Mcerna.] G. cappahide^. 9 



stalked, 1-celled, ovules many on 2-4 parietal placentas. Berry 

 tieshy, moniliforin, 1 or more seeded. 



M. arenaria, H. f. & T. Fl. Br. I. 1. 171 ; K'li'hhnria ohlmigifolin, 



D.O. ; Ualz & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 8. Dharwar, Gujarat .and throughout tho 



Deccan, in hedges; absent from the Konkan and North Kdnara. Fl . 

 and Fr. C.S. 



CRAT^VA, L. 



Trees. Leaves trifoliate. Flowers large, yellow, in terminal co- 

 rymbs. Sepals 4, cohering below with the convex disc. Petals 4, 

 long-clawed. Stamens indefinite, filaments filiform, free. Ovary 

 on a long gynophore with 2 placentas bearing numerous ovules 

 Fruit a large berry. 



C. religiosa, Forst. ; DC. Prod. 1. 243; FI.Br. I. 1. 172 ; Brandis. 

 For. Fl. 16. C. Roxburyhii, Br. C Nurvala. Ham. Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 8. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 14. Bitud, K. ; nirvala, Icumla, kartvan, M. ; 

 vciruioDia, H. Throughout the presidency, near the banks of rivers and 

 nalds, in moist shady places, also planted near Mussulman tombs. Fl. 

 Apl., May. Fr. U.S. 



CADABA, Forsk. 



Shrubs. Leaves simple or trifoliate. Flowers solitary, corymbose 

 or racemed. Sepals 4, unequal. Petals 4-2-0, clawed, hypogynous. 

 Disc spathulate with a tubul-ar claw. Stameus 4-6, unilateral; 

 filaments filiform, exserted, spreading. Ovary-long stalked, 1-celled ; 

 ovules many. Fruit fleshy, cylindric, indehiscent or tardily dehis- 

 cent. 



Straggling shrubs. Stamens 4. Fruit dehiscent ... C vidlca 



Stamens 5. Fruit indehiscent... C. farinosa. 



A small rigid tree. Stamens 5... ... ... ... C. helerotricha. 



C. indica, Lmik. ; DC. Prod. 1 . 244 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 172 ; Dak. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. *J. Throughout the dry districts of the presidency, on old 

 walls and in dry situations. Fl. Jan., Feb. 



C. farinosa, Forsk. ; DC. Prod. 1. 244; Fl. Br. I. 1. 173. Sind. 



C. heterotricha, Stocks in Hook. Ic. PL t. 839 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 173. 

 Sind ; on rocks near Cape Monze, Stocks. 



CAPPARIS, Linn. 



Trees or shrubs, erect or climbing, usually armed with twin 

 stipulary thorns. Leaves simple or 0. Flowers usually large. 

 Sepals 4. Petals 4. Stamens indefinite, filaments filiform. Ovary 

 on gynophore, ovules many. Fruit fleshy, many seeded. Coty- 

 ledons convolute. Flowers solitary axillary or 2-3-fascicled. 



Flowers, large solitary, white, filaments purple ... C spinosa. 



Flowers with lower petals yellowish brown C. zeiflanica. 



Flowers blue, lower petals with yellow basal spots ... C lieyneana. 

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