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plants, many of them climbers with spinous stipules. One 

 species, the Common Caper (Gapparis spinosa), is found in S^ 

 Europe ; the others abound in the tropics. They are attractive 

 from the great beauty of their polyandrous blossoms, and in some 

 cases from their fragrance. 



G. sepiaria is a thick ramous shrub, from 4 to 6 feet in height, 

 and armed with strong, sharp recurved thorns. The flowers are 

 white interminal umbles ; the berries black, about the size of a 

 pea. It is common in the uncultivated parts of the Carnatic 

 and Table-land, where, with another species (G. incanescens), it 

 forms a low impervious jungle. We observed fine hedges of the 

 {J, sepiaria around villages in Mysore, and consider it one of the 

 best indigenous hedge plants with which we are acquainted. 

 Buchanan, referring to it in his Herb. Cat., says, " Habitat 

 ubique in Indies dumetis solo aridiore" It is easily grown from 

 seeds, or by means of cuttings, and only requires occasional 

 trimming. There are several other species of this genus worthy 

 of trial as fences, though they may not be equal to G. sepiaria, 

 being less compact. Of these, G. horrida and Roxburghii are 

 common in Mysore, and are handsome climbers. We have also , 

 met with G. apkylla, and sought for its berries, which make an 

 agreeable pickle. It is found in the barren land of the Dekkan 

 •and Scinde, 



I. PLANTS ADAPTED FOR FIELD ENCLOSURES. 



* Opuntia Dillenii, Haw. 



* Agave amevieana, L, 



* Euphorbia Tirucalli, L. 



antiquorum, L. 



nivulia, Buck, 

 Csesalpinia sepiaria, Rox, 



Sappan, L. 

 Pterolobium lacerans, R. 



Br. 

 Guilandina Bond tic, L. 



* Parkinsonia aculeata, L. 

 Poinciana pulcherrima, L. 



Mimosa rubicaulis, Lain. 

 ' Inga dulcis, Willd. 

 Acacia arabica, Willd. 

 eoncinna, D. C. 

 Vachellia Farnesiana, W. 



&A. 

 Hemicyclia sepiaria, W. & A. 

 Epicarpurus orientalis, itfume. 

 ' Jatropha Curcas, L. 

 Pisonea aculeata, Rox, 

 Capparis sepiaria, L. 

 aphylla, Rox. 



Scutia indica, Brong. 

 Azimatetracantha, Lam. 

 Gmelina asiatica, L. 

 Balsam odendron Berryi, 



Am. 

 'Toddalea aculeata, Pers. 

 Bambusaarundinacea, Willd. 



spinosa, Rox. 



nana, Rox. 

 Dendrocalamus tulda, Nees. 

 Fandanus odoratissimus, L. 



II. ORNAMENTAL PLANTS FORMING INNER FENCES. 



* Lawsonia inermis, L. 

 Lonicera ligustrina, Wall. 



• Citrus LImetta, Riss. 

 Morus Indica, L. 



* Punica granatum, L. 



* Hibiscus rosa sinensis, L. 

 Adhatoda vasica, Nees. 



Betonica, Nees. 



♦GraptophyUumhortense^ees. 

 Gendarussa vulgaris, Nees. 



* Gardenia florida, L. 



* Allamanda cathartics, L. 



Pedllanthus tithymaloides. 

 Pott. 

 * Vinea rosea, Willd. 



III. PLANTS USED FOR EDGING GARDEN -WALKS. 



Heliotropium curassavlcum, [* Rosa semperflorens, Cur- 



L. i tis. 



Rosa indica, L. I* Rosmarinus officinalis, L, 



* Introduced. 



