N. O. CAPPARIDEiE. 105 



with horizontal lenticels. Wood white, moderately hard, close- 

 grained. Pores small, numerous, in long radical strings bet- 

 ween the fine, wavy medullary-rays, usually one or two rays 

 without pores between the string. Faint, rather distant, con- 

 centric lines which may be annual rings" (Gamble). Leaves 

 simple, 1-l-J- in., ovate or oblong, acute, obtuse or mucronate. 

 Flowers yellowish white or greenish white, 1 in. diam. ; corymbs 

 few-flowered, terminal ; bracts small, subulate. Sepals 

 ovate ; claw of petals narrow. Petals 4, limb oblong, ovate ; 

 Stamens 4. Disk process | in. curved pink, smooth, fimbriate. 

 Fruit cylindric, dehiscent, 1-li in. long, irregularly torulose ; 

 pulp orange. Flowers October-March. 



Uses : — The leaves and root are considered deobstruent 

 and anthelmintic, and are prescribed in decoction in uterine 

 obstructions (Murray. 55.) 



91. C. farinosa. Forsk. h.f.b.l, i. 173. 



Habitat \ -Dry places in the Punjab, at Multan and 

 in Sindh. 



A straggling, much-branched shrub. Wood white, soft, 

 even-grained ; Pores small, single or few or many in radial 

 strings between the rays, there being usually a few rays without 

 pores between each pair that contains them. Medullary rays 

 very fine, regular, numerous. Leaves £-J in. rarely 1 in., hoary, 

 ovate or oblong, obtuse. Flowers as in C. indica, but petals 

 very narrow, 4, spathulate. Stamens 5. Fruit ^-1£ in. cylind- 

 ric (Hooker, f. and Thorns. : — "Delessert's Icones represent 6 

 stamens, we find 5 only. Fl. B. I. Vol. I, p. 173. 



Uses : — It is used medicinally in Sindh. 



92. Capparis spinosa, Linn. H.F.B.L, I. 173. 



Syn. : — C. Murray ana, Graham, 



Vern. : — Kabra, ber (H.) ; ulra Kanta (Kumaon) ; Kaur, 

 Kiari, bauri, ber, bandar, bassar, Kakri, Kander, taker, borar, 

 Keri, Kaba, barari (PbJ. ; Kalvari (Sind.) ; Kabar (Bom). 

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