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this species with C. yrandis, which however is unarmed. 16. C. glauca, Wall.; Linn. 

 Soc. Joum. xxviii. 111. Meiktila, dry i-egion of Upper Burma. An erect shrub. Leaves 

 either obovate $ in., or linear 1-2 in. long. Fl. small, glabrous, on filiform pedicels in 

 many fid. umbels. 17. C. flavicans, Wall Yenietthen, dry region of Upper Burma. 

 Leaves obovate, J-l in. Fl. unisexual, small, petals densely woolly outside. 18. C. 

 versicolor, Grill. : Mergni. Climbing. Leaves lanceolate glabrous, shining above, pale 

 beneath. Fl. glabrous, 2 in. diam., white, afterwards rose, in terminal corymbs. 19. 

 C. trinervia, Honk. fil. & Thorns. ; Tenasserim, Siain. Branches brown-tomentose. 

 Leaves 2-4 in., secondary nerves 3 pair, distinct, the lowest pair from near the base. 

 Fl. 1J-2 in. diam., on stout rusty-tomentose pedicels from the axils of the uppermost 

 leaves and in terminal, many fid. corymbs. 



D. Fl. in terminal racemes or panicles, mostly Eastern species. 



20. C. floribunda, Wight 111. t. 14. 



A large woody climber. Branches glabrous, thorns few. Leaves coriaceous, 

 glabrous. Fl. h in. diam., white, on sleuder pedicels, in pedunculate umbels, 

 which are arranged in large terminal panicles. Stamens about 8. Fruit 

 1 in. diam., globose. 



Both sides of the Western Peninsula, from Yizagapatam southwards. Tenasserim, 

 ( leyl hi. 21. C. pumila, Champion ; Khasi hills, Sikkim to 3,000 ft., China. A large scram- 

 bling shrub. Branchlets pubescent. Leaves 

 glabrous, lanceolate, acuminate. Fl. J in. diam., 

 white, in large terminal panicles. 22. C. assamica, 

 Hook. fil. & Thorns. : Assam. Branchlets glabrous. 

 Leaves lanceolate, £-6 in., secondary nerves 8-10 

 pair, prominent beneath, thorns minute. Fl. 

 very small, in terminal many fld. racemes. 23. 

 C. burmanica. Coll. et Hemsl., Joum. Linn. Soc. 

 xxviii. 19 t. 2. Dry plains of Upper Burma. 

 An unarmed shrub. Branchlets finely greyish- 

 pubescent. Leaves coriaceous 1 in., elliptic or 

 almost orbicular. Fl. ?, in. diam.. in large 

 terminal panicles. 24. C. andamanica, King, 

 Ann. Garden Calcutta, vol. v. 119 t. 137. Beach 

 of South Andaman island. A glabrous climber, 

 unarmed. Leaves coriaceous 3-4 in. Fl. small, 

 in many lid. crowded umbels arranged in large 

 terminal panicles. 25. C. ambigua, Xurz, F.F1. i. 

 65; Ann. Garden, Calcutta, vol. v. 120 t. 138. 

 Andamans, a thorny climber. Branchlets 

 puberulous. Leaves 4-5 in. Berry 1J in. 

 .Seed 1. 



E. Fl. axillary and supra-axillary, in 

 vertical lines ou the branches. 



26. C. horrida, Linn. fil. ; Wight Ic. t. 

 173. Vern. ffins, EcOhins, N.W. ; Wdghati, 

 Mar.: Karalwa, Oudh; Atanday, Tarn.; 



XiiiiKiiii-llniiilifi I. I'lUnn. 



A scrambling shrub, al times climbing 



over tall trees. Shoots and young leaves 

 covered with dense rusty, caducous pubes- 

 cence. Leaves 2-4 m., ovate, elliptic al 

 times obovate and even lanceolate, obtuse, 

 more often mucronate, second, nerves 4-8 

 pair, Btipulary thorns, stout, recurved. 

 Pedicels supra-axillary, 2-4 in., a vertical 

 ""■ the uppermost llnwer opening first. 

 PI. 1-2 in. diam., al lirst white, turning 

 pink afterwards, often so numerous that 

 the bush looks like a mass of white and 



Fio. 1 1.- Capparis horrida, Linn, 

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