60 CAPPARIBEM. [Cleome. 



Bhurtpore (Mnnro), Gwalior (Maries). Disteib. : Drier parts of the 

 Deccan and Konkan. 



2. C. brachycarpa, VaU ex DC. Prod, i, 240 ; F. B. I. i. 169. 0, 



Euta, Camh. in Jacquem. Voy. Bot. Id, t. 19. 



A musky-scented glandular rough perennial herb, 6-16 in. hig-h, 

 branching from the "base. Lea-yes 3-5-foliolate, upper simple, stalked; 

 leaflets 5-5 in. long, obovate or oblong. Flowers in leafy racemes, ^-1 in, 

 long, long-pedicelled, yellow. Stamens 6. Cajpsule | in., oblong, scab- 

 erulous. Seeds minute, smooth. 



Between Delhi and Agra, (Jacquemont). Disteib. : Punjab Plain and 

 Sindh, westward to Arabia and Abyssinia. 



3. C. viscosa. Linn. 8p. PI. 672 ; Roxh. Fl. Ind. Hi. 128 ; F. B. I. i. 



170; Watt E. D. Polanisia viscosa, DC; Boyle 111.73. Polanisia ico- 



sandra, W. ^ A. Prod. 22. Vern. Hulhul. 



An erect glandular-pubescent annual, 1-3 ft. high. Leaves 3-5-folio- 

 late ; leaflets sessile, ovate or obovate. Flowers on long pedicels, | in. 

 long, yellow. Se^Jo-Zs ovate, acute. Petals 4, 2 approxinate and 2 spread- 

 ing, obtuse, clawed. Stamens 12-24). Capsule 2-3^ in., narrowed upwards, 

 striate, gland-pubescent, style glabrous. Seeds small, granular, black. 



A common weed, especially in cultivated ground, flowering during the 

 rainy season. Disteib. : Warmer parts of India, and throughout the 

 tropical regions of the world. The pungent seeds are oftea used by the 

 natives in their curries ; they are also valued medicinally as well as the 

 leaves. 



4. C. Chelidonii, Linn. f. Sujppl. 300 ; Boxh. Fl. Ind., Hi. 127 ; F. B. 



1. i. 170. Polanisia Chelidonii, DO. ; W. 8f A. Prod. 22; Boyle III. 73; 

 D. 4- G. Bomb. Fl. 8. 



An erect much-branched annual, 1-3 _ ft. high, glabrous or sparsely 

 scabrid. Leaves 5-9-foIiolate,long-petioled ; leaflets ^obovate or oblong. 

 Flowers in racemes, afterwards corymbose, long-pedicelled, f-1 in. in 

 diam., regular, pink. Petals sessile, ovate. Stamens very many. Capsule 

 2-4 in., slender, tapering at both ends, glabrous. Seeds rather large, pale 

 brown, muricate. 



Bundlekhand (Bdgeworth), in moist places. Disteib. : Central and S. 

 India ; Java. The seeds of this species are also used in curries. 



2. GYNANDROPSIS, DC. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 170. 



Glandular-pubescent or glabrous annuals. Leaves 3-7-foliolate. 

 Racemes leafy. Sepals 4. Petals 4, spreading, with long claws. 

 Stamens 6, filaments adnate below to the slender gynophore. Ovary 

 stalked ; ovules many. Capsule elongate, narrowly stalked ; valves 



2, separating from the seed-bearing placentas. Seeds reniform or 

 orbicular. This genus differs from Cleome chiefly by having the 

 stamens separated from the petals by a long internode. 



