278 CAPPARIDEZ, XII. Capasa. 
6; leaves 3-nerved, ovate-orbicular. h.G. Native of Persia, 
near Ispahan. 
Three-nerved-leaved Cadaba. Shrub 10 feet. 
8 C. caprarorpes (D. C. prod. 1. p. 244.) stipulas spinose ; 
stamens 6; leaves oblong-lanceolate, feather-nerved. k. G. 
Native of New Holland and the island of Timor. Petals 3, long- 
clawed. 
Capparis-like Cadaba. Shrub 10 feet. 
Cult. The species of Cádaba will thrive well in a mixture of 
loam and peat; and cuttings will root freely if planted in a pot 
of sand, and then placed under a hand-glass. 
XIII. SCHEPPE‘RIA (meaning unknown). Neck. elem. no. 
1392, D. C. prod, 1. p. 244. 
Lin. syst. Monadélphia, Octdndria. Calyx 4-sepalled, spread- 
ing. Petals 4. Torus elongated. Stamens 8, monadelphous 
around the torus, but free at the top. Nectary concave at the 
base of the torus. Silique fleshy, stipitate within the calyx. 
Flowers white or dirty yellow. 
-1 S.su’ncza (D.C. prod. 1. p. 245.) h.G. Native of 
the Cape of Good Hope. Cledme júncea, Lin. suppl. 300. 
Macromérum jinceum, Burch. trav. 1. p. 388, and 492, A 
leafless shrub, or with small deciduous leaves. 
Rushy Schepperia. Shrub 3 feet. 
Cult. See Cadaba for the culture and propagation. 
XIV. SODA'BA (from Sodab, the Arabic name of the plant.) 
Forsk. descr. 81. D. C. prod. 1. p. 245. 
Lin. syst. Octdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 4-sepalled, upper 
sepal large, concave. Petals 4, unequal. Stamens 4, 8, or 16, 
Torus small. Ovary on a long stipe, ovate, 4-furrowed. A diffuse 
shrub, with spinose stipulas, and many axillary pedicels. Flow- 
ers red; stamens brownish-green. Fruit red, bigger than a hazel- 
nut, eatable when dressed before it is ripe. (Forsk.) This is 
probably the Suag of Dr. Oudney’s Journal, which he observed 
at Aghedem, and is said to be a tetrandrous plant, “ having a 
small drupe, which is in great request about Bournou and Soudan, 
for removing sterility in females; it is sweetish, and hot to the 
taste, approaching to Water-cress ; and that in passing the plant 
a heavy narcotic smell is always perceived.” Mr. Brown does 
not consider this genus generically distinct from Capparis. 
1 S. pecr’pua (Forsk. l. c. Del. egyp. 74. t. 26.) h. G. 
Native of Arabia and Upper Egypt. Hombak. Adans. fam. 2. 
p. 408. Capparis Sodába, R. Br. Petals red. Anthers yellow. 
Deciduous Sodaba. Shrub 6 feet. 
‘ult. See Cadaba for culture and propagation. 
XV. CA’PPARIS (kabir is the Arabic name of C. spindsa, 
which the Greeks have changed to carzagic, the Latins to Cap- 
paris, the French to Caprier, and the English to Caper). Lin. 
gen. no. 643. D.C. prod. 1. p. 245. 
Lin. syst. Polydndria, Monogynia. Calyx 4-parted (f. 52. 
a.). Petals 4 (f. 52. 6.). Torus small. Stalk of fruit slender 
(f. 52. d.). Stamens indefinite (f. 52. ¢.). Siliques somewhat 
baccate (f. 52. f.), stipitate. 
and mostly white flowers. 
divided into several genera. 
Shrubs with entire simple leaves, 
This genus ought perhaps to be 
Sect. I. Evca’prarts (from eve, eus, genuine, and Kanraptc, 
capparis; this section contains the genuine species of Capparis.) 
D. C. prod. 1. p. 245. Capparis, Plum. gen. 39. Bud of flower 
globose (f. 52. a.), with ovate, imbricated, concave, blunt, un- 
equal sepals. Stalk of fruit long (f. 52. d.). Species all from 
the old world or New Holland, not from America. 
§1. Pedicellares, ( from pedicellus, a pedicle ; because the pe- 
dicels are solitary.) D.C. prod. 1. p. 245. ` Pedicels axillary, 
XIII. SCHEPPERIA. 
XIV. Sopapa. XV. Capparis. 
solitary (f. 52. e. a.), or rarely with 2 or 3 rising from the same 
centre. Flowers polyandrous (f. 52. c.). 
1 C. Martra'na (Jacq. h. Schoenbr. t. 109.) unarmed ; leaves 
roundish, somewhat cordate, smoothish, 10-tinfes longer than 
the petiole; pedicels 1-flowered, solitary, length of the leaves. 
h. S. Native of Marianne Islands, Timor and the Mauritius, 
Capparis cordifdlia, Lam. dict. 1. p. 609. Flowers large, white. 
Resembling C. spinosa in habit. 
Marriane Islands’ Caper-tree. Clt. 1820. Shrub 4 feet. 
2 C. Sanpwicura'na (D. C. prod. 1. p. 245.) unarmed; 
leaves elliptical, smoothish, scarcely 3-times longer than the 
petiole; pedicels solitary, 1-flowered, length of the leaves. 
kh.G. Native of the Sandwich Islands. Flowers white. 
Sandnich Caper-tree. Fl. May, Aug. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
3 C. Curne’nsis; unarmed; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acu- 
minated, quite smooth; pedicels 1-flowered, solitary, a little 
longer than the petioles. .G. Native of China. C. acumi- 
nata, Lindl. bot. reg. 1320. but not of Vahl. Petals white, 
tinged with red at the base. Stamens white; anthers blue. 
China Caper-tree. Fl. Sept. Clt. 1820. Sh. 4 to 6 feet. 
4 C. rupe’srris (Sibth. and Smith, fl. græc. t. 487.) unarmed; 
leaves roundish, fleshy, deciduous ; pedicels 1-flowered, solitary, 
longer than the leaves. hk. F. Native of Crete and Mycon 
on rocks by the sea-side. C. spinosa, Curt. bot. mag. 291. 
Flowers large, with white petals and red stamens. 
Rock Caper-tree. Fl. May, Aug. Shrub 6 feet. 
5 C. spinosa (Lin. 
spec. 720.) stipulas spi- 
nose, hooked; leaves 
ovate, roundish, decidu- 
ous; pedicels solitary, 
1-flowered. h.F. Na- 
tive of southern and 
eastern Europe on walls 
and rocks. In the Gre- 
cian islands on rocks by 
the sea-side. Blackw. 
herb. t. 417. Smith, 
spic. 18. t. 12. fl. greece. ) 
486, There is a variety with abortive stipulas and ovate leaves, 
which are more or less hoary. Flowers white, tinged with red on 
the outside ; filaments red. The flower-bud (f. 52. a.) of this 
plant is the well-known pickle the Caper. 
The chief supply of caper buds is from Sicily, but the 
plant is cultivated in the neighbourhood of Toulon in orchards, 
in the intervals between fig and olive trees, and in the neigh- 
bourhood of Paris, where it is trained on low walls, and 
the shoots, during winter, laid down and covered with earth, 
to protect them from the frost. The plant is cultivated on 
a large scale between Marseilles and Toulon, and in many parts 
of Italy. The plant is raised from suckers or cuttings, which are 
planted about 10 feet distance from each other. They require 
shelter from severe winds, and favourable exposure to the sun, 
and scarcely ever suffer from drought or heat. In spring they need 
only one dressing; in autumn they are cut down to within six 
inches of the ground, and covered with the surrounding earth, 
which is raised about them on all sides. In the succeeding 
spring they are laid bare to the crown of the stump, and they 
soon throw out fresh shoots. In the early part of the summer 
they begin to flower, and a succession of them continues ti 
they are destroyed by the cold of the advancing winter. n 
this country it is generally treated as a frame plant, though 1t 
has stood the winter in the open air in some situations. A plant 
stood near a century against the wall of the garden of Camden 
FIG, 52. 
House, Kensington; it produced many flowers annually, though 
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