3Iae7ma] 



VII. CAPPAEIDACEiE 



31 



Order YII. CAPPARIDACE^. Gen. PI. i. 103. 



(Capjjartdece.) 



Herbs, shrubSj or trees, sometimes climbing. Leaves simple or 3-9 foliolate, 

 stipules mostly spinescent, in some genera wanting. Fl. nsiially bisexual, 

 often zygomorphic. Sepals 4, free or connate, petals 4, sometimes 2 or none, 

 imbricate or open in bnd. Stamens exserted, generally numerous. Ovary 1, 

 consisting of 2 or more carpels, generally 1-celled, as a rule raised on an 

 elongated gynopkore, ovules oo on 2 or more parietal placentas. Seeds witli- 

 out albumen, embryo incurved. 



EemarJcahle anatomical characters — In species of Maenia, Cadaha, and Hoydsia tlie 

 wood is interrupted by concentric bands of bast (phloem). 



Calyx tube lined by tlie disk. 



Leaves 3-5 foliolate, petals 0, fruit ovoid . . .1. 



Leaves simple, petals 4, fruit moniliform . . .2. 



Leaves simple, petals 0, fiuit globose .... 

 Sepals 4, open in bud, leaves 3-folioIate . . . .3. 



Sepals 4, imbricate or outer valvate, leaves simple. 



Stamens 4-6, inserted liigh. up on tlie gynopliore . 4. 



Stamens numerous, inserted at tlie base of gynopbore 5. 



Sepals 6, ovary 3-celled 6. 



NiLBIJIIKIA. 



Maerua. 



Bo SCI A (p. 32). 



Ceat^va. 



Cad ABA. 



Cappauis. 



ROYDSIA. 



1. NIEBUHRIA, DC; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 171. 

 Species about 8, most in Soutb Africa. 



N. linearis, DO. : Wight Ic. 1. 174. — Syn. Maerita linearis^ Pax in Engler 

 u. Prantl, iii. 2. 234. 



A small tree witb pale grey bark and 3-5 foliolate leaves, leaflets lanceolate, 

 1-3 in. long, midrib distinct, second, nerves scarcely visible. Eacemes 

 terminal, few fld. Calyx 

 tube ovoid, limb 4-cleft, 

 valvate, petals 0. Stamens 

 00 inserted on the gyno- 

 phore considerably above 

 its base. Ovules numerous 

 on 2 parietal placentas. 

 Berry ovoid, 1-seeded, 

 cotyledons fleshy, involute. 



Hills on the east side of tbe 

 Western Peninsula. 



2. MAERUA,Porskahl 

 PL Brit. Ind. i. 171. 



Species about 20, some 

 in Arabia, most in tropical 

 jcLirica. 



M, arenaria, Hook. 



mCL. mi m * 



. & Thorns. ; Tnmen 



Ceylon i. 58. Syn. M, 



ovalifolia^ Camb. ; Cooke, 



Fl. Bomb. i. 41. Vern. 



Ylka^ Gruzerat. 



A large woody climber, 



bark light grey, leaves Fig. IS.—Maerua arenaria, Hook. ill. & Thorns. J. 



