Capparis,] 



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yellowiah-pink, smooth, hard, close-grained. Pores small, single or in 

 rows of 3 or 4. Medullary raya fine, very close together. Weighs about 

 45 Iba. to the cubic foot. 



4 C divaricata, Lamk. ; DO. Vtod. 1. 252 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 174. 

 €. stylosa, DC; Wall. Cat. 6. 980 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 10; Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. 13. Bevdi, K. 



The Deccan and Carnatic, at Tanjore and Coimbatore. Common 

 all over the Deccan both on stony ground and on the black soil in 

 " bdbul " forests. Fl. Feb.- March. Fr. ripe Aug., 2 in. in diameter with 

 a red thick rough rind, breaking into irregular valves. Seeds numerous, 

 '5 in. large, with a dark skin ; cotyledons fleshy. 



5. C aphylla, Roth. ; DO. Prod. 1. 246 ; Brandis For. Fl. 14 ; Bedd, 

 Fl. Sylv. 13 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 9 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 174. Shiprigidda, 

 K. ; Kiral, Sind. ; Ker^ Guz. ; Kera, M. 



Punjab ; Sind ; Guzerat ; Deccan, and generally throughout the driest 

 parts of the Presidency, Fl. March. -Apl. Fr. Sept. -Oct. Generally a large, 

 densely branched bush, sometimes a small tree 20 ft. high and 2 ft. in diam. 

 Roots immense, spreading. Bark grey, corky. Wood light yellow, turning 

 brown on exposure, hard and close-grained. Used for beams and rafters in 

 roofs, for the knees of boats in Sind, also for oil-mills and agricultural 

 implements. An excellent firewood, burns quickly with much ash. Not 

 attacked by white ants. Ripe fruit and young buds piekled in Sind. 



6. C. Moonii, Wight 111. 35 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 175. 



Western ghats from the Konkan southwards, ascending from the sea- 

 level to 2000 ft. in North Kanara, usually in moist, evergreen forests ; 

 grows on laterite near Kumpta (coast of North Kanara). An orna- 

 mental plant with large white flowers. Flowers Dec. -March. Fr. Hot 

 and Rainy seasons. 



7. G. Roxburghii, DO. Prod. 1. 247 ; Dalz, & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 9 ; Fl. 

 Br. I. 1. 175. TooTwi, M. 



On the ghats, Dalz. Thi^ species comes very close to G. Moonii, 

 and seems to differ only in the size of the flowers. I am inclined 

 to think that Dalz ell could not have overlooked G. Moonii, a fairly 

 common species along the ghdts, whereas 0. Roxburghii, as figured in 

 Wight's Icones, is certainly not common if found at all in the Bombay 

 Presidency. Wight says : " Found at the base of the Neilgherries near 

 Metapollium, Coonoor ghat road." Probably if these species are even- 

 tually kept distinct it will be found that G. Moonii, is the Bombay plant 

 and not G. Roxburghii. Dalzell says that the colour of the fruit of 

 0. Roxburghii, is scarlet. I have only seen green fruits on our ghat 

 species which, however, may turn scarlet when quite ripe like the fruits 

 of several others of the genus. 



7. C. grandis, Linn. f. ; DO. Prod. 1. 248 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 176 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Kauntel, M. ; Torate, K. ; Puohownda, Vern. 



Hill forests of the Carnatic, Deccan and Ceylon. Sparingly found on the 

 ghdta and in the Deccan. — Dalz, In the forests of the Dharwar district 

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