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CAPPARIS* acuminata. 



Taper-pointed Caper 



POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Capparidea. 



*'' Trib, II. CapparecB. Fructus subcarnosus indehiscens. Frutlces 



aut arbores. Decand. prodr. 1. 242. 



CAPPARIS Linn. — Calyx 4-partltus. ^ Petala qnatnor. Torus parvus. 

 Thecaphorum gracile. Stamina 00. Siliqua subbaccata, stipitata. — — 

 Frutices foliis simplicibus, integris, Dec, L c. -^^ 



Sect. 1. Eucapparis. Alabastrum globosum, sepalis ovatis concavis 



obtusis imbricatis insequalibus. Thecaphorum longum. Species omnes 

 Veteris Orbis aut Novae HoUandise nee Americse incolse. Dec. 



* Pedicellis axillaribus solitariis, aut rariUs 2-3 ex codem puncto ortis, 



fiorihus polyandris. '- ^ • • ^• 



C. acuminata / inermis, foliis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis glaberrimis, pedi- 

 cellis unifloris solitariis petiolis paulo longioribus. ^ 

 Caulis fruticosus, in olid Z-pedalis, ramis subjlexuosis, glabris. Folia 

 petiolata, ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, utrin^ue glaherrima. Flores axu- 

 lare9, solitarily pedunculo petiolo paulb longiore. Sepala 4, ovata^ ciliata. 

 Petala totidem, parva, obovata. Stamina longissimay inaqualia. 



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This beautiful species of Caper was sent from China by 

 John Reeves, Esq. to the Horticultural Society, in whose 

 Garden it blossomed in September 1828. It is a tender 

 greenhouse shrub, with neat foliage, and handsome scent- 

 less flowers, which are not, however, so beautiful as those 

 of the common Caper plant, which is one of the most 

 striking objects we have in cultivation. 



If this be compared with Cleome speciosissima, figured 

 at fol. 1312, the student of natural ^affinities, or the mere 



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♦ Said by ForskalU to take its origin from its Arabic name knhnr, 

 adopted into the Grt ek and Latin languages. 



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