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(2) C. Caranbasi (Linn.) 



ideni. Linn. Mant. p. 52. — Dec. prod. VIII. p. 332. — Roxb. 

 iSor. Ind. It. p. 523. 



Syn. . Capparis Oai'andas, Gmel. — Echites spinosa, Burm. 



Engrav. Lam. 111. t. 118. fig. 1.— Roxb. Cor. I; t. 77. — Wight's 

 Icon. t. 426. — Rumph. Amb. VII.- t. 2^. 



Spec. (Jhar. Shrub : branches thorny : leaves oval, short-pe- 

 lioled, coriaceous, glabrous, shining above : peduncles terminal, 3- 

 5-flowered, shorter than the leaf : pedicels puberuloiis ': calyx 

 deeply 5-cIeft, slightly hairy : segments lanceolate, acuminate : 

 Sowers pUre white, iiibdofous : berry ellipsoid, darkish. 



Peninsula. Hindostan. Lower Kemaon. Flowering in the hot 

 season. Fruit used for preserves and pickles. This shrub makes 

 'strong fences on account of its sharp thorns. 



(3) 0. DIFFUSA. (Roxb.) 



Ment. Roxb. flor. Ind. II. p. 524. — Dec. prod. VIII. p. 233. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 427. 



SrEC. Char. Shrub : branches dichotomous, diffuse, thorny 5 

 leaves round-oval, retuse at the base, very shortly-petioled, mucro- 

 nUlate at the apex, coriapeous, glabrous : peduncles terminal and 

 axillary, inany times shorter than the leaf, 5-7-flowered : calyx 

 deeply 5-cleft, lobes lanceolate-acuminate, puberulous : dirupe ellip- 

 soid : flowers white. 



Ganjam. Mouths of the Hoogly, Flowering in the hot season, 



(4) C. spiNARUM. (Linn,) 



Ident. Linn. Mant. p. 559.: — Dec. prod. Vlll. p. ^32. 



Engrav. Lam. 111. t. 118. fig. 2. 



Spec. Char. Branches somewhat pubescent, thortiy: leaves 

 oval or ovate, mucronate/ coriaceousj glabrous, subsessile : pedun- 

 cles terminal, many times shorter than the leaf, 5-6-flowered : c^lyi 

 5-parted, segments lanceolate-acuminate, puberulous'. 



Corbmandel Coast. 



• (5) C. HIRSUTE. (Roth.) 



Ident. Roth. Nov. Sp. p. 128.— Dec. prod, VIII. p. 333.-— 

 Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 143. 



Syn. C. villosa, Roxb. fl. Ind. II. p. 525. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 437. ' 



Spec. Char. Branches thorny, tomentose : leaves roundish at 

 ovate, hairy on both sides : peduncles terminal and axillary, 3-7- 



