174 XI. CAPPAKIDE^. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [Capparis. 



2. C. g^randiflora, Wall. Cat. 6984 ; branches tomentose, leaves ovate 

 acute mucronate shining above pubescent beneath, flowers large, pedicels 

 short, ovary glabrous. C. pyrifolia, W. da A. Frodr. 25 {not of Lawk. &D0); 

 Wight Ic. t. 1047. ' 



Eastern slopes of the Nilohiki Mts., Wight. 



A dense branched spreading shruh, 2-3 ft. ; thorns recnrved. Leaves 1 in., short- 

 petioled, pubescence brown. Flowers 3 in. diam. ; pedicels J-^ in. Petals broadlj 

 obovate-cuneate, almost truncate. Ovary narrow-oblong, furrowed. Fruit 2 in., gla- 

 brous, oblong, beaked. 



3. C. zeylanlca, Linn, {not DG. nor W. & A); glabrous, aimed, 

 leaves broad ovate to lanceolate usually acute and mucronate reticulate 

 beneath, flowers large, pedicels slender, ovary pubescent. Willd. Sp. PI. ii 

 1132 ; Wall. Vat. 6789. C. acuminata, Roxh. Fl. Ind. ii. 566 {not Willd:}. 

 C. brevispina, DG. ; W. <S: A. Prodr. 24; Thwaites Enum. 15 ; Honk. Ic. PI. 

 1. 126 ; Dah. & Gibs. Bombay Fl. 9. C. Wallichiana, W. & A. Prodr. 25; 

 Wall. Gat. 6987. (C. Kheedii and rotundifolia, Rottb.) 



Common in the Caenatic and Malabai: ; occasional in the Western Dekkan ; dry 

 parts of Ceylon. , 



A rigid, wiry, much branched shmh ; shoots sometimes puberuloiis. Leaves 14-3 by 

 4-14 in., coriaceous, shining above, sometimes pubescent beneath. Flowers 2 in. diam., 

 ■white, solitary or 2-3 on a short shoot ; 2 lower petals yellowish, changing to red 

 brown ; pedicels 1-2 in. Ovary oblong. Fruit 2 in., ovoid, smooth. — 0. zeylanica, 

 DC, is probably C tenera or acuminata. 



4. C. Keyneana, Wall. Gat. 6985 ; unarmed or thorns minute, leaves 

 ovate or lanceolate acute or acuminate reticulate beneath, flowers solitary or 

 fascicled, pedicels slender l-bracteate, ovary tomentose. W. & A. Prodr. 

 25. 0. formosa. Bah. in Hooh. Kew Journ. ii. 40 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bmnh.Fl. 9. 

 — Rheede Hort. Mai. vL t. 57. 



From S. CoitcAN and Cawara, to Teavancor ; Cetlon, Thwaites (2509 in part). 



An erect shrub ; young parts floccose. Leaves 3-6 by 4~3 in., base acute, coria- 

 ceous, old shining above. Flowers 4-5 in. diam., white pale blae or Hlac, solitary or 

 2-3 ; pedicels 1-2 in., terminal ; bracts linear. Sepals obtuse, tomentose inside. POals 

 ohovate, 2 lower close together vpith a yellow basal spot. Fruit (immature) 1 J in., ovoid 

 beaked. 



5. C. divaricata, Lamk. ; DC. Prodr. i. 252 ; glabrous, thorns straight, 

 leaves linear-oblong or ovate obtuse mucronate 5-7-nerved at the base, 

 flowers solitary, pedicels slender, ovary glabrous ribbed. Wall. Gat 6988 

 £ {not A); W. & A. Prodr. 'ii ; Wight let. 889. G. stylosa, DG.; WaM. 

 Gat. 6980 ; W. & A. Prodr. 25 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomh. Fl. 10. 



The Dekkan, and Carnatic at Tanjore and Coimbatore. 



A slirub or small tree, branches spreading, glabrous or shoots hoary. Leaves li-3 

 by ;J-1 in.,_ thick, coriaceous; petiole short. Flowers 24 in. diam. ; buds beaked; pe- 

 dicels 4-1 in. Sepals very concave, ovate. Petals narrowly obovate-spathulate. Fruii 

 2-3 in. diam., subglobose, 5-6-ribbed, tubercled, obtusely beaked. — Originally described 

 from young plants with slender branches and naiTow leaves. Graham describes the 

 flower as red. 



Sect?. II. Flowers umbelled, racemed, corymbose or panicled. 



* Flowers in simple corymbs {sometimes compound in 9, versicolor, or 

 acemose in 13, grandis). 



6. C. apbylla, Roth; DG. Prodr. I 246; glabrous, thorns in pairs 



