. Indian trees : an account of trees, shrubs, woody climbers, bamboos, and palms indigenous or commonly cultivated in the British Indian Empire. Trees. 3Iae7ma] VII. CAPPAEIDACEiE 31 Order YII. CAPPARIDACE^. Gen. PI. i. 103. (Capjjartdece.) Herbs, shrubSj or trees, sometimes climbing. Leaves simple or 3-9 foliolate, stipules mostly spinescent, in some genera wanting. Fl. nsiially bisexual, often zygomorphic. Sepals 4, free or connate, petals 4, sometimes 2 or none, imbricate or open in bnd. Stamens exserted, generally numerous. Ovary 1, consisting of 2 or more carpels, generally 1-celled, as a
. Indian trees : an account of trees, shrubs, woody climbers, bamboos, and palms indigenous or commonly cultivated in the British Indian Empire. Trees. 3Iae7ma] VII. CAPPAEIDACEiE 31 Order YII. CAPPARIDACE^. Gen. PI. i. 103. (Capjjartdece.) Herbs, shrubSj or trees, sometimes climbing. Leaves simple or 3-9 foliolate, stipules mostly spinescent, in some genera wanting. Fl. nsiially bisexual, often zygomorphic. Sepals 4, free or connate, petals 4, sometimes 2 or none, imbricate or open in bnd. Stamens exserted, generally numerous. Ovary 1, consisting of 2 or more carpels, generally 1-celled, as a rule raised on an elongated gynopkore, ovules oo on 2 or more parietal placentas. Seeds witli- out albumen, embryo incurved. EemarJcahle anatomical characters —In species of Maenia, Cadaha, and Hoydsia tlie wood is interrupted by concentric bands of bast (phloem). Calyx tube lined by tlie disk. Leaves 3-5 foliolate, petals 0, fruit ovoid . .1. Leaves simple, petals 4, fruit moniliform . .2. Leaves simple, petals 0, fiuit globose .... Sepals 4, open in bud, leaves 3-folioIate . . .3. Sepals 4, imbricate or outer valvate, leaves simple. Stamens 4-6, inserted liigh. up on tlie gynopliore . 4. Stamens numerous, inserted at tlie base of gynopbore 5. Sepals 6, ovary 3-celled 6. NiLBIJIIKIA. Maerua. Bo SCI A (p. 32). Ceat^va. Cad ABA. Cappauis. ROYDSIA. 1. NIEBUHRIA, DC; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 171. Species about 8, most in Soutb Africa. N. linearis, DO.: Wight Ic. —Syn. Maerita linearis^ Pax in Engler u. Prantl, iii. 2. 234. A small tree witb pale grey bark and 3-5 foliolate leaves, leaflets lanceolate, 1-3 in. long, midrib distinct, second, nerves scarcely visible. Eacemes terminal, few fld. Calyx tube ovoid, limb 4-cleft, valvate, petals 0. Stamens 00 inserted on the gyno- phore considerably above its base. Ovules numerous on 2 parietal placentas. Berry ovoid, 1-seeded, cotyledons fleshy, involute. Hills on the east side of tbe Western Peninsula. 2. MAERUA,Porskahl PL Brit. In
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