9 2 CAPPARIDE.E. 



Crescit in Utore Maris Pacifici > prope Guayaquil Quitensium. |> Floret Februario. 



IUmuli trigoni, lrcvcs, glabri. Folia sparsa, longc petiolata, oblonga, infcrnc paulo dilatata, apice rotun- 

 data aut retusa, obsolctc mucronata, mucrone brevi membranaceo, basi obtusa, intcgcrrima , reticulato- 

 venosa, venis primariis ncrvoque medio subtus promincntibus, mcmbranacea, glabra, laete viridia, subtus 

 pallidiora, 5-6-pollicaria , infcrnc 2S-J2 lincas lata. Petioli 2-5-pollicares, teretes, internc canaliculati, 

 glabri. Racemi tcrminalcs, pcdunculati, crecti. Flores sparsi, pcdiccllati, magnitudinc floris Rubi odorati ; 

 pediccllis uni-aut sesquipollicaribus, glabris. Galtx glaber, quadrifidus; laciniis subrotundis, obtusis , 

 reflcxis. Discus carnosus, obsolete quadrilobus, calyce latior, glaber. Corolla tetrapetala, disco imposita ; 

 pcialis oblongis, obtusis, albis, suba;qualibus, glabris. Stamina crcberrima, longissima, IripoIIicaria et lon- 

 giora. Fh.amknta capillacea, glabra. Anther.e lincarcs, supra basim affixa:, crectaj. Ovaiuim oblongum, stipi- 

 tatum, glabrum ; stipitc filiformi, glabro, longitudine staminum. Stigma scssilc, subpeltatum. F&uctvs ignotus. 



Spccimen suppctcns vcnuibus valdc destructum. 



12. CAPPARIS OBOVATIFOLIA. "f" 



C. foliis obovato-ellipticis, brevissime et obtuse acuminatis, cordatis , submembranaceis , 

 elabris, supra subniticlis ; racemis alaribus; fructibus siliquiefonnibus, torulosis. 

 Crescit prope Cumana. ^) Jructificat Septembri. 



Arbor 12-pedalis; ramis horizontalibus; ramulis tcrctibus, glabris; junioribus subangulalis. FOLtA sparsa, 

 pctiolata, obovato-clliptica, brevissime acuminata, acuminc obtuso, saepe rctuso, basi rotundata ct cordata, 

 intcgcrrima, reticulato-venosa, nervo medio vcnisque primariis subtus prominentibus, submembranacea, 

 glabra, supra subnitida, subtus pallidiora, 09-4» lineas longa, 22- »4 lincas lata. PETIOU 5-6 lineas longi, 

 subsemitcrctes, intus levitcr canaliculati, glabri. RacbMI alarcs, solitarii, brc\iter pcdunculati; fructifcri 

 subtripollicarcs. Flores haud vidi. Pedicelli fru&iferi quatuor lincas Jongi , glabri. Frictis penduli , lincarcs , 

 siliqua-formes, torulosi, rostrati, compressiusculi, glabri , fusci, stipitc pollicari suffulti , subscxpollicares, 

 i6-20-spcrmi. 



l5. CAPPARIS YllUDIFLOIU. f 



C. foliis oblongis, acutiusculis , basi leviter cordatis, subcoriaceis, supra glabris et subnitidis, 

 subtus hirtellis; racemis terminalibus \ fruclibus siliquxforniibus. 

 Guariare incolarum. 

 Crescit prope Cumana, in umbrosis. Tp Floret Septembri. 



Arbob 20-pcdahs; ramulis obsolete angulatis, hirtis. Folia sparsa, petiolata, oblonga, acutiuscula, basi 

 rotundata ct levitcr cordata, intcgerrima, rcticulato-venosa, vcnis primariis ncrvoquc subtus promincntibus, 

 nibcoriacea, supraglabra, subnitida, subtus hirtella , subsexpollicaria, 3a-33 Jineas lata; juniora subtus 

 molliter pubcscentia. Petioli teretes, glabriusculi, juniorcs mollitcr pubcscentes, apicem vcrsus subgeniculati. 

 Kacehi terminales, subscssilcs, erccti, subsemipcdalcs; rhachi angulata, fusccsccnli-pubcsccntc. Flores 

 sparsi, pcdiccllati, magnitudinc floris Tiliae curopa^, suavcolcntcs; pediccllis liirto-pubescentibus , 

 3-4 lincas longis, fructiferis duplo triplove longioribus, pubcscenti-hirtis, basi bractcatis. Bbacteje lincarcs, 

 hirUe, pediccllo multo breviorcs, caducas. Calyx turbinato-urceolatus, quadrifidus, externe hirtus; Jaciniis 

 abbreviato-ovatis, obtusis, asqualibus. Petala 4, calyci inserta, cum ejus laciniis altcruantia, oblonga, obtusa, 



