Capparis.} xi. CAPPARIDE^:. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 177 



Shewageri hills in the CARNATIC, Wight. 



A spreading wiry much branched shrub (or tree?). Leaves l|-3 by |-| in., base 

 narrow but cordate ; petiole short, broad. Flowers not 4 in. diam. ; in axillary or sub- 

 terminal 3-6-flowered subsessile or shortly peduncled umbels ; pedicels |-J in., slender. 

 Petals oblong. Ovary oblong, gynophore 4 in. Fruit pisiform. 



17. C. sepiaria. Linn. ; DC. Prodr. i. 247 ; branches hoary or tomen- 

 tose, thorns recurved, leaves ovate oblong obovate or oblong-lanceolate 

 subacute or retuse penninerved downy (rarely glabrous) beneath, sepals 

 oblong, petals narrow, ovary glabrous. Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 568 ; Wall. Cat. 

 6993; W.& A. Prodr. 26; Camb. in Jacq. Voy. Bot. t. 22;-2>ofe. & Gibs. 

 Bombay FL 10. 



Dry places throughout India, from the PUNJAB and SINDH to BIRMA, PEGU, the 

 CARNATIC, and CEYLON (at Jaffna, Gardner). DISTRIB. Philippines. 



A spreading wiry branched shrub. Leaves f-l by 4~f in. ; petiole ^ in. Flowers 

 ^-4 in. diam., white, in many-flowered sessile or shortly peduncled umbels ; pedicels 

 slender, 4~f in. Ovary ovoid, pointed; gynophore |J in. fruit pisiform, black. 



VAR. 1. vulgar is ; branches softly tomentose, leaves broad. 



VAR. 2. incanescens ; DC. Prodr. i. 247 (sp.), branches rigid wiry, hoary, white, 

 leaves oblong, Wall. Cat. 6994 ; W. & A. Prodr. 26 ; Hook. Ic. PI. t. 123. C. stylosa 

 P, DC. I.e. ' 



VAR. 3. retusella; Thwaites Enum. 16, 400 (sp.) ; branches brown-tomentose, 

 leaves ovate or oblong-lanceolate, glabrous beneath, tip tapering retuse, umbels few- 

 flowered, gynophore longer. Ceylon, near Kandy, Thwaites. 



*** Flowers in racemose or panicled rarely solitary umbels or corymbs. 



18. C. pumila, Champion in Hook Kew Journ. Bot. iii. 260; young 

 branches puberulous, thorns recurved, leaves glabrous oblong-lanceolate 

 acuminate, stamens about 20, buds globose glabrous. Benth. Fl. Hong- 

 Kong, 18. C. punctata, Wall. Cat. 7002. 



KHASJA HILLS, alt. 2-3000 ft. DISTRIB. E. China. 



A shrub, twigs sarmentose or climbing. Leaves 2-34 ^7 |~H i n -> b ase acute, ob- 

 Bcurely peniiinerved ; petiole \ in., pubescent. Flowers 4 in- diam. ; white, in few- 

 flowered corymbs or umbels arranged in large terminal panicles ; pedicel - in. 

 Petals oblong. Ovary ovoid-oblong, glabrous ; gynophore 5 in. Fruit 4~f in. diam., 

 globose, glabrous. 



19. C. floribunda, Wight III. i. 33, t. 14 ; branches glabrous, thorns 

 or recurved, leaves glabrous oblong rounded at both ends retuse apiculate, 

 stamens about 8, buds globose glabrous. C. malabarica, Wall. Cat. 7000. 

 C. oligandra, Griffith Notul. iv. 577. 



MALABAR, Heyne; ORISSA, Cleghorn ; TENAS^ERIM, Griffith, &c. CEYLON in the 

 Doombesa district, Thwaites. DISTRIB. Philippines. 



A large woody climber; branches slender. Leaves 3-5 by f-lf in., coriaceous, 

 shining above, obscurely penninerved below. Flowers 4 in. diam., white : umbels 

 many flowered, in large terminal panicles ; pedicels |-1 in. Sepals reflexed in flower. 

 Petals oblong. Ovary ovoid, acute; gynophore 4 in. Fruit 1 in. diam., globose, 

 smooth, several-seeded. 



20. C. assamica, H. f. & T. ; branches glabrous, thorns minute 

 straight or slightly curved, leaves glabrous lanceolate or obiong-lanceolate 

 acuminate reticulate beneath, flowers racemed, buds very small globose. 



ASSAM, Griffith. 



Erect? ; branches slender. Leaves 4-6 by 14-2 in., base acute, pale below. Flowers 

 ft terminal many-flowered racemes, 3-4 in. long, which bear many subulate empty 

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