DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW AND RARE INDIAN PLANTS. 119 
and 6 pairs of nerves bold and prominent; length 5 to 8 in., breadth 2 to 3 in., (much 
smaller towards the end of the branches), petiole *5 in. Flowers 15 in. in diam., on short 
lateral, leafly, bracteate, woody racemes. Bracts petiolate, ovate-acuminate, “75 in, long, 
deciduous. Sepals 4, free, imbricate іп 2 series, sub-rotund, concave, the outer pair tomen- 
tose externally, Pelals pink, nerved, broadly obovate-elliptic, obtuse, the base cuneate, 
glabrous. Stamens about 50, inserted on the torus at the base of the long gynophore: 
ovary ovoid, blunt, stigma sessile; ovules numerous, on parietal placentas. Fruit globose, 
95 to 4 in. in diam., Ше gynophore stout, transversely wrinkled, 2:5 in. long and 4. 
in diam. Seeds compressed, ovoid, ۰8 in long. 
Batang Padang district in Perak. King’s Collector No. 8033 ; Scortechini, 191. 
The fruit of this has been only once collected. The species is a fine creeper, 15 to 20 feet long. It 
closely resembles C. trinervia, H. f. & Th. in many respects: but the leaves are not triple—but pinnate- 
nerved. 
Prate 135. Capparis Scortechinii, King. 1, flowering branch; 2, leaf from the lower part of the stem; 3, bract; 
4, ripe fruit; 5, seed; 6, outer sepal; 7, petal: of natural size ; 8 stamens: enlarged. 
PLATE 136. 
CaPPARIS CUCURBITINA, King in Jour, As. Soc. Bengal, for 1889, рі, 2, p. 395. 
Scandent; branchlets finely striate, nearly glabrous; the thorns stipular, in pairs, 
hooked, very sharp, much shorter than the petiole. Leaves glabrous, shining, more or 
less broadly lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, shortly acuminate, the base narrowed or 
rounded; main nerves 8 or 9 pairs, anastomosing in bold intramarginal arches, the 
secondary nerves bold as is the midrib, the reticulations distinct; length 5:5 to 75 in., 
breadth 1:75 to 2:25 in.; petiole under “5 in., slender. Flowers in fascicles of 2 or 
3, supra-axillary; the pedicils slender, more than 1 in. long, ebracteolate. Sepals ovate- 
lanceolate, acuminate, puberulous. Petals broadly elliptic, obtuse. Stamens about 20, 
the filaments unequal. Ovary on a short gynophore, narrowly elliptic, the stigma sessile, 
ovules numerous. Fruit cylindric, tapering to each end, the apex shortly beaked; when 
тіре orange-coloured, З in. long, and 15 in. in diam.; gynophore nearly “75 in., pedicel 
1°25 in., slender. Seeds ovoid, smooth, “4 in. long. 
Ulu Bubong, Perak. King's Collector, Nos. 10027 and 10795. 
A creeper, 20 to 30 feet long; allied to C. Finlaysoniana, Wall. by its curious cucumber-like fruit, 
but with different leaves. Flowers have as yet been collected only in bud. Fully-developed flowers 
are still unknown. | 
Prats 136. Capparis cucurbitina, King. 1, flowering branch with young leaves; 2, an adult leaf; 3, fruiting branch; 
4, section of ripe fruit; б, seeds: of natural size ; 6, flower dissected; 7, anthers; 8, ovary; 9, section of ovary: enlarged. 
(The drawings of the flower and its parts are all taken from buds—fully-developed flowers being as yet unknown.) 
PLATE 137. 
Capparis ANDAMANICA, King п. sp. 
Glabrous, scandent; the branches finely striate, unarmed. Leaves coriaceous, shining, 
oblong or narrowly elliptic, acute, the base rounded, the edges slightly recurved when 
dry, midrib prominent, the 9—12 pairs of nerves very obscure; length of blade 3 
to 4 in, breadth 125 to 15 in., petiole 3 in. Panicles solitary, spreading, axillary, 
