174 xi. CAPPARIDE^E. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [Capparis. 



2. C. grandiflora, JIWA Cat. 6984 ; branches tomentose, leaves ovate 

 acute mucronate shining above pubescent beneath, flowers large, pedicels 

 short, ovary glabrous. C. pyrifolia, W. & A. Prodr. 25 (not of Lamk. & DC-}; 

 Wight Ic. t. 1047. 



Eastern slopes of the NILGHIRI Mrs., Wight. 



A dense branched spreading shrub, 2-3 ft. ; thorns recurved. Leaves \ in., short- 

 petioled, pubescence brown. Flowers 3 in. diam. ; pedicels - in. Petal* broadly 

 obovate-cuneate, almost truncate. Ovary narrow-oblong, furrowed. Fruit 2 in., gla- 

 brous, oblong, beaked. 



3. C. zeylanica, Linn, (not DC. nor W. & A.}; glabrous, armed, 

 leaves broad ovate to lanceolate usually acute and mucronate reticulate 

 beneath, flowers large, pedicels slender, ovary pubescent. JIV/A/ ,s/>. ri. ii. 

 1132; Wall. Cat. 6789. C. acumiiuitu, Roxb. Fl. lud.'ii. 5m; (not Ii 



C. brevispina, DC. ; W. <k A. Prodr. :>i ; '/'/< //"///<-.< /;'//<////. i;, ; Honk. Ic. /'/. 

 t. 1*6; Dalz. & Gibs. /;-,////*/// /'/. 9. C. Wallichiana, Jr. d- A. Prodr. 25; 

 Wall. Cat. 6987. (C. Rlieedii and rotundifolia, Rutib.) 



Common in the CARNATIC and MALABAR ; occasional in the Western DEKKAN ; dry 

 parts of CEYLON. 



A rigid, wiry, much branched shrub ; shoots sometimes puberulons. Leaves 1^-3 by 

 ^-1 in., coriaceous, shining above, sometimes pubescent beneath. Flowers 2 in. diam , 

 white, solitary or 2-3 on a short shout; 2 lower pftals yellowish, changing to red 

 brown; pedicels 1-2 in. Ovary oblong. Fruit 2 in., ovoid, smooth. C. ~< t/lanica, 

 DC., is probably C. tenera or acuminata. 



4. C. Heyneana, Wall. Cat. 6985 ; unarmed or thorns minute, leaves 

 ovate or lanceolate acute or acuminate reticulate beneath, flowers solitary or 

 fascicled, pedicels slender 1-bracteate, ovary tomentose. IT. <{ A. /'/<>,/)-. 

 25. C. formosa, Dalz. in Hook. Kcw Journ. ii, 40 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 9. 

 Rheede Hwt. Mai. VL, t. 57. 



From S. CONCAN and CANARA, to TRAVANCOR; CKYLON, Thwaites (2509 in part). 



An erect shrub; young parts floccose. Leaves 3-6 by -: j > in., lia-jr ac-titu, coria- 

 ceous, old shining aliiive. Flowers 4-5 in. diam., white pale blue or lilac, solitary or 

 2-3; pedicels 1-2 in., terminal; bracts linear. X< fxils obtuse, toinentosi- inside. I'ttals 

 obovate, 2 lower close together with a yellow basal spot. Fruit (immature) 1 in., ovoid, 

 beaked. 



5. C. divaricata, Lamk. ; DC. Prodr. i. 252 ; glabrous, thorns straight, 

 leaves linear-oblong or ovate obtuse mucronate 5-7-nerve-l at the base, 

 flowers solitary, pedicels slender, ovary glabrous ribbed. Wall. < '<//. cuss 

 B(notA); W. & A. Prodr. 27 ; Wight Ic. t. 889. C. stylo.sa, DC.; \\'<dl. 

 Cat. 6980 ; W. & A. Prodr. 25 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 10. 



The DEKKAN, and CARNATIC at Tanjore and Coirabatore. 



A shrub or small tree, branches spreading, clabrous or shoots hoary. Leaves 1 -3 

 by -1 in., thick, coriaceous; petiole short. Flowers 24 in. diam. ; buds beaked; pe- 

 dicels .',-1 in. /Sepals very concave, ovate. Petals narrowly obovate-spathulate. Fruit 

 2-3 in. diam., subglobose, 5-6-ribbed, tubercled, obtusely beaked. Originally described 

 from young plants with slender branches and narrow leaves. Graham describes the 

 flower as red. 



SECT. II. Flowers umbelled, racemed, corymbose or panicled. 



* Flowers in simple corymbs (sometimes compound in 9, versicolor, or 

 icemose in 13, grandis). 



6. C. aphylla, Roth; DC. Prodr. i 246; glabrous, thorns iu pairs 



