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7. CAFPARlhE.*:. 



the long g-ynophore ; filaments filiform. Ovary on gynophore ; stigma 

 sessile ; ovules maay. Fruit fleshy, mauy-seeded. Cotyledons con- 

 volute. 



Flowers solitary, axillary or 2-3 -fascicled. 



Flowers 1-3 in. across, white, filaments purple ... 1. C. spinosa. 

 Flowers 2 in. across, with lower petals yellowish- 

 brown ... ... ... ... 2. C.zeylanica. 



Flowers 4-5 in. across, blue, lower petals with 



yellow basal spots ... ... ... 3. C. Seyneana. 



Flowers 2*5 in. across, white or yellowish ... 4, C. divaricata. 

 Flowers umbelled, racemed or panicled. 



Flowers 1 in. across, red or scarlet. A glabrous, 

 erect tree or shrub ... ... ... 5. CapTiyllch 



Flowers 5 in. across, white. A climber with glab- 

 rous branches ... ... ... 6. C, Moonii, 



Flowers '75 in. across, white. An erect, pubes- 

 cent tree ... ... ... ... 7» Cgrandis, 



Flowers in simple umbels. 



Spines straight, acicular. ' 



Flowers '5--*75 in. across, white ... S. C. longispina. 



Spines recurved. 



Flowers 'S — '5 in, across, white. Fruit 



pisiform, black ... -.. ..9. C. sepiaria. 



Flowers white '5 — *75 in. across. Fruit size 



of a cherry, globose ... ... 10, C. pedntectilosa. 



Flowers seriate in lines on the branches. 



Flowers 1*5— 2 in. across. Petals white and 



stamens purple. A brown, tomentose climber . . 11, C. horrida. 

 Flowers 'S— '5 in. across, white. A glabrous 



climbs ... ... ... ... 12. C.fenera. 



O. spinosa, Linn. Fl. Br. I. 1. 173. Brandis For. Fl. 14. 0. Murra- 

 yana, Grab. Cat. Bomb. PI. 9 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 9. Caper Plant. 

 Kalvari, fcjindhi. 



Punjab, Sind, Guzerat, N.-W. Eimalaya, ascending to 12,000 ft., 

 Mahabaleshvar, and in nalas and rivers along the ghats as far north 

 as Mdlsej. — Dalzell. Sind and Guzerat, on dry rocks and stony hills- 

 Fl. Apl.-June. Fr. Nov. The pickled buds are the Capers of Eurape. 

 The ripe fruits are used in India (Sind and the Punjab) raw or 

 pickled. Leaves and ripe fruits are a favorite fodder of goats and 

 sheep. 



2. C. zeylanica, Linn. Fl. Br. I. L 174. C. Irevispina, DO- ; W. & 

 A. Prod. 24 ; Dalz. & Gibs Bomb. FL 9. Wagutty, M. 



Western Peninsula and drier parts of Ceylon. Western Deccan and 

 Konkan, banks of nalas near Vingorla. Fl. Feb. Fr. R. S. Green fruit 

 pickled. 



3. C. Heyneana, Wall. Cat. .6985; FL Br. L 1. 174. G. formosa, 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. FL 9. Ohmjruka, H. 



Western ghdts from the Konkan to Travancore in evergreen forests ; also 

 in Ceylon. A handsome, ornamental shrub. FL March-May. Fr. 

 R, S. The leaves and flowers are used in native medicine. Wood 



