36 VII. CAPPAEIDACEiE [Capparls 



pink, filaments purple. Fruit obovoid or globose, l-l.^ in. diam., reddish 



brown. 



Plains and lower liills in most parts of India and Burma. Fl. December to April. 

 Also Ceylonj Malay Peninsula and Arcliipelago. C. acuminata, Willd., Fl. Brit. Ind. 

 i. 178, may possiMy only be a form of (X horrida. 



A scrambling, thorny shrub, common on the Aravalli hills in Merwara 

 {Gitdran\ branchlets and 1. softly tomentose, 1. broadly elliptic, 2-3 in., second, 

 n. 10-15 pair, fr. 1 in. diam., glabrous shining, gynophore stout, has not yet 

 been named. 



27. C. tenera, Dak. ; Vern. Sun let tM, Burm. 



A straggling glabrous armed climber. Leaves membranous or thinly 

 coriaceous, 1^-3 in. PL white, 1-] in. across, 2-4 in a vertical series, pedicels 

 filiform, |~1 j^ in. long, petals tomentose outside. Fruit small, few-seeded. 



Evergreen forehts of the "Western G-liats, Konkan and North Kanara. Absam, Manipur 

 (cultivated as a hedge plant), Andamans, Lower and Upper Burma. PI. H.S. — Ceylon. 

 To this probably belongs C. disticha, Kurz, P. Fl. i. 62. 



The following species of this section all belong to the Eastern region : 28. C. multiflora* 

 Hook. fil. <& Thorns., Sikkim, np to 5,000 ft., Maniptir, Upper Burma. A largo unarmetl 

 slirnb or small tree with long branches. Leaves 6-12 in., membranous, secondary 

 nerves 8-12 pair, with shorter intermediate, as well as intramarginal nerves, promi- 

 nent beneath. Fl. small, on slender pedicels, in long rows along branches, forming- 

 elongated many fid. racemes, generally with a few leaves at the top. 29. C. olacifolia, 

 Hook. fil. & Thoms. Subhimalayan tract fi^om Nepal eastwards, in Sikkim under 

 Khair and Sissoo along river banks. Assam, Shan States, Upper Burma. A larg<^ 

 shrub. Branchlets pubescent. Leaves 3-5 in., glabrous, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. 

 FL IJ in, across, white, anthers blue. Fruit | in. diam., red or black, shining. 

 80. C. vimioea, Hook. fil. & Thorns. — Syn. C. memhra7i{foIia, Ivurz, F. Fl. i. 61. Sikkim (to 

 4,000 ft.), Assam, Bhutan, Upper and Lower Burma. A large glabrous shrub, thorn^ 

 \\ anting or minute. Leaves membranous, 3-6 in. long, elliptic, abruptly acuminate. 

 FL 1 in. across, white, 2-5 in a vertical row. Fruit purple, 4 in. diam. 31. C. sabisefolia, 

 Hook. fil. & Thorns. Khasi and Naga hills, Tunan. A large unarmed glabrous shrub. 

 Differs from 30 by ovate-lanceolate leaves 2-3 in., and smaller pisiform 1-2-beeded 

 fruit. 32. C. micracantha, DC. Pegu, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula. A large shrub or 

 small tree, glabrous, thorns minute. Leaves 4--8 in., coriaceous, shining, secondary 

 nerves 6-8 pair, prominent beneath. Fl. white with a blue centre, 1^ in. across, 2-4 in 

 a vertical series, pedicels J in. or less. Fruit ovoid, 2-3 in. 33. C. xaathophyUa, Coll et 

 Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 20. Dry region of the middle Irawaddi, Yemethen. 

 Thorns minute. Leaves coriaceous, 2-8 in., narrowed into petiole | in. long, Bu(K 

 and flowers rusty- tomentose. 



6. ROYDSIA, Eoxb, ; El. Brit. Ind. i. 180. 



Unarmed ivoody climhers. Bi^anches often lenticellate. Leaves simple. 

 FL in racemes or panicles. Calyx deeply 6 partite, segments biseriate-; petals 

 0. Stamens go inserted at the base of the cylindric gynophore. Ovary B- 

 celled, ovules biseriate in the angles of the cells. Fruit fleshy, endocarp 

 woody or crnstaceous, 3-valved, 1-celled. Seed 1, cotyledons fleshy, unequal, 

 the larger embracing the smaller. Species 6, eastern tropical Asia. 



A. Styles 3, ovules many. 



1. R. suaveolens, Eoxb. Cor. PL t. 289. Vern. Kheym, Ass.; Ngan 

 nive^ Burm. 



A large climber. Branches with raised white dots. Leaves 6-12 in., acute 

 or ^ abruptly acuminate, glabrous. FL | in. diam., sweet-scented, anthern 

 bright yellow. Drupe 1| in., orange-coloured, covered with a thin brittle rind, 

 endocarp smooth, 



SikMm, ascending to 3,000 ft., Assam, Bhutan, Khasi hills, Manipur. Upper Burma. 

 Fl. Febr.-May. 2. R. oDtusifolia, Hook. fil. <fe Thorns. ; Lower Burma, plains of the delta 



