^0 ti. C'APPARlDEvE. [Cajvparis 



Flowers solitary green. Fruit ribherl, scarlet ... C. dhmrlcuta. 



Flowers umbelled racemed or panicled. 



Tree or shrub, erect, glabrous. Flowers red... ... C. aphylla. 



Climber, branches glabrous. Flowers white 5 inches 



across ... ... ... C. Moonii. 



Climber, branches pubescent. Flowers white 2 inches 



across ... ... C. BoorhurghiL 



Erect pubescent tree. Flowers white C. <jrandis. 



Flowers in simple umbels. 



Spines straight acicular C lomjispina. 



f^pines recurved. 



Fruit pisiform, black ... C. sepiaria. 



Fruit size of a cherry, several seeded ... ... ... C j^edunculosa. 



Flowers seriate iu lines on the branches. x 



Brown ton: entose climber. Petals and stamens purple, f. /toriiJet, 

 Glabrous climber. Petals pubescent, white ... ... C. tenera. 



C. spinosa, Linn. Fl. Br. I. 1. 173. Brandis For. Fl. 14; C. Mwrra- 

 yana, Grab. Cat. Bomb. PI. 9 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb, Fl. 9. Caper 

 plant. Kalvari, Sindhi. At Mahabaleshvar, and in most ndlas and rivers, 

 but along the gliat.s as far north as Malsej ; Dalzell. Sind, Gujarat, on 

 dry rocks and stony hills. Fl. Apl., June. Fr. Nov. 



C. zeylanica, Linn. Fl. Br. I. 1. 174 ; G. hrevispina, DC. ; W. & 

 A. Prod. -24: ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. FL 9. Waguttij, M. North Kanara ; 

 Dhcirwar ; Western Deccan and Konkan ; in hedges and along banks 

 of nala.'s, also in deciduous forests. Fruit brieht scarlet H in. ovoid. 

 Fl. Feb. Fr. R.S. 



C. Heyneana, Wall. Cat. 698-5 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 174 ; C.formosa, Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 9. Chaynika, H. Common on the North Kanara and 

 •South Konkan ghats, in evergreea forests. Fl. Api-il, May. Fr. R S. 



C. divaricata, Lamk. ; DC. Prod. 1. 252 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 174 ; C. styhsft, 

 D. C. ; Wall. Cat. 6. 980; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 10; Bedd. Fl. Sjlv. 

 13. Common all over the Deccan both on stony ground and on the 

 black Boil in '-babul" forests. Fl. Feb., Mch. Fr. ripe Aug. Leaves 

 often linear. 



C. aphylla, Roth.; DC. Prod. 1. 246. Brandis For. Fl. 14; Bedd. 

 Fl. Sylv. 13. Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 9; Fl. Br I. 1. 174. Shipri gidda, 

 K. ; kiral, Sind ; leer, Guj. ; kera, M. Sind ; Gujarat ; Deccan and ge- 

 nerally throughout the driest parts of the presidency. Fl. Mch., Apl. 

 Fr. Sept., Oct. 



C. Moonii, AVight I. 11. 35; Fl. Bi-. L 1. 17-^ Along the North Kanara 

 and Konkan ghats, in evergreen forests. Fl. Dec, Feb. Fr. R.S. 

 Flowers large, an ornamentol shrub. 



C. Roxburghii, DC. Prod. 1. 247 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 9 ; FL 

 Br. I. ]. 17o. Poorivi, M. On the ghats, Dalz. ; North Kanara ; Kumta 

 and Ankola ghats, in evergreen forests. This is probably not distinct 

 from C. Moonii, Wgt. 



C. grandis, Linn. f. ; DC. Prod. 1. 248 ; Fl. Br. I. 1, 176 ; Dak. & 

 Gibs. KoMvtel, M. ; torate, K. : pv.chotondo., Vern, Sparingly found on 



