180 XI. CAPPARiDE^. (Hook. £ & Thorns.) 



BiEMA, at Genanghuen and Selainmew, Wallich. 



:ShFubby, branches spreading, tomentum appreesed. Leaves IJ-l^by f-1 in., base 

 rounded or subcordate; midrib with 2 oblique veins from about the middle; petiole 

 i in., pubescent. , I'ruit 1 in., subglobose, tomentose, many-seeded ; stalk as long. 



31. C. grlauean WaM. Gat. 7005 ; branches hoary-pubescent, thorns re- 

 curved, leaves .glabrous narrow obovate-oblong obtuse or retiuse penni- 

 nerved. 



BiEMA, commonmear Pagodas, at Pegamew, Wallieh. 



A shrub; branches rigid, spreading. Leaves Ijj-lf by J-| in., coriaceous, tajiering 

 to the acute base, pale and glaucous .beneath; petiole J in., pubescent. Flowers pro- 

 bably umbelled, on stout axillary peduncles about \ in. long. Fruit pisiform, glabrous, 

 1-2-seeded; stalk 4 in. ; gynophore veryshoit. 



d. VARIABILIS, Wall. Cat. 7004, without flower or fruit, is indeterminable aod not a 



>C. MOLLiuscnLA, Wall. Cat. 7006, is s, Cansjera. 



An undesoribed Sikkim species allied .to G. fioribunda, is figured amongst the 

 Cathoart drawings (in Kew Library), with Jowera 1,^ in. diam., many stamens, and a 

 longer gynophore. 



8. ROYDSZA, Sosb. 



Large uuairmed woody climbers, branches spotted white. Leaves simple. 

 Flowers yelloWj racemed qt panicled. Calyx 6-partite, segments 2-seriate, 

 tips a little imbricate. Petals 0. Stamens indefinite, inserted .above the 

 iDase of-the short cylindric gynophore. Ovary ovoii S-celled from the pro- 

 longation of the. placentas ; style 3, subulate, stigmas small terminal; 

 ovules many, S-s^^ate in the angles of the cells. Fruit fleshy, with a woody 

 3-valved l-celledf.,endocarp, 1-seeded. Seed erect, cotyledons fleshy, un- 

 ■equal, longitudinally folded, the larger embracing the smaller- — Disteib. 

 fipecies 3, tropi^pl Asiatic. 



1. Xt. suaveolens, Boxb. Gor. PI. iii. t. 289 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 643 ; 

 oblong or oblong-lanceolate acute or abruptly acuminate, endocarp of fruit 

 smuoth. Wall Gat. 4200 ; Griff. Notul. iv. 678. 



Tropical fore^tg of Sikkim, B.f., and Bhotak, Griffith; Khasia hills, Soxbuiyh, &c. 



Branches glabrous or slightly pubescent. Leaves 6-12 by 2-5 in., glabroufi, coria- 

 ceous, bright green above,' pale below ; petiole §-1 in. Flowers | in. diam., pale yellow, 

 sweet-scented, in long simple axillary or panicled terminal racemes ; buds lomentose ; 

 bracts small, subulate, equalling the short- pedicels. Drupe IJ in., ovoid, scurfy, 

 orWge-QolQiired ; pijlp yellow ; stalk short stout. 



2. -R. obtusifoli^, H.f, & T.. ; leaves oUomg obtase atboth«nds, endo- 

 •oarp of ^it triquetrous muricate with long soft prieklea. 



EAN(itooN, M' Ckfland. 



Branehes glabrous. Leaves 3-5 by 14-'24 in., tbiokly coriaceous ;_ petaok | in. Sa- 

 cerms in tepninal panicles ; flowers unknown. Drape 2 in., oblong, scurfy ; stalk short, 

 stout. 



K. PAWiFLOEA, Griff. Notui, iv. o7i6 ; Zc. PI. Imi. Or. t. 606, f. 6, belongs to TiUacete. 



Order XH- RESEDACE.ffi. (By Hooker f. & Thomson.) 



Herbs rarely shmbs. J^eaves alternate, entire or pinnatisect ; stipules 0, 

 or minute an,d glandular. Flowers smaJl, spiked or racemed,' bracteate. 



