176 xi. CAPPARIDE^:. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [Capparis. 



Prodr. 26 ; Wight Ic. t. 1048 ; Thwaites Enum. 15. C. corymbosa, Roxb. 

 Fl Ind. ii. 569. C. bisperma, Wight Cat. 104 (not Roxb.\ 



Forests of the WESTERN GHAUTS and CARNATIC. 



A large woody climber ; pubescence ashy or yellow, minute, deciduous. Leaves 1 ^-24 

 by 1-1 in., base acute, shining and glabrous above, pale beneath. Flowers white, 

 arranged as in C. Moonii; buds usually tomentose. Petals broadly obovate-cuneate. 

 Gynophore l-2 in. Fruit 1-2 in. diam., globose. 



12. C. grandis, Linn.f. ; DC. Prodr. i. 248 ; branches pubescent, thorns 

 or recurved, leaves broad-ovate or obovate acute obtuse or retuse silky 

 beneath, buds pubescent, ovary glabrous. Wall. Cat. 6996 ; W. & A. Prodr. 

 27 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 10. C. maximus, Roth ; Wall Cat. 6995. 

 C. bisperma, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 568 ; W.&A. Prodr. 26(excl. *///<. Wiyht Cat., 

 & Kleen.). C. obovata, Ham. and racemifera, DC. I.e. 248. 



Hill forests of the CARNATIC, DEKKAN, and CEYLON. 



A tree. Leaves 2-3 by l-2 in., base acute, glabrous above and the old on both 

 surfaces; petiole 4~ in. Flowers f-1 in. diam., white, in terminal corymbs or raoao 

 lower with leafy upper with deciduous bracts ; pedicels 1 in. . Petal* unrrow-obovate 

 obliquely ascending. Gynophore 1 in. sometimes only & or jj in. Fruit size of a nut- 

 meg, subglobose, purple, smooth, 2-6-seeded. 



** Flowers in simple umbels. 



13. C. orbiculata, Watt. mss. in Herb. Linn. Soc. ; branches pilose, 

 thorns recurved from a broad downy base, leaves suborbicular truncate 

 retuse or mucronate papillose and hairy above tornentose beneath, flowers 

 small, ovary glabrous. 



Segain hills, BIRMA, Wattich, Griffith. 



A much branched rigid spreading shrub. Leaves -1 in. broad, obscurely trapezoid, 

 base cordate; hairs above papillose; petiole very short. Flowers umbelled, peduncle 

 1-2 in., 1-leaved at the tip ; pedicels -if in., slender, spreading. Perianth absent. 

 Ovary oblong, acute ; gynophore less than 4 iu. 



14. C. pedunculosa, Wall. Cat. 6993 ; branches pubescent, thorns 

 recurved, leaves glabrous suborbicular obtuse or retuse penninerved, 

 sepals equalling the oblong petals, ovary glabrous. Hook. Ic. PI. t. 128; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 9. C. sepiaria, Wail. Cat. 6993, G. 



WESTERN PENINSULA, Russell; near Tanjore, in the CARNATIC, Wight; CONCAN, 

 Stocks, &c. 



A spreading branched shrub ; branches wiry, at length glabrous. Leaves f-1 J by 

 4~1 in., base cordate, shining above; petiole very short. Flowers ^- in. diam., in 

 2-6-flowered terminal or axillary and shortly (&-^ in.) peduncled umbels ; pedicels 

 1-14 in., slender. Seiials reflexed in flower. Ovary oblong; gynophore 1 in. Fruit size 

 of a cherry, globose, several-seeded. 



15. C. longispina, //./. <& T. ; branches pubescent, thorns longacicu- 

 lar, leaves ovate-cordate acute rarely obtuse pubescent beneath, sepals equal- 

 ling the oblong petals. 



A spreading much-branched shrub ; branches slender, wiry, softly pubescent. Leaves 

 f-lg by 4~| i n< ? glabrous above ; petiole very short. Flowers exactly as of C. pedun- 

 culosa, in sessile terminal umbels. Fruit (mature ?) size of a pea. Possibly a state 

 of C. pedunculosa, though differing much in thorns pubescence and leaf-form. 



16. C. parviflora, H. f. & T. ; branches unarmed, thorns 0, leaves 

 glabrous lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate acute or acuminate, flowers small, 

 buds glabrous, sepals and petals oblong, ovary glabrous. 



