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1. C. Hullettii, King, n, ap. A much-branched, Bub- decumbent, 
small shrub ; the stem striate, puberulous, and with a few short prickles 
in distant pairs. Leaves dimorphous; those of the lower part of the 
stem peliolate, trifoliolate, the leaflets obovate ; those of the upper part 
simple, sessile, ovate ; all pubescent and from '5 to * 75 in. long. Flowers 
solitary, axillary, about *5 in. in diam. Stamens 6. Pedicels Blender, 
much longer than the leaves. Capsules terete, striate, glabrous, about 
15 in. long: seeds large, muricate. 
Singapore, in dry place by road-sides. 
This is allied to the Peninsular Indian species C. aspera, Koen, and 
C. JSurmanni, W, & A., but differs from both in its dimorphous leaves. 
2. C. viscosa, Linn. An erect, glandular-pubescent, viscid herb. 
"Leaves the lower with long petioles, the upper sometimes sub-sessile, 
3 to 5-folioIate ; leaflets obovate or ovate. Flowers in terminal corymbs, 
on long pedicels. Petals yellow, reflexed, about '5 in. long. Stamens 
12 to 20. Cajisule glandular- pubescent, striate, narrowed to the apex, 
2 to 3*5 in. long. Seeds small, reniform, transversely ridged. Hook. 
fiL FL Br. Ind. i. 170 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. Pt. 2, 97. Bl. Bijdr. 52; 
DC. Prodr. i. 242; Wall. Cat. 6968. Polantsia icosandra, W. & A. 
Prodr. 22 ; Wight Ic. t. 2.— Rheede Hort. Mai. ix. t. 33. 
A common weed at low elevations in the tropics. 
2. Gynahdropsis, DC. 
An annual, glandular-pubescent or glahrato horb. Leaves 5-folio- 
lato, long-potioled. Flowers racemed. Sepals 4, spreading. Petah 4, 
spreading, long-clawed, open in bud. Stamens 6, filaments atlnate be- 
low to the slender gynophoro, spreading above. Ovary stalked, ovules 
many. Capsule elongate, stalked : valves 2, separating from the seed- 
bearing placentas. Seeds reniform, black, scabrous. 
1. G, pektapiiylla, DC. Prod. i. 238. An erect, glabrous, or 
pubescent, spreading horb. Leaves on long petiules, quinato, the leaflets 
sessile, obovate or cuneate, acute or obtnso, entire or serrulate, 1 to 1*5 
in. long. Flowers whitish or purple, in terminal racemes, *35 to '8 in., 
in diam., bracts 3-foliolato. Capstilcs cylindric, pointed, striate, nearly 
glabrous, 2 to 4 in. long. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 171 : Miq. Fl. lad. 
Bat. i. Pt. 1, 96. W. & A. Prod. 21 : O. afiinis, Bl. Bijdr. 51. Cleome 
pentaphylla, Linn. Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 126. 
Abundant in waste ground all over the tropics. 
3. Capparis, Linn. 
Trees or shrubs, erect, decumbent or climbing, unarmed, or with 
ratipular thorns. Leaves Bimple, rarely 0. Flowers whito or coloured, 
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