X. CAPPARIDACEiE. 
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Capparis.] 
recurved. Leaves thinly coriaceous, elliptic acute, base blunt, 
5‘5 in. long, 2*5 in. wide; petioles *15 in. long. Flowers greenish 
white, *25 in. across, in umbels of 6 on peduncles, 75 in. long, in 
a pendent terminal panicle 6 in. long. Sepals outer boat-shaped, 
inner ones larger, with a thin white edge. Petals connate at base, 
broad thin. Stamens little longer. Gynophore hardly longer than 
filaments. Ovary small conic. Fruit pea-shaped small. Hab. In 
dense forests. Kelantan, near Chaning Estate, Kelantan River. 
Distrib . Borneo. Sumatra. 
5 . CRAT^EVA, Linn. 
Trees unarmed. Leaves trifoliolate, membranous. Flowers 
large in terminal racemes, yellowish white. Sepals 4. Petals 4, 
obovate long clawed. Stamens indefinite, adnate to the base of 
the gynophore. Ovary on a slender gynophore, i-celled. Stigma 
sessile. Ovules many on 2 parietal placentas. Fruit baccate 
with a woody pericarp. Seeds numerous imbedded in pulp. Species 
about 6, tropical countries. 
Tree; leaflets elliptic, acute, rather stiff; fruit 2 in. 
long, oblong . (1) C. maerocarpa 
Shrub; leaflets lanceolate, acuminate, thin; fruit 1 in. 
long, globose. (2) C, religiosa 
(x) C. maerocarpa Kurz, Journ. Bot. 1874, 195, t. 148, figs. 8 
to 10 ; King, l.c. 398. 
A fairly large tree, about 60 ft. tall. Leaves membranous, 
leaflets nearly sessile elongate-oblanceolate acuminate acute, 
glabrous; nerves about 8 pairs, prominent beneath inarching within 
margin, 4 to 6 in. long, 175 to 3^2 in. across. Flowers in terminal 
racemes, 2 to 3 in. long. Sepals green *2 in. long. Petals white, 
1 "5 in. long, *80 in. wide, ovate clawed, rounded. Stamens pink, 
3 in. long. Gynophore as long. Fruit large woody oblong globose, 
fawn colour with paler spots, 2 or 3 in. long. Seeds ’4 in. long, 
ovoid reniform compressed shortly tubercled on the edges. Hab . 
River banks, not rare. Pahang, Tahan River and Chenei. Malacca, 
Tampoi ; Selandor, etc. Selangor, Batang Berjuntai. Perak, 
KwalaKangsa; Kertai River (Kunstler). Penang, Balik Pulau. 
Distrib. Indo-China. Native names : Kulumbai; Dala. 
(2) C. religiosa Forst. Prodr. 35 ; Hook. fit. F.B.I. i. 172. 
Tree or shrub, not very tall. Leaves deciduous at flowering 
time, leaflets lanceolate acuminate, narrowed at the base, thinly 
coriaceous glaucous beneath; nerves about 10 pairs, secondary 
nerves as conspicuous, 4 to 5 in. long, 2 to 2*25 in. wide; petiolules 
•1 in. long; petioles 2*25 in. long. Flowers in a short raceme, 
about 4 in. long. Sepals narrow lanceolate acute *2 in. long. 
Petals obovate round clawed, cream colour, 1 in. long, *5 in wide, 
