Mcvrna.] 



7. CAPPARIDEiE. 



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ous, inserted high on gynophore, filaments exserted. Ovary long- 

 stalked, 1-celled ; ovules many on 2-4 parietal placentas. Berry 

 fleshy, moniliform, 1 or more seeded ; cotyledons involute, fleshy. 



M. arenaria, H. f. &T. Fl.Br. I. 1. 171. Niebhuria oblongifolia, DC; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 8. 



A woody climber, glabrous or pubescent. Leaves broadly ovate, apicu- 

 late, •5—2 in. long; petiole '25 — '5 in. Corymbs short, terminal or lateral. 

 Flowers 1 in. across, white. Petals lanceolate, acute. Berry 2-5 in. 

 long, deeply constricted between the seeds, usually many-seeded. 



Western Himalaya and Central India abundant. Dharwdr, Guzerat 

 and generally throughout the Deccan, in hedges ; absent from the Konkan 

 and North Kanara. Fl. and Fr. C. S. 



2, CADABA, Foisk. 



Shrubs. Leaves simple or trifoliate. Flowers solitary, corymbose 

 or racemed. Sepals 4, unequal. Petals 4-2-0, clawed, hypogynous. 

 Disk spathulate with a tubular claw. Stamens 4-6, unilateral ; 

 filaments filiform, exserted, spreading. Ovary long-stalked, 1-celled ; 

 ovules many. Fruit fleshy, cylindric, indehiscent or tardily dehis- 

 cent. 



Straggling shrubs. 



Stamens 4. Fruit dehiscent ... ... 1. C. indica. 



Stamens 5. Fruit indehiscent ... ... 2. C. farinosa. 



A small rigid tree, Stamens 5. Fruit unknown ... 3. :C. heterotricha, 



1. C. indica, Lamk ; DC. Prod. 1. 244 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 172; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 9. 



Western Peninsula from Guzerat southwards, throughout the dry dis- 

 tricts of the presidency, often in hedges, on old walls and barren places. 

 Flowers throughout most of the year. 



2. C. farinosa. Forsk. ; DC. Prod. 1. 244; Fl. Br. L 1. 173. 



Dry places in the Punjab at Multan and in Sind. Brandis does not 

 mention either this or the following species in his " Forest Flora." I have 

 taken the descriptions of these two species from the Fl. Br. I. as I am 

 personally unacquainted with either of them. 



3. C. heterotricha, Stocks in Hook. Ic. Pi. t. 839 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 173. 

 Sind ; on rocks near Cape Monze, Stocks. A very rare species. 



3. CAPPARIS, Linn. 



Trees or shrubs, erect or climbing, usually armed with twin stipulary 

 thorns. Leaves simple or 0. Flowers white or coloured, usually- 

 large. Sepals 4, free, imbricate in 2 series, or the 2 outer subvalvate. 

 Petals 4, sessile, imbricate. Stamens indefinite, inserted at the base of 



