84 VII. CAPPAEIDACE^ [CappavlH 



trunk short, erect, often 4-5 ft. girth, branches numerous, green, divaricating, 

 forming a dense rounded crown, wood close-grained, tough, roots imniense, 

 spreading deep and wide. Leaves on young shoots only, caducous, linear, 

 \ in., occasionally larger spathulate, to \ in. long, stipular thorns yellowish, 

 straight. El. 1 in. diam., red or scarlet, rarely yellow, in corymbs on short 

 lateral branchlets. Eruit 2 in. long, i~| in. diam., red, on a gynophore 1 in. 

 long. 



Arid and dry regions of tlie "Western Peninsnlaj from the Punjab and Sind to Tiiti- 

 corin. 3?1. Octobei^-Jnne. 



8. C. Roxburghii, DC. ; Wight Ic. t. 1,048. Vern. Poorwi, Mar 



A large woody climber, branchlets finely tomentose. Leaves 2-3 in., glabrous, 



elliptic, petioles ^ in., stipular thorns sometimes wanting. El. white, 11 in. 



diam. in corymbs of 4-10 at the ends of branches. Eruit globose, 14-2 in. 



diam., on a woody stalk 2^ in. long. 



Evergreen forestb on tlie Western G-hats from North Kanara sotitliwardh, also on th(^ 

 eatot side of tlie peninsula (Sribarikota), Fl. H. S. Nearly allied, but t[uite dihtinct, 

 is 9. C. Moonii, "Wight; Trimen Handb. Ceylon 1. 62, Western Gliats, from Ivhandala 

 bouthwards, Ceylon. A very ornamental shrub, branclilets brown, glabrous, sliininft. 

 Leaves elliptic-oblong, 3-4 in. Fl. wliite 4-5 in. diam., in many fld. corymbs at th(^ 

 end*^ of brandies, peduncles stout 2-3 in. long. Fruit globose, 2-1 in. diam., on a 

 woody stalk, rr-^ 



p£lO. C. grandiSj Linn. fil. Vern. Padnmda^ Katarnl, Mar. 



I lA small tree, generally unarmed, trunk thick, short, branchlets and leaves 

 softly tomentose beneatl. Leaves 2-B in., rhomboid-ovate or obovate ; 

 secondary nerves 8-10 pair, distinct, as well as the reticulate tertiary nerves 

 between. El. white, f in. diam., in many fid. corymbs at the ends of brauches, 

 pedicels thick, tomentose. Eruit purple, size of a nutmeg. 



Ohaiida, Deccan, and east side of the peninsula. Fl. March to October, Ceylon. 

 Knrz, F. FL i. 64, states that it is frequent in the dry forests of the Pronie district. 

 A specimen marked by liim C\ grancUs, L., and auricann, Knrz, is dilierent ; the flowers 

 are smaller and they are on very slender pedicels. 



11. C. parviflora, Hook. fil. & Thorns. ; soutliermnost i)arts of the Western Peninsula, 

 a large spreading shrub, unarmed. Leaves 2-5 in. elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate. Fl. 

 less than ^ in. diam. on slender pedicels, in 8-10 fid. shortly pedunculate umbels. Fruit 

 pisiform. 12. C. pedunculosa, Wall. Western Ghats, from Matlieran southwards, also 

 on the east side of the peninsula. A spreading shrub with stipulary thorns, varying 

 in length, leaves broadly ovate, 1 in. long. Fl. J in. across on slender pedicels 1-1| in. 

 long. Fruit globose. Not specifically distinct" is C. longispina, Hook. fil. & Thorns., 

 with straight divaricate long stipular spines. 13. C. cliversifolia» Wight et Am. 

 Southern part of tbe Western Peninsula, A glabrous shrub witli flexuose branches. 

 Leaves on some brandies linear, 1-2 in. long, on others ovate-lanceolate, stipulary 

 thorns sharp, recurved. Fl. purple, IJ in. diam. in few fid. terminal corymbs. Fruit 

 ovoid, IJ in. long. 



0. El. in umbels or corymbs. Eastern species and species common to both 



1 egions. 



14. C. sepiaria, Linn.; Brand. E. El. 15; Kurz, E. EL i. 66. Vera. 

 Kafan, Katdran^ Merwara. 



A thorny shrub or small tree. Branchlets pubescent. Leaves 1-3 in. 

 elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, downy beneath. EL white, |- in. diam., in many 

 fid, terminal or axillary umbels, pedicels filiform. Eruit globose, black when 

 ripe, J in. diam. 



Punjab and north-west, not common, Merwara lulls. Common in the drier districts 

 of both Peninsulas, Eng forest of Burma. Fl. February-May— Ceylon, Malay Penin- 

 sula and Archipelago. 15. C. orMculata, Wall, Upper Burma, is a rigid spreading shrub. 

 Leaves j-1 in. long, from a slightly cordate base broadly obovate, or nearly orbicular, 

 stipular thorns sharp recurved, from a thick downy base. Fl small, in pedunculate 

 umbels, pedicels filiform, peduncles slender. Kurz, F. Fl. i 64, is disposed to identify 



