Capparis.] 6. CAPPARiDEiE, 11 



the ghats and in the Doccan, Dalz. In the forests of the Dharwar 

 district bortleriug ou Noi'th Kanara, fairly common. Fl. Oct, Fr. C.S. 



C. pedunculosa, Wall. Cat. G. 993 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 176 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. !h Kulisii'i, M. Koukan ghats; at Mahabaleshvar and in 

 the thickest jungles generally, Dalz. 



C. longispina. Hook. f. & T, Fl. Br. I. 1. 17G. Along the North Kdnara 

 ghats in open situations near evergreen forests. Fl. Feb., Mch. Fr. R.S. 



C. sepiaria, Linn, ; DO. Prod. 1.247; Brandis For. Fl. 15; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 10. Kanthar, Guj. Throughout the dry parts of the 

 presidency ; very common in hedges and open situations in deciduous 

 forests. Fl. Feb., May. Fr. R.S. 



C. horrida, Linn. f. ; DC. Prod. 1. 246 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 17S ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 10. Brandis For. Fl. 15. Ardanda, H. ; wag, goivindi, 

 M. Throughout the presidency and Siud ; common in hedges and in 

 open situations from the sea-level upwards. Fl. Nov., Apl. Fr. R.S., 



C. tenera, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Jour. Bot. II. 41 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 9. Fl. Br. I. 1. 179. On the southern ghats of North Kanara, in 

 evergreen forests. Fl. April, May. Fr. R.S. 



Order 7. RESEDACEJE. 



Herbs or shrubs. Leaves alternate. Stipules or minute. Flowers 

 spiked or racemose, often polygamous. Calyx 4-7-divided ; sepals 

 imbricate in bud. Petals 2-7, entire or lobed, open in bud. Disc 

 often unilateral, conspicuous. Stamens numerous, inserted on the 

 disc. Ovary 1-celled of 2, 6 connate carpels, often lobed at the top. 

 0\ules many on 2~Q placentas. Fruit a capsule or berry. Seeds many. 



OCHRADENUS, Delile. 



Branched shrubs. Leaves small linear. Flowers minute. Calyx 

 5-partite. Petals 0. Stamens 10-20. Ovary ovoid, 3-beaked ; 

 ovules ou 3 placentas. Berry many-seeded; or sometimes seeds 

 few large. 



Ochradenus baccatus, Del. Fl. JEg. 1-5, t. 31, f. I. Fl. Br. I. 1. 

 182. Sind. 



Order 8. BIXINE^. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate ; stipules minute or 0. Flowers 

 regular, 1-2-sexual. Stamens usually hypogynous ; anthers bursting 

 by slits or pores. Disc thick, often glandular. Ovary 1 or few- 

 celled. Ovules parietal. Fruit dry or fleshy. Seeds albuminous. 



I Petals broad. Capsule 3, 5-cellecl ... Cochlospermum, 



Flowers bisexiial. < ,, ,, Capsule 2-valved Bixa. 



( Petals small ... S'cor.opiA. 



„, ,. . ( Petals, Flacourtia. 



Flowers ctuecious ^ j,^^^^^ ^^j^j^ ^ ^^^^^ Hvdnocaspus. 



