6. CADABA, Forsk. 



C. Indica, Lam. — A small shrub, with small oblong glabrous 

 leaves ; flowers terminal, whitish ; siliqua linear. Syn. Cleome 

 fruticosa, Linn. ; Stroemia tetrandra, Vuhl. ; Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, p 678. 

 Guzeratand the Deccan. 



7. CAPPARIS, Linn. 



1. Brevispina, DC. — A thorny shrub, with linear lanceolate 

 or oval leaves ; pedicles axillaiy solitary, one-flowered ; fruit glo- 

 bular, bright scarlet, li inch in diameter. Western Deccan, 

 banks of nullahs, &c., near Vingorla. Syn. C. acuminata, Roxb. Fl 

 Ind. ii, p 566; C. Rheed. DU. Prod. I, p 246; C. rotundifolia, 

 Rottl. and Willd. DC. Prod, ii, p 245. " Wagutty" of the Marathas. 

 Hook. Ic. PI t. 126. 



2. RoxBURGHii, DC. — A shrub ; leaves elliptic oblong obtuse ; 

 racemes terminal corymbiform ; flowers large, white, handsome ; 

 fruit bright scarlet, 3 inches in diameter. Syn. C. corymbosa, Roxb. 

 Hort. Beng., p 93, Fl Ind. ii, 569 ; C. aguba, Roxb. in E. I. C. 

 mus. t. 158. On the Ghauts. Maratha name "Poorwi." The 

 unripe fruit when fresh cut smells like cresses. 



3. Pedunculosa, Wall. — Leaves roundish ovate, cordate at 

 the base, nearly sessile ; stipules thorny, hooked ; pedicles and calyx 

 glabrous ; umbels 2 to 5-flowered, sessile terminal ; fruit globose, 

 with several seeds. Vide Hook. Ic. 128. Mahableshwur, and 

 in the thickest jungles generally. 



4. MuHRAYANA, I. Grab. Cat. Bom. PI. — A diffuse prostrate 

 shru'b, with short recurved orange-coloured thorns ; leaves small, 

 roundish; flowers white, large and showy; anthers purple; berry 

 oblong, many-seeded. Wight Ic. 379. At Mahableshwur, and in 

 most nullas and rivers, but along the ghauts as far north as the Malsej. 



5. Formosa, Dalz. in Hook. Jour. Bot. ii, p 41. — Shrubby, 

 erect, unarmed ; leaves ovate or oblong, acute at both ends, or 

 lanceolate, younger ones covered with a stellate tomentum, easily 

 wiped off, older ones coriaceous glabrous, reticulately veined, shin- 

 ing, 5 inches long ; racemes corymbiform, few-flowered ; flowers 

 large, handsome, pale-blue, with a round yellow spot in the middle. 

 Chorla ghaut ; flowers in April. Syn. C. ccerulea, Heyne. 



6. Tener, Dalz. in loc. cit. — Shrubby, branched, glabrous ; 

 stipules short, thorny, hooked ; leaves short-petioled ovate lanceo- 

 late, glabrous, membranaceous, transparent ; pedicles axillary, 

 solitary filiform, one-flowered, shorter than the leaf; flowers small. 

 On the Ghauts ; rare, leaves 2 inches long. 



7. Aphylla, Roxb. — A large straggling much-branched shrub 

 or small tree ; leaves on the young shoots only, linear subulate ; 



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