176 XI. pAPPARiBE^. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [Cappari^. 



Prodr. 26; WigM let. 1048; Thwailes Enum. 15. C. corymbosa, Eooeb. 

 Fl. Ind. ii 569. C. bisperma, WigM Cat. 104 {not Roxb.). 



Forests of the Western Ghauts and Caehatic. 



A large woody climber ; pubescence ashy oryellow, minute, decidnous. Leaves 14-24 

 by 1-lJ in., base acute, shining and glabrous above, pale beneath. Flowers white, 

 arranged ae in C. Moonii; buds usually toraentose. Petals broadly obovate-cuneate. 

 Gynqphore 14-2 in. Fruit 1-2 in. diam., globose. 



12. C. grandis, lAnn.f. ; DC. Prodr. i. 248 ; branches pubescent, thorns 

 or recurved, leaves broad-ovate or obovate acute obtuse or retnse silky 

 beneath, buds pubescent, ovary glabrous. Wall. Gat. Q^^e ; W. & A. Prod/r. 

 27 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bonib. Fl. 10. C. maximus, Roth ; Wall. Oat. 6995. 

 C. bisperma, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 568 ; W.&A. Prodr. iQ{eaxl.syn. Wight Cat., 

 & Kleen.). C. obovata, Ham. and racemifera, DC. I.e. 248. 



Hill forests of the Carkatic, Dekkan, and Ceylon. 



A tree. Leaves 2-3 by 1^-2 in., base acute, glabrous above and the old on both 

 surfaces ; petiole 4-i in. Flowers |-1 in. diam., white, in terminal corymbs or racemes, 

 lower with leafy upper with deciduous bracts ; pedicels 1 in. Petals narrow-oborate 

 obliquely ascending. Gynophore 1 in. sometimes only J or ^ in. Fruit size of a nut- 

 meg, subglobose, purple, smooth, 2-6-?eeded. 



** Flowers in simple umbels. 



13. C. orbiculata, WaU. mss. in Herb. Linn. Soc. ; branches pilose, 

 thorns recurved from a broad downy base, leaves suborbicular truncate 

 retuse or mucronate papillose and hairy above tomentose beneath, flowers 

 small, ovary glabrous. 



Segain hills, Bibha, WaUieh, Griffith. 



A much branched rigid spreading shruj). Leaves |-1 in. broad, obscurely trapezoid, 

 base cordate ; hairs above papillose ; petiole very short. Flowers umbelled, peduucle 

 1-2 in., 1-leaved at the tip ; pedicels J-| in., slender, spreading. Perianth absent. 

 Ovary oblong, acute ; gynophore less than 4 in. 



14. C. pednnculosa, Wall. Cat. 6993 ; branches pubescent, thorns 

 recurved, leaves glabrous suborbicular obtuse or retuse penninerved, 

 sepals equalling the oblong petals, ovary glabrous. Hook. Ic. PI. t. 128 ' 

 Balz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 9. C. sepiaria, Wail. Gat. 6993, G. ' 



Western Pehinbdla, Russell; near Tanjore, in the Carnatic, Wight; CoNOAir 

 Stocks, &c. ' 



A spreading branched shrub ; branches wiry, at length glabrous. Leaves f-lj by 

 4-1 in., base cordate, shining above ; petiole veiy short. Flowers J-f in. diam., in 

 2-6-flowered terminal or axillary and shortly (J-J in.) peduncled umbels ; pedicels 

 1-14 in., slender. Sepals refiexed in flower. Ovary oblong; gynophore 1 in. Fruit size 

 of a cherry, globose, several-seeded. 



15. C. lon^ispina, H.f. & T. ; branches pubescent, thorns long acicu- 

 lar, leaves ovate-cordate acute rarely obtuse pubescent beneath, sepals equal- 

 ling the oblong petals. 



A spreading much-branched shrub ; branches slender, wiry, softly pubescent. Leaves 

 |-1 J ^y 4-1 ™-. glabrous above ; petiole very short. Floiters exactly as of C. pednn- 

 culosa, in sessile termmal umbels. Fruit (mature ?) size of a pea.— Possibly a state 

 of C. peduneulosa, though differing much in thorns pubescence and leaf-form. 



16. C. parviflora, H.f. & T. ; branches unarmed, thorns 0, leaves 

 glabrous lanceolate or obloiig-lanceolate acute or acuminate, flowers small, 

 buds glabrous, sepals and petals oblong, ovary glabrous. 



