] XI. CAPPARiDE^. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 177 



Shewageri hills in the Caknatic; WiffJii. 



A spreading wiry much branched shrub (or tree?). Leavei IJ-S by J-J in., base 

 narrow but cordate ; petiole short, broad. Flmoefrs not 4 in. diam., in axillary, or sub- 

 terminal 3-6-flowered subsessile or shortly pedunoled umbels ; pedicels \-\ in., slender. 

 Pddk oblong. Ovary oblong, gynophore ^ in. h'rwi pisiform. 



17. C. sepiaria, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. i. 247; branches hoary ortomen- 

 tose, thorns recurved, leaves ovate oblong obovate or oblong-lanceolate 

 subacute or retuse penninerved downy (rarely glabrous; beneath, sepals 

 oblong, petals narrow, ovary glabrous. Boxb. Fl. Jnd. ii. 568: Wall. Gat. 

 6993; W. & A. Prodr. 26; Gamh. m Jacq. Toy. Bot. t. 22; Dak. & Gibs. 

 Bombay Fl. 10, 



Dry places throughout India, from the PnirjAE and Sindh to Bikma, Peou, the' 

 CjAENATiCj and Ceylon (at Jaffna, Gardner). — ^Disteib. Philippines. 



A spreading wiry 'branolied shrub. Z«sa»e«|-14 by 4-| in. ; petiole ^^ in. Flowers 

 J-J in. diam., white, in many-flowered sessile or shortly pedunoled umbels ; pedicels 

 slender, 4-| in. Ovary ovoid, pointed ; gynophore i-J in. Fntii pisiform, black. 



Vab. 1. vulgaris ; branches softly tomentose, leaves broad. 



Vab. 2. incanescens ; DO. Prodr. i. 247 (sp.), branches rigid wiry, hoary, white,' 

 leaves oblong. Wall. Oat. 6994 ; W. d; A. Peodr. 26; SoOt. le. PI. t. 123. C. stylosa 

 j3, DO. t.c. 



Var. 3. retvseUa; T%waites JSmrni. 16, 400 (sp.); branches brown- tomentose, 

 leaves ovate or oblong-lanceolate, glabrous beneath, tip tapering retuse, umbels few- 

 flowered, gynophore longer. — Ceylon, near Kandy, Thwaitei. 



*** Flowers in racemose or panicled rarely solitary umbels or corymbs. 



18. C. pumila,. Champion in Hooh. Kew Joum. Bat. m. 260 ; young 

 branches puberulous, thorns recurved, , leaves glabrous obLong-lanceolate' 

 acuminate, stamens about 20, buds globose glabrpjis. Benth. FL Hmig- 

 J^tmg, 18. C punctata, Wall. GaL 7002. 



BJHAsiA HILLS, alt. 2-3000 ft.— Disteib. E. China. 



A shrub, twigs sarmentose or climbing. Leaves 2-34 ^7 f-^i '°-i ^^^ acute, ob- 

 scurely pen»iherved ; petiole J in.", pubes'cent. Flower» 4 in. diam. ; white, in few- 

 flowered corymbs or umbels arranged in large terminal panicles ; pedicel J-J in. 

 Petals oblong. Ovary: ovoid-oblong, glabrous ; gynophore J in. PrwU 4-| in. diam., 



19. C floribunda, WigM III. i. 33, t. 14; branches glabrous, thorns 

 or recurved, leaves glabrous oblong rounded at both ends retuse apiculate, 

 stamens about 8, buds globose glabrous. C. malabarica, Wall. Gat. 7000. 

 C.oligaBdra, Griffith NotvZ. iv. 577. 



Malabar, Heyne; Orissa, Chghom; Tehasseeim, Cfriffith, &c. Ceitlon in the 

 Doombesa district, Thwaites. — Disteib. Philippines. 



A large woody climber ; branches slender. Leaves 3-5 by .|-lf in., coriaceous, 

 shining above, obscurely penninei'ved below. Flowers 4 ™- diam., white ; umbels 

 many-flowered, in large terminal panicles; pedicels i-1 in. Sepals- reflexed in flower. 

 Fetius oblong. Ovary ovoid, acute; gynophore 4 ^^- Pruit 1 in. diam., globose, 

 smooth, several-seeded. 



So. C> assamica, H. f. (t T..; branches glabrous, thorns minute 

 straight or slightly curved, leaves glabrous lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate 

 acuminate reticulate beneath, flowers racem^ed, buds very small globose. 



Assam, Griffith. 



Erect?; branches slender. £eoOT« 4-6 by 14-2 in., base acute, pale below. Flowers 

 terminal many-flowered racemes, 3-4 in. long, which bear many subulate empty 

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