Cappaeis.] CAPPABID:E^. 53 



1. C. apbyUa, Roth Sp. PI. Nov. 238 ; W, <$• A. Prod, 27 ; Royle III. 

 72 ; D. ^ G. Bomb. Fl. 9 ; Brand. For. Fl, 14 ^ 571 ; P. B, I. i, 174, Watt 

 E. D, Vern. Karil. 



A much-branched glahroua shrub or small tree. Branches slender ; 

 thorns in pairs, straight. Leaves on young shoots only, ^ to i in. long, 

 linear, caducous, pungent. Buds pubescent. Flowers 1 in. in diam., red- 

 brown or scarlet, in many-flowered corymbs on short lateral shoots. Sepals 

 unequal, inner saccate. Petals ovate, longer than the sepals. Stamens 

 18-20, filaments long; gynophore slender, as long as the stamens. Frtiit 

 ^•f in., globose or ovoid, red when ripe, glabrous. 



Abundant in the drier portions of the area, associated with Salvadora, 

 -Acacia ZeitcopTilcea and other desert shrubs. Distrib.: Punjab, Eajputana, 

 C. India and the Deccan, extending westward to Arabia, Nubia and 

 Egypt. The new leaves on young shoots appear from November to March, 

 flowers in March and April. The flower-buds (pasi) and young fruit are 

 cooked and eaten as a pot-herb and also preserved as a pickle. The ripe 

 fruit is also pickled. 



2. C. grandis, Linn.f. Suppl. 263; W. ^ A. Prod. 27 (in part) ; D. ^ G, 

 Bomb. Fl. 10 ; F. B.I.i. 176 ; Watt E. D. C. bisperma, Boxh. Fl. Ind. i% 

 568 ; W. ^ A. Prod, 26 [in part). 



A small tree with pubescent branches. Thorns 0, or recurved. Leaves 

 2-3 in. long, broadly ovate or obovate, acute obtuse or retuse, silky 

 beneath. Buds pubescent. Flowers f-1 in. in diam., white, in terminal 

 corymbs or racemes. Petals narrowly obovate. Ovary glabrous. Fruit 

 the size of a nutmeg, subglobose. purple, smooth, 2-6-seeded. 



Merwara. Distkib. : Eajputana and southward to Ceylon. Eoxburgh 

 describes his C. bisperma as a timber tree. 



3. C. seplaria, Linn. Sy st. ed. X, 1071 ; Boxh. Fl. Ind. ii. 568 ; W. 4- A, 

 Prod 26: Camb. in, Jacquem. Voy. Bot. t. 22 j D. 4- G. Bomb. Fl. 10; 

 Brand. For. Fl. 15 ; F. B. I. i. 177 ; Watt E. D. 



A moderate-sized spreading shrub, sometimes climbing. Young parts 

 hoary or tomentose. Branches numerous, tough and wiry ; thorns 

 recurved. Leaves |-li in. long, ovate oblong or oblong-lanceolate, sub- 

 acute or retuse, penninerved, smooth above, downy beneath. Flowers 

 i-| in. in diam., white, in many-flowered umbels ; pedicels filiform. Sepals 

 ovalj'concave. Petals oblong, unequal. Stamens exceeding the petals 

 Ovary ovoid, pointed, glabrous ; gynophore i-^ in. Berry | in. in diam. 

 1-seeded, black when ripe. 



Dry places, common ; flowers in May, fruit ripens in July. Distrib. : 

 Throughout India, extending to the Philippines. An excellent plant for 

 hedges, and easily raised from seed or cuttings. 



4. C. horrida, Linn. f. Suppl. 264; W. ^ A. Prod. 26 ; D. ^ G. Bomb. 

 Fl.10; Brand. For.- Fl. 15; F. B. I. i. 178. Watt E, D. Vern. His, 

 Icarralura (Oudh). 



A climbing shrub. Young parts clothed with dense ferruginous 

 pubescence. T/iorns recurved, laterally compressed. Leaves l^A in. long, 

 ovate obovate or oblong, obtuse acute or mucronate, at length shining 



