18 CAPPARIDE/E. 



back, (while the calyx is only scaly) ; fruit 9"-10" long (3'" diam.), somewhat torulose, 

 rusty-leprous, six times longer than the gynophore. — Hab. Jamaica!, S. Lucia!, S. Vincent!, 

 Guild., chiefly on the seashore; [Mexico !, New Granada!]. 



Sect. 3. Quadrella. — Sepals distinct, valvate: bud tetr agonal, by their margins somewhat 

 revolute. Fruit silique-shaped, dry and opened by rupture. 



15. C. jamaicensis, Jacq. Leaves lanceolate-oblong or elliptical, glabrous above, 

 leprous beneath ; flowers corymbose ; sepals (4'" long) ovate, about half the length of the 

 leprous corolla; stamens 16-32, exserted. — Br. Jam. t. 21. f 1 ; Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 150. 

 — A shrub or shrubby tree, 6'-10' high ; branches and inflorescence densely covered with 

 scales ; leaves 2i''-4" long, shining above, silvery or pale-rusty beneath : petiole 6'" long ; 

 corymbs axillary and terminal ; sepals usually somewhat keeled, either pointed or more 

 elliptical and blunt, leprous on the back and downy internally ; petals white and at length 

 purpurascent, leprous on the back, glabrous on the interior surface ; fruit extremely variable 

 in length (12"— 3"), and in proportion to the gynophore, either ten times or only double its 

 length, in the development of the gynophore (6"'-2"), and in the valves either continuous 

 or torulose. 



o. emarginata. Leaves lanceolate-oblong, emarginate or rounded at the top. — Rich. Cub. 

 t. 9. — C. emarginata, Rich. — This form is the same with the origiual type of Jacquin. 



/3. siliquosa. Leaves elliptical or elliptical- lanceolate, pointed. — Desc. Fl. 5. t. 373. — 

 C. siliquosa, L. {exclus. syn. Pluken.). C. torulosa, Sw. : the form with torulose fruit. 

 C. Bi eynia, L., partim ; Sw. Observ. ; DC. ; Macfad. (non Jacq.) ■ the form with almost con- 

 tinuous fruit. C. intermedia, Kth. {ex specim. Cuman.) : a form with a short gynophore, 

 introduced into Barbadoes ! C. ferruginea, Desc. {non £.). — Hab. Jamaica!, Macfad., Pd., 

 Al., JFils., March {a, 0) ; S. Lucia, Anders. ; S. Vincent !, Guild. ; Barbadoes ! ; Tri- 

 nidad!, Sieb. Trin.%1 ; [Venezuela!, Para!]. 



Sect. 4 Cynophalla. — Calyx ^-partite or 4-lobed : divisions imbricate, concave. 

 Fruit usually silique-shaped, baccate, opening by rupture. 



16. C. cynophallophora, L. Leaves leathery, glabrous, oblong or heteromorphous, 

 blunt, shortly petioled, furnished with an oblong, axillary gland ; peduncles few-flowered ; 

 calyx 4k-partite (4'" long) : segments roundish ; petals large, obovale, exceeding three times 

 the calyx and exceeded as much by the indefinite stamens ; fruit linear, exceeding or equalling 

 the gynophore. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 145. — C. flexuosa, L. — A shrub or tree, 8'-25'high ; 

 branches long,flexuose, sometimes subscandent, glabrous and without scales ; leaves 2"-3" long, 

 occurring in all forms between oblong and orbicular and linear, shining above and opaque 

 beneath : petiole usually 2"'-3"' long ; calyx divided nearly to the base : two exterior sepals 

 smaller ; corolla white or pale-rosy ; fruit variable in length (7"-3"), in thickness (8"'-4'"), 

 and in proportion to the gynophore (which is 2"-3" long) : valves either continuous or toru- 

 lose, opened gradually, either on one or on both sides ; endocarp red. 



o. Leaves oblong, oblong-elliptical or oblong-lanceolate, blunt or emarginate ; axillary 

 glands oblong, subtruncate. — Desc. Fl. 5. t. 355. — C. laevigata, Mart. (Bahia : Salzm.) : a 

 form with narrow, torulose fruits. 



j8. latifolia. Leaves roundish ; axillary glands minute or abortive. 



7. saligna. Leaves linear or lanceolate-linear. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. 1. 147 : an aberration 

 with hastate leaves. — C. hastata, L. : the same. C. saligna, Vahl. C. longifolia, Sw. ; a 

 form with the leaves leprous beneath, which has been considered by Macfadyen as the early 

 barren shoots of o. — Hab. Jamaica !, Dist., Wits. ; Dominica !, S. Lucia !, Anders. ; 

 Trinidad !, Lockh., chiefly on the seashore ; [Panama ! to Bahia ! and Guayaquil ! along 

 both the coasts]. 



17. C. eustachiana, Jacq. Leaves leathery, glabrous, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, shortly petioled, furnished with an obovoid axillary gland ; peduncles few -flowered ; 

 calyx 4>-partite (3'" long) : segments roundish ; petals oblong, glabrous, exceeding three 

 times the calyx and exceeded twice by the subindefinite stamens ; fruit linear, equalling the 

 gynophore. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. 1. 146. — C. cynophallophora, 7. attenuata, Gr. {Pl.Carib.). — 

 It has the same habit as the preceding species, but seems distinct bv the petals being nar- 

 rower and only twice exceeded by the stamens : leaves 3"-4" long ; petals 8"'-9'" long, 

 rosy; stamens about 20-24; fruit 4'' long. — Hab. Antigua!, S. Vincent!, Guild., in the 

 mountain woods; [S. Eustache!]. 



