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4. Cappaeis. Calyx various. Corolla imbricate. Petals 4. Stamens usually 

 definite, inserted at the base of the short torus. Leaves simple. 



5. Cad ABA. The 2 outer sepals valvate in bud. Torus elongated into a tube. 

 Berry cylindrical, almost indehiscent. Leaves I- to 3-foliolate. 



6. Ceat^va. Flowers polygamous. Corolla open in bud already. Sepals 3, 

 all imbricate in bud. Petals 4, on long claws. Leaves 3- to 5-foliolate. 



><>< Petals none. 



7. RoYDSiA. Sepals 6. Drupes 1 — 3-seeded. Leaves simple. 



Cleome, L. 



Consjyectus of species. 

 Plant thinly appressed hispid. Petals white or pale rose-coloured, ...C. CJielidonii. 



Glandular-pubescent; petals yellow, ... ... ... .,.C. viscosa. 



1. C. Chelidonii, L. f. Suppl. 300 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 127 ; Hf. Ind. 

 ri. I. 170. {Polanisia Chelidonii, DC. Prod. I. 212 ; Wight Ic. t. 319). 



Hab. Not unfrequent along the borders of the Prome road between 

 Poungday and the Myitmakha choung. Fl. March, Apr. 



I do not feel quite sure whether this plant is really indigenous. As it 

 seems restricted to the locality given above, it may well have been introduced 

 by the Madras people employed in the construction of the Prome road. 



2. C. YiscosA, L. sp, pi. 447 ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. III. 128 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. 

 I. 170. {Polcmisia icosandra, WA. Prod. I. 22 ; Wight Ic. t. 2.). 



Hab. a weed all over Burma from Chittagong and Ava down to 

 Tenasserim, in cultivated lands, along river banks, in rubbishy places, ruined 

 pagodas, etc. Fl. Fr. R. S. 



Gynandropsis, DC. 



1. G. PENTAPHTLLA, DC. Prod I. 238 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. 1. 171. {Cleome 

 pentaphulla, L. sp. pi. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 12(3 ; A. Gray, Gen. t. 78 ; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 1681). 



Hab. a weed all over Burma from Chittagong and Ava down to 

 Tenasserim, in rubbishy places, etc., around villages. Fl. May, June ; Fr. 

 June, July. 



Niebuhria, DC. 



1. N. ? YAEiABiLis, {Capparis ? variabilis, Wall. Cat. 7004 ; Hf. 

 Ind. Fl. I. 180). 



Hab. Ava, in the Irrawaddi valley along the banks of the river be- 

 low Yenang choung, and on the Segain hills. 



Capparis, L. 



Conspectus of species. 

 * Pedicels arising from above the axils of the leaves in a line one above the other 



(supra-axillary) ; or rarely axillary and solitary. 

 Gyuophore and ovary glabrous or nearly so. 



