36 VII. CAPPARIDACEiE [Capparis 



pink, filaments purple. Fruit obovoid or globose, 1-1 1 in. diam., reddish. 

 brown. 



Plains and lower hills in most parts of India and Burma. Fl. December to April. 

 Also Ceylon, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. C. acuminata, Willd., PL Brit. Ind. 

 i. 178, may possibly only be a form of C. horrida. 



A scrambling, thorny shrub, common on the Aravalli hills in Merwara 

 (Gitoran), branchlets and 1. softly tomentose, 1. broadly elliptic, 2-3 in., second, 

 n. 10-15 pair, fr. 1 in. diam., glabrous shining, gynophore stout, has not yet 

 been named. 



27. C. tenera, Dalz. ; Vern. Sun Jet tM, Burm. 



A straggling glabrous armed climber. Leaves membranous or thinly 

 coriaceous, 1J— 3 in. Fl. white, J-^ in. across, 2-4 in a vertical series, pedicels 

 filiform, f-1^ in. long, petals tomentose outside. Fruit small, few-seeded. 



Evergreen forests of the Western Ghats, Konkan and North Kanara. Assam, Manipur 

 (cultivated as a hedge plant), Andamans, Lower and Upper Burma. Fl. H. S. — Ceylon. 

 To this probably belongs C. disticha, Kurz, F. Fl. i. 62. 



The following species of this section all belong to the Eastern region : 28. C. multiflora. 

 Hook. fil. & Thorns., Sikkim, up to 5,000 ft., Manipur, Upper Burma. A large unarmed 

 slirub or small tree with long branches. Leaves 6-12 in., membranous, secondary 

 nerves 8-12 pair, with shorter intermediate, as well as intramarginal nerves, promi- 

 nent beneath. Fl. small, on slender pedicels, in long rows along branches, forming 

 elongated many fid. racemes, generally with a few leaves at the top. 29. C. olacifolia, 

 Hook. fil. & Thorns. Snbhimalayan tract from Nepal eastwards, in Sikkim under 

 Khair and Sissoo along river banks. Assam, Shan States, Upper Burma. A large 

 shrub. Branchlets pubescent. Leaves 3-5 in., glabrous, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. 

 Fl. 1^ in. across, white, anthers blue. Fruit § in. diam., red or black, shining. 

 30. C. vimiuea, Hook. fil. & Thorns. — Syn. C. membranifolia, Kurz, F. Fl. i. 61. Sikkim (to 

 4,000 ft.), Assam, Bhutan, Upper and Lower Burma. A large glabrous shrub, thorns 

 wanting or minute. Leaves membranous, 3-6 in. long, elliptic, abruptly acuminate. 

 Fl. 1 in. across, white, 2-5 in a vertical row. Fruit purple, i in. diam. 31. C. sabiaefolia, 

 Hook. fil. & Thorns. Khasi and Kaga hills, Yunan. A large unarmed glabrous shrub. 

 Differs from 30 by ovate-lanceolate leaves 2-3 in., and smaller pisiform 1-2-seeded 

 fruit. 32. C. micracantha, DC. Pegu, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula. A large shrub or 

 small tree, glabrous, thorns minute. Leaves 4-8 in., coriaceous, shining, secondary 

 nerves 6-8 pair, prominent beneath. Fl. white with a blue centre, 1J in. across, 2-4 in 

 a vertical series, pedicels i in. or less. Fruit ovoid, 2-3 in. 33. C. xantnophylla, Coll. et 

 Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 20. Dry region of the middle Irawaddi, Temethen. 

 Thorns minute. Leaves coriaceous, 2-3 in., narrowed into petiole \ in. long. Buds 

 and flowers rusty-tomentose. 



6. ROYDSIA, Roxb. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 180. 



Unarmed woody climbers. Branches often lenticellate. Leaves simple. 

 Fl. in racemes or panicles. Calyx deeply 6 partite, segments biseriate; petals 

 0. Stamens oo inserted at the base of the cylindric gynophore.. Ovary 3- 

 celled, ovules biseriate in the angles of the cells. Fruit fleshy, endocarp 

 woody or crustaceous, 3-valved, 1-celled. Seed 1, cotyledons fleshy, unequal, 

 the larger embracing the smaller. Species 6, eastern tropical Asia. 



A. Styles 3, ovules many. 



1. R. suaveolens, Roxb. Cor. PI. t, 289. Vern. Khegra, Ass.; Ngan 

 mve, Burm. 



A large climber. Branches with raised white dots. Leaves 6-12 in., acute 

 or abruptly acuminate, glabrous. Fl. § in. diam., sweet-scented, anthers 

 bright yellow. Drupe 1^ in., orange-coloured, covered with a thin brittle rind, 

 endocarp smooth. 



Sikkim, ascending to 3,000 ft., Assam, Bhutan, Khasi hills, Manipur. Upper Burma. 

 Fl. Febr.-May. 2. R. obtusifolia, Hook. fil. & Thorns. ; Lower Burma, plains of the delta 



