32 VII. CAPPAKDDACEjE [Maerua 



elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, |— 3 in. PI. greenish-white, scented, in terminal 

 or lateral corymbs, calyx tube lined by a disk, on the edge of which the 4 short 

 petals are inserted. Stamens oo, inserted on the gynophore above its base. 

 Ovary short, ovules numerous on 2 parietal placentas. Pruit yellow, 1-3 in. 

 long, fleshy, moniliform, many seeded, each seed portion forming almost a 

 separate berry. Cotyledons fleshy, involute. 



Drier parts of North- West India, the Peninsula and Ceylon. PI. C. S. 



Boscia variabilis, Coll. et Hemsl. ; Journ. Linn. Soo. xxviii. t. 1. — Syn. Niebuh ria 

 variabilis, Kurz, P. PL i. 59, Meiktila and elsewhere in Upper Burma. A small tree, 

 shoots puberulous, leaves simple, 1-2J in., narrowly oblong, calyx tube very short, 

 lined by a fleshy annular disk, petals 0, ovary with a small number of ovules on two 

 placentas. 



3. CRAT^VA, Linn.; PI. Brit. Ind. i. 172. 



Deciduous trees with trifoliolate leaves. Fl. large, sometimes unisexual, 

 corymbose. Sepals 4, deciduous, petals long-clawed, open in bud, both inserted 

 on a fleshy often lobed disk. Stamens numerous on a short column at the base 

 of a filiform gynophore. Placentas 2 with numerous ovules. Species 10, in 

 the tropics of both hemispheres. 



1. C. religiosa, Porst,; Bedd. PI. Sylv. 1. 116.— Syn. C. RoxburgMi, E. Br. ; 

 Kurz, P. PI. i. 66 ; Trimen Handb. i. 59. . Vern. Bdma, biliana, varvunna, 

 Hind. ; Nirvala, Mar. ; Narave, Kan. ; Maralingam, Tarn. ; Kadat, Burm. 



A moderate-sized tree, large white lenticels on branches, bark with grey 

 horizontal wrinkles, wood yellowish-white, even- close- and smooth-grained. 

 Leaves clustered at the ends of branchlets, common petiole 2-4 in. long, 

 leaflets ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, the lateral from an oblique basis, petiolules 

 articulate. PL 2 in. diam., cream coloured. Pr. ovoid or globose, 2-3 in. 

 diam. ; rind hard, rough, with numerous white specks ; seeds ^ in. long, 

 numerous, reniform, in a yellow pulp. 



Subhimalayan tract, from the Ravi eastwards, ascending to 2,000 ft. Both 

 Peninsulas, in low and shady places, chiefly near banks of streams. Often planted. 

 Fl. H. S., with and after the young leaves. Dry country of Ceylon (fl. Dec). Tonkin, 

 China, Pormosa, Malay Archipelago, Polynesia, Tropical Africa. 2. C. hygrophila, 

 Kurz, P. PL i. 67 ( TeJcadat, Burm.). Swamp forest of the Irawaddi valley, a shrub or 

 small tree, fruit eylindric, 4-5 in. long. 3. C. lophosperma, Kurz. Assam, Shan hills, 

 Upper Burma : fl. smaller, fruit globose, 2-celled, seeds tubereulate. 



4. CADABA, Porskahl; PL Brit, Ind. i. 172. 



Unarmed shrubs. Leaves simple or 3-foliolate. Sepals free. Petals clawed, 

 4 or 2, rarely 0. Disk trumpet-shaped or spathulate ; stamens 4-6, inserted 

 high up on the gynophore. Ovules 00, on 2-4 parietal placentas. Pruit 

 slender, fleshy, sometimes dehiscent. Cotyledons convolute. Species 14, dry 

 regions of Western Asia and Tropical Africa, one in the Malay Archipelago 

 and North- West Australia. 



1. C. indica, Lamk. Vern. Shegurti, Kan. 



A straggling tree or shrub. Leaves simple, 1-1 i in. PI. yellowish-white ; 

 petals 4, limb oblong. Disk process f in., curved, pink. Pruit eylindric, 

 irregularly torulose, 1-2 in. long. 



Central Provinces, Berar, Gujarat, Deccan, dry country of Ceylon. PL October-March. 



Two species with simple leaves : 2. C. farinosa, Porsk. ; Engler und Prantl, iii. 2, 

 fig. 141. Sind, Arabia, Abyssinia. A straggling, much branching shrub. Leaves J in., 

 oblong ; petals spathulate. 3. C. heterotricha, Stocks ; Sind. A small rigid tree. 

 Leaves broad-ovate or orbicular, glaucous-grey, often with minute stellate and 

 glandular hairs. 



One species with trifoliolate leaves. 4. C. trifoliata, Wight et Arn. ; Nellore, Tinne- 



