FROM UPPER BURMA AND THE SHAN STATES. i 19 
Capparis burmanica, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. (Plate II.) 
Frutex inermis, ramulis floriferis rectis teretibus minute 
cinereo-puberulis. Folia (pauca superiora tantum visa) breviter 
petiolata, coriacea, elliptica vel fere orbicularia, absque petiolo 
9-15 lineas longa, utrinque obtusissima vel rotundata, primum 
parce strigillosa cito glabrescentia, supra nitida, integerrima, 
venis immersis inconspicuis; petiolus teres, 2-3 lineas longus, 
pubescens. Flores 6-9 lineas diametro, racemoso-paniculati, 
ebraeteati, paniculis terminalibus 6-9 poll. longis, pedicellis 
circiter 3 lineas longis calycibusque puberulis; sepala crassa, 
eymbiformia, margine pellucido ; petala subearnosa, ovato-lanceo- 
lata, obtusa, quam sepala paullo longiora; stamina indefinita 
ovarium glabrum, longe stipitatum, stamina paullo superans, 1- 
loculare, 3-5-ovulatum. Fructus deest. 
Shwenoungbu, in the plains. 
In foliage this resembles the Burmese Capparis orbiculata, 
Wall.; but it is characterized by the distinctly racemose-pani- 
culate inflorescence. 
DESCRIPTION OF PLATE II. 
A branch of Capparis burmanica, Coll. et Hemsl., natural size. 
Fig. 1, asepal; 2, petals; 3, stamens; 4, stipitate pistil; 5, ovary, in vertical 
section. All enlarged. 
Capparis flavicans, Wall.; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 179; Forest 
Fl. Burma, i. p. 63. — Yemethen and other local ities. 
Also in Cochinchina. 
The flowers of this species were unknown to Hooker and 
Thomson, who jointly elaborated the Capparide: for the * Flora 
of British India ;' and Kurz, in his * Forest Flora of Burma,’ 
describes the petals, inadvertently doubtless, as densely woolly 
inside, instead of outside. The flowers are unisexual, at least 
those of the present collection—a condition that is exceedingly 
rare in this natural order. The stamens are usually eight in 
number. 
Capparis glauca, Wall.; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 180; Forest Fl. 
Burma, i. p. 65.—Meiktila. 
The flowers of this species were previously unknown, and may 
be here described :— 
Flores undique glabeirimi, parvi (circiter 4-5 lineas diametro), 
farciculati, fasciculis multifloris sessilibus vel ramulis lateralibus 
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