Capparis] 



VII. CAPPAEIDAOEiE 



tliis species with C, grandis^ wliicli however ib iinarmed. 16. C, glauca, Wall. *, Linn. 

 Soc. Journ. xxviii. 19. Meiktila, dry region of Upper Burma. An erect slirub. Leaves 

 either obovate | in., or linear 1-2 in. long. Fl. small, glabrous, on filiform pedicels in 

 many iid. umbels. 17. C. flavicans, "Wall. Yemetthen, dry region of Upper Burma. 

 Leaves obovate, ^-1 in. PI unisexual, small, petals densely woolly outside. 18. C. 

 versicolor, Griff. ; Mergui. Climbing. Leaves lanceolate glabrous, shining above, pale 

 beneath. PL glabrous, 2 in. diam., white, afterwards rose, in terminal corymbs. 19. 

 C. trinervia, Hook. fil. & Thoms. ; Tenasserim, Siam. Branches brown-tomentose. 

 Leaves 2-4 in., secondary nerves 3 pair, distinct, the lowest pair from near the base. 

 PI 1^-2 in. diam., on stout rusty-tomentose pedicels from the axils of the uppermost 

 leaves and in terminal, many fid. corymbs. 



D. PI. in terminal racemes or panicles, mostly Eastern species. 



20. C. floribunda, Wight 111. t. 14 



A large woody climber, Branclies glabrous, thorns few. Leaves coriaceouSj 

 glabrous. PL \ in. diam., white, on slender pedicels, in pedunculate umbels, 

 which are arranged in large terminal panicles. Stamens about 8, Prtiit 

 1 in. diam., globose. 



Both sides of the Western Peninsula, from Yizagapatam southwards. Tenasserim, 

 Ceylon. 21. C, pumila, Champion ; Khasi hills, Sikkim to 3,000 ft., China. A large scram- 

 bling shrub. Branchlets pubescent. Leaves 

 glabrous, lanceolate, acuminate. PI. \ in. diam , 

 white, in large terminal panicles. 22. C. assamica, 

 Hook. fil. & Thoms. ; Assam. Branchlets glabrous. 

 Leaves lanceolate, ^6 in., secondary nerves 8-10 

 pair, prominent beneath, thorns minute. 'F\. 

 very small, in terminal many fid. racemes. 23. 

 C. Mrmanica, Coll. et Hemsl, Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 xxviii. 19 t. 2. Dry plains of Upper Burma. 

 An unarmed shrub. Branchlets finely greyish- 

 pubescent. Leaves coriaceous 1 in., elliptic or 

 almost orbicular. PI. | in. diam., in large 

 terminal panicles. 24. C. andamanica, King, 

 Ann. Garden Calcutta, vol. v. 119 t. 137. Beach 

 of South Andaman island. A glabrous climber, 

 unarmed. Leaves coriaceous 3-4 in. PL small, 

 in many fid. crowded umbels arranged in large 

 terminal panicles. 25. C. ambigua, Kuriz, P. PI. i. 

 65 ; Ann. Garden, Calcutta, vol. v. 120 t. 138. 

 Andamans, a thorny climber. Branchlets 

 puberulous. Leaves 4-5 in. Berry IJ in. 

 Seed 1. 



E. PL axillary and supra-axillarj, in 

 vertical lines on the branches. 



26. C, horrida, Linn, fil. ; Wight Ic. t. 

 173. Vern. iTm^, ^aZTims, N.W. ; Waghati, 

 Mar, ; Karalioa^ Oudh ; Atanday^ Tam. ; 

 Namani-thanlyetj Burm. 



A scrambling shrub, at times climbing 

 over tall trees. Shoots and young leaves 

 covered with dense rusty, caducous pubes- 

 cence. Leaves 2-4 in., ovate, elliptic, at 

 times obovate and even lanceolate, obtuse, 

 more often mucronate, second, nerves 4-8 

 pair, stipulary thorns, stout, recurved. 

 Pedicels supra-axillary, 2-4 in., a vertical 

 line, the uppermost flower opening first, 

 JFl. 1-2 in. diam., at first white, turning 

 pink afterwards, often so numerous * that s'iq, 14.. 

 the bush looks like a mass of white and 



-Capparis horrida*, Linn. 

 fil, 4, 



