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2. CLEOME, Linn. 



1. MONOPHYLLA, Linn. Herbaceous pubescent; leaves simple 

 lanceolate ; siliqua puberulous, round and striated ; flowers pink. 

 A common weed. 



2. BURMANNI, VV. and A. Prod. 1, 2'2. Herbaceous, glabrous ; 

 leaves trifoliolate ; leaflets obovate ; siliqua terete glabrous. A weed. 

 Syn. Polanisia dodecandra, DC. Piod. 1, p. 242; Burm. Zeyl. t. 



100, fig 1. 



3. POLANISIA, Rafin. 



1. ICOSANDRA, W. and A. Glandular viscid; leaves 3 to 5 folio- 

 late; leaflets obovate pubescent; siliqua round striated, rough, with 

 glandular hairs. A weed. Syn. P. viscosa B., DC. Prod. ; Cleome 

 icosandra, Linn ; C. viscosa) Linn. ; Rumph. Amb. v, .96, fig 2 ; 

 Burin. Zeyl. t. 99. 



2. P. SIMPLICIFOLIA, Camb. in Jacq. Voy. iv 20, t. 20. 

 Branches spreading, all rough, hairy ; leaves simple obovate or ob- 

 long mucronulate ; flowers axillary, solitary, purple ; silique sub- 

 cylindric, torulose glabrous, pointed with the style ; seeds scabrous, 

 brown. Common in the Poona Collectorate ; flowers in July and 

 August. 



3. CHELIDONII, DC. Prod. 2, p 242. Stem hispid; leaves, 7 

 to 9, foliolate ; leaflets obovate or oblong hispid ; flowers-rose colour- 

 ed ; siliqua glabrous, terete, sessile. Syn. P. Schraderi, DC. Fl Rar. 

 Hort. Gen. fasc. 3, p 57. ; P. Leschenaultii, DC. loc. cit. ; Cleome 

 chelidonii, Linn. Moist places in the Deccan, Bojapoor, on the 

 road to Poona. 



4. CRATAEVA, Linn. 



1. ROXBURGHII, Br. A small tree, with 3 foliolate leaves; 

 leaflets obovate acuminate ; fruit woody, globose, scurfy, like that 

 of Feronia. Banks of the Nerbudda, near Chandode, Warree jun- 

 gles. Syn. C. odora., Ham. in Linn, trans.; C. religioso, Ham. loc. 

 cit.; Capparis 3 folia, Roxb. Fl Ind. 



2. NURVALA, Ham. Leaflets ovate lanceolate acuminate, in 

 other respects much like the last, only the fruit is more oblong ; 

 flowers in February. Caranjah Hill, Warree country. This species 

 is the true Varvunna. 



5. NIEBHURIA, DC. 



I. OBLONGIFOLIA, DC. A climbing shrub; leaves simple, oval, 

 oblong ; fruit elongated and constricted between the seeds, resem- 

 bling a necklace. Flowers and fruit in November. Syn. N. arenaria, 

 DC. Prod. ; Capparis hetero clita, Rox. Fl Ind. ; Crataeva oblongi- 

 folia, Sprengel, In hedges in Gujerat and Deccan. 



