32 YIL OAPPAEIDACEiE [Maerua 



elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, J-3 in. Fl. greenisli-wliitey scented, in terminal 

 or lateral coiymbs, calyx tnWlined by a disk, on the edge of wliich the 4 short 

 petals are inserted. Stamens oo, inserted on the gynophore above its base. 

 Oyary short, ovules numerous on 2 parietal placentas. Fruit yellow, 1-3 in. 

 long, fleshy, moniliform, many seeded, each seed portion forming almost a 

 separate beiTy. Cotyledons fleshy, involute. 

 Drier parts of North- West India, the Peninsula and Ceylon. 'W\. C. S. 



Boscia variabilis, Coll. et Hemsl. 5 Jonrn. Linn. Soc. xxviii. t. 1 — 8yn. Xiehuhria 

 variaUlis, Kurz, F. PL i. 59, Meiktila and elsewhere in Upper Burma. A small ti**^^ 

 slioots puberulons, leaves simple, 1-2 J 111 , narrowly oblong, calyx tube very shoi t , 

 lined by a fleshy annular disk, petals 0, ovaiy with a small number of ovuIpjs on two 

 placentas. 



3. CRATiEVA, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 172. 



Deciduous trees with trifoliolate leaves. Fl. large, sometimes \misexuxl, 

 corymbose. Sepals 4, deciduous, petals long-clawed, open in bud, both insertei 

 on a fleshy often lobed disk. Stamens numerous on a short column at the base 

 of a filiform gynophore. Placentas 2 with numerous ovules. Species 10, hi 

 the tropics of both hemispheres. 



1. C. religiosa, Forst.; JBedd. Fl. Sylv. t. llli— 8301. C. RoxburghU^ E. Br. ; 

 Kurz, F. FL i. 66; Tximen Handb. i. 59, Vern. Barna^ hlliann^ varvunna^ 

 Hind. ; Nirvala^ Mar. ; JSfarave^ Kan. ; Mardlingam^ Tarn. ; Kadatj Burm. 



A moderate-sized tree, large white lenticels on branches, bark with grey 

 horizontal wrinkles, wood yellowish-white, even- close- and smooth-gi*ained. 

 Leaves clustered at the ends of branchlets, common petiole 2-4 in. long, 

 leaflets ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, the lateral from an oblique basis, petiolules 

 articulate. FL 2 in. diam., cream coloured. Fr. ovoid or globose, 2-3 in. 

 diam. ; rind hard, I'ough, with numerous white specks ; seeds \ in. long, 

 numerous, reniform, in a yellow pulp. 



Subliimalayan tract, from the Bavi eastwards, ascending to 2,000 ft. Both 

 Peninsulas, in low and shady j)laces, chiefly near banks of btreams. Often planted. 

 PL H. S., with and after tlie young leaves. Dry country of Ceylon (fl. Dec). Tonkin, 

 China, Formosa, Malay Archipelago, Polynesia, Tropical Africa. 2. C. hygropMla, 

 Kurz, F. FL i, 67 (YeJcadat, Burm.). Swamp forest of the Irawaddi valley, a shrub or 

 binall tree, fruit cylindric, 4-5 in. long 3. C. lophosperma, Kvltz. Asbam, JShan hilK, 

 Upper Burma ; fl. smaller, fruit globose, 2-celled, seeds tuberculate. 



4. CAD ABA, Forskahl ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 172. 



Unai^med shrubs. Leaves simple or 3-foliolate. Sepals free. Petals clawed, 

 4 or 2, rarely 0. Disk trumpet-shaped or spathulate ; stamens 4-6, inserted 

 high up on the gynophore. Ovules go, on 2-4 parietal placentas. Fruit 

 slender, fleshy, sometimes dehiscent. Cotyledons convolute. Species 14, dry 

 regions of Western Asia and Tropical Africa, one in the Malay Archipelago 

 atid North-West Australia. 



1. C, indica, Lamk. Vern. Shegurtij Kan. 



A straggling tree or shrub. Leaves simple, 1-1 1 in. FL yellowish- white ; 

 petals 4, limb oblong. Disk process f in., curved, pink. Fruit cylindric, 

 irregularly torulose, 1-2 in. long. 



Central Provinces, Berar, G-ujarat, Beccan, dry country of Ceylon. Fl. October-March. 



Two species with simple leaves : 2. C, farinosa, Forsk. ; Engler und Prantl, iii. 2, 

 flg. 141. Sind, Arabia, Abyssinia. A straggling, much branching shrub. Leaves J in,, 

 oblong; petals spathulate. 8, C, lieterotridia, Stocks; Sind. A small rigid tree. 

 Leaves broad-ovate or orbicular, glaucons-grey, often with minute stellate and 

 glandular hairs* 



One species with trifoliolate leaves. 4. C. trifoliata, Wight et Am. ; ISTellore, Tinne- 



