74 CAPPABIDACEiE. 



PoLANisiA, Rafin. (DC.pr. l,^. 242;~fV. and A. pr. \, p. 22.) 



1. Chelidonii, DC. (/. c. ;—W. and A.l. c. ;—J. Grak. Cat. B. pi. p. 7 ; 

 — Wight, icon. 2, t. 319. — Cleome Chelidonii, L.; — Roxb.fi. ind. S, p. 

 127.) © Peninsula of India. Fl. large, rose-coloured ; and fr. R. S. 

 — Seeds pungent, when powdered used by the Natives in their cur- 

 ries. 



2. icosandra, W. and A. {pr. 1, ^.22; — Wight, icon. 1, t. 2; — /. 



Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 8 P. viscosa, /3. DC. pr. 1, p. 242.— Cleome 



icosandra, L. C. dodecandra, L. ex. pte. et. excl. syn. — C. viscosa, L. 

 excl. syn.; Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 128.— Rumph. 5, t. 96, f. 2.) 

 "^T^T^S^I Hoorhooriya. © Both Peninsulas of India. Bengal, (Se- 

 rampore,) Saharunpore, Nepal. Fl. smallish, yellow, and fr. nearly 

 the whole year. Leaves, bruised and applied to the skin, act as a 

 sinapism. Seeds pungent, used by the Natives in their curries. 



Crat^va, L. {DC. pr. \,p. 242 ,—W. and A. pr. 1, p. 23.) 



1. Roxburghii, R. Br. {IV. and A. I. c; — /. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 7. — 

 Capparis trifoliata, Roxb.fl. ind. 2. p. 571.) f5^«»*ft^ Tikto-shak. b. 

 Both Peninsulas of India. Bengal, (Serampore,) Saharunpore. Fl. 

 large, white, becoming cream-coloured, with purple filaments, Feb. 

 and March ; fr. R. S. 



2. Nurvala, Buch. {W. and A. pr. I, p. 23 ;—Rheed. 3, t. 42.) 5 Mala- 

 bar, Mysore. Introduced in 1839. Has not fl. — Does it really difl^er 

 from No. 1. ? 



3. obovata, Vahl. {Symb. 3, /». 61.) 5 Madagascar. 

 NiEBUHRiA, DC. {pr. \,p. 243; — W. and A. pr. I, p. 23.) 



1. linifolia, (N. linearis, DC. pr. I, p. 244; — W. and A. I. c. ; — Wight, 

 icon. 1, t. 174.— Capparis linifolia, Roxb. H. B. (1814.) p. 41.) t 

 Coromandel. Fl. greenish-dark-purple, small, April ; fr. 0. 



2. oblongifolia, DC, {pr. 1, p. 244 ; — W. and A. pr. \, p. 23 ; — J. 

 Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 1 . — Capparis oblongifolia, Forsk. — C. hetero- 

 clita, Roxb.fl. ind. 2, p. 570.) — 3 v-/ Peninsula of India. Agra, Delhi. 

 Fl, small, pale green, Dec. Jan. and Feb. ; fr, 0. 



Capparis, L. {DC.pr. 1, p. 245; — W. and A. pr. 1, p. 24.) 



1. brevispina, DC. (o. c. p. 246; — W. and A. I. c. ; — J. Grah. Cat. B. 

 pi. p. 8. C. acuminata, Roxb. fl. ind. 2, jj. 566 ; not Willd. nor 

 Lindl.) ^5lC4»<l1 Kalokera. 3 Malabar, Bengal, (Serampore.) Fl. 

 largish, yellowish-white, C. S, ; fr. R. S. 



2. Heyniana, Wall. {W. and A. pr. \,p. 25; — J. Grah. Cut. B. pi. 

 p. 9 ; — Rheed. 6, t. 57.) "B Courtallum, Cochin, S. Concan. In H. 

 C. G. Fl. ? 



3. urophylla ? Wall. North-east of Bengal. 



4. horrida, L. {DC.pr. \,p. 246; — W. and A. pr. 1, /;. 26 ;— Wight 

 icon. 1, t. 173. — C. zeylanica, Banks. ; — Roxb. fl. ind. 2, /;. 567 ; not 

 L.) 3 K^ Peninsula of India, Bengal, (Serampore,) Saharunpore. Fl. 

 largish, white, becoming rose-coloured, H. S. ; fr. R, S. 



