.] XI. CAPPABiDE-s:. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 179 



25. C. sabisBfolla, ff. f. & T. ; branches glabrous, thorns 0, leaves 

 glabrous oblong-lanceolate taper-pointed, pedicels 1-2 supra-axillary. 



Khasia hills, alt. 4-6000 ft., R.f. & T. 



A ahrab ; branches slender. Leaves 3-4 by 1-1^ in., base acute. Pedmls about 

 4 in., slender, flowers unknown. Fruit pisiform, 1-2-seeded. 



26. C. viminea, H.f. & T. ; branches glabrous, thorns or small coni- 

 cal curved, leaves glabrous abruptly taper-pointed acute or obtuse, sepals 

 ovate margins tomentose, petals oblong tomentose outside. 



Tropical valleys of Sikkim, Bhotan, Assam, and Tenasseeim. 



An erect shrub ; branches long, slender. Leaves 2^-4^ by 1-2 in., thin ; petiole J in. 

 Mowers I in. diam. ; white, 2-5 in a series, axillary, pedicels J-l in. Fruit J in. 

 diam., globose, purple, glabrous, several-seeded. 



27. C. tenera, Balz. in Hook. EewJourn. Bat. ii. 14 ; branches glabrous, 

 thorns hooked, leaves glabrous ovate obovate or oblong acute or abruptly 



..acuminate, flowers small, sepals ovate, margins tomentose, petals tomentose 

 outside. 

 From Assa:M to Biema and Tenasseeim; Canaka, Concan and Ceylon (Kandy, 



A woody climber, branches slender. Leaves 14-3 by f-lj in., young very thin. 

 Flowers^ i-4 in. diam., 1-3 in a series, axillary ; pedicels |-1 4 in., slender, glabrous. 

 Fruit pisiform, few-seeded. The following vars. all pass one into another. 



Vak. 1. Dahellii; leaves ovate-lanceolate very membranous, flowers often solitary. — 

 C. tenera, Dalz. I.e. 



Vae. 2. zeylaniea ; leaves ovate, old firm and coriaceous, flowers 2-3 in a series. — . 

 C. uncinata. Wall. Oat. 6998. C. tetrasperma, Thwaites Enum. 15. 



Vae. 3. latifolia; leaves obovate-oblong abruptly acuminate, old coriaceous, flowers 

 4^6 in a series. — C. oxyphylla. Wall. Cat. 6997 (riot of Miguel). 



28. C. Finlaysoniana, Wall. Cat. 6992 B {not A) ; branches glabrous, 

 thorns very small nearly straight, leaves glabrous broad lanceolate obscurely- 

 reticulate above, sepals lanceolate acute glabrous. 



SiJtOAPOEE, Wallich, &o. — Disteib. Sumatra, Borneo. 



Ad erect? glabrous shrub. Leaves 6-8 by 1^-3 in. ; coriaceous, smooth, shining, 

 pale and yellow wheu dry below. Flowers (buds only) on the young branches supra- 

 axillary, sohtary or 2 in a series, appearing racemed when the leaves fall away ; .pedi- 

 cels 4-| in. slender. Fruit (immature) ovoid-oblong, glabrous, ribbed, long-pedicelled. — 

 Flowers of Bornean specimens rose-coloured. Buds and flowers larger than in 0. micra- 

 eantha and leaves not evidently cordate at base. 



29. C. micracantha, BG. Prodr. i. 247 ; branches glabrous, thorns very 

 small conic straight, leaves oblong or broad-lanceolate shining, and very 

 reticulate above, sepals oblong acute oiliate. Blivme Bijd. 52 ; Mia. Fl. Ned. 

 Ind. i. pt. 2, 99. C callosa, Blume I.e. 53. C. conspicua and 0. Finlay- 

 soniana, Wall. Gat. 6991 and 6992 A {not B). 



Pebh, Tehasseeim, Wallich, &c. — Disteib. Siam; Java, Timor, Philippines. 



A large shrub or small tree ; bark smooth. Leaves 4-8 by 2-34 ™-i coriaceous, 

 lower obtuse at both ends, upper narrowed towards the rounded or suboordate base, 

 tip acute callous, pale beneath ; petiole 4-4 in. Flowers I4 in. diam., 2-4 in a series, 

 supra-axillary ; pedicels 4 iii- or 'ess. Petals 1 in., oblong. Ovary glabrous. Fruit 

 2-3 in., ovoid or subglobose, smooth. 



Inflorescence unknown. 



30. C. flavicans, Wall. Gat. 7003 ; branches tomentose, thorns 0, leaves 

 glabrous oblong or obovate-oblong obtuse or retuse and mucronate 3-5 pli- 

 nerved, fruit solitary. 



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