flowers rather large, rose-coloured, 

 pedicellate in the axils of 3-foliolate or simple bracts. Stamens 10-13. 

 Capsule naiTovv-linear, minutely strigillose or glabrous, 1-2^ in. long ; valves 

 with about 3 strong nervures ; stipes from 2-8 lines. Style short. Seeds 

 reniform-globose, transversely rugulose. — Polanisia slrigosa, Bojer in Ann. 

 Sc. Nat. Ser. 2. xx. 56. Becastemon zanzibaricus, Kl. in Peters' Mossamb. 

 Bot. 158. Symphyostemon str ictus, Kl. 1. c. 159. 



Mozamb. Distr. Island of Zanzibar, Bojer! Mozambique, Dr. Peters ! 

 Allied to C. viscosa, from which it diflfers in its shortly strigose stem and leaves, larger 

 red flowers, and stipitate fruit. 



