280 CAPPARIDEZ. 
ing; leaves ovate, mucronate ; pedicels 1-flowered, rising above 
the axils of the leaves, 2 or 4 together. h.S. Native of 
Coromandel and Ceylon. Flowers white. 
Horrid Caper-tree. Shrub 10 feet. 
24 C. pupirLora (D. C. prod. 1. p. 246.) stipulas spinose, 
spreading, small, straight ; leaves oval-oblong, acuminated, smooth, 
pedicels 1 to 3 together, axillary, twice the length of the petioles. 
h. S. Native of Timor? and Java. Petals downy, white. 
Downy-flowered Caper-tree. Shrub 6 feet. 
25 C. apuy’txa (Roth. nov. spe. p. 238.) stipulas spinose ; 
leaves none? umbels of flowers almost sessile, rising from the 
axils of the stipulas ; stem flexuous, dichotomous, leafless, and 
is, as well as the divaricate branches, very smooth. kh. S. Na- 
tive of the East Indies. Flowers white ? 
Leafless Caper-tree. Clt. 1822. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
26 LINEATA (Pers. synop. 2. p. 60.) leaves ovate, acumi- 
nated, on short foot-stalks, at last becoming glabrous on the 
upper surface; under surface, as well as branches, covered with 
velvety tomentum ; peduncles axillary, 1-flowered. h.S. Na- 
tive of Brazil, at Rio Janeiro. Flowers white. 
Lined-leaved Caper-tree. Shrub 6 feet. 
27 C. pivarica'ta (Lam. dict. 1. p. 606.) stipulas spinose, 
hooked, divaricate ; leaves glabrous, linear, acute, on very short 
foot-stalks. h.S. Native of Coromandel. This plant cer- 
‘tainly belongs to Sect. Eucdpparis, but the flowers and fruit are 
unknown. 
Divaricated stipuled Caper-tree. Shrub 10 feet. 
§ 2. Seridles (from sero, to lay in order; because of the 
flowers being disposed in something like whorles.) Pedicels 1- 
flowered, rising above the axils of the leaves, several together, 
and disposed in a vertical series. 
28 C. Zeyra’nica (Lin. spec. 720.) stipulas spinose, straight ; 
leaves oval, pointed at both ends, smooth ; pedicels 2 or 3 toge- 
ther, 3-times longer than the petiole. .S. Native of Ceylon 
and Java. Flowers small, white, 12-anthered. Perhaps the 
same as C. Zeyldnica of Lour, which is described as having a 
small, black, round, 3-seeded berry. 
Ceylon Caper-tree. Clt. 1819. Shrub 6 feet. 
29 C. Birtarpre’ru (D. C. prod. 1. p. 247.) stipulas spinose, 
straight; leaves oval-oblong, veiny-netted, and are, as well as 
branches, smooth; pedicels 3-together ; ovary almost sessile. 
h. S. Native of the Molucca Islands, at the straits of Bouton. 
Flowers white. 
La Billardiere’s Caper-tree. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
30 C. acumina’ta (Willd. spec. 2. p. 1131.) stipulas spinose, 
hooked at the top ; leaves ovate, mucronately-acuminated ; rusty- 
tomentose on the under surface ; pedicels 2-3 together. h. S. 
Native of the East Indies. Petals white, ciliated with down. 
Perhaps this plant is referable to t. 29. of Braam. icon. chin. 
1821. 
Taper-pointed-leaved Caper-tree. Clt. 1822. Shrub 6 feet. 
31 C.r@‘tipa (Blum. bijdr. fl. ned. ind. ex Schlecht. Linnæa. 
1. p. 644.) stipulas spinose, straight; leaves oval, acuminated, 
a little cordate at the base, clothed beneath, as well as the 
branches with stellate down ; pedicels solitary, or 2-5 together, 
twice the length of the petiole; petals villous. h.S. Native 
of Java. Flowers white. Like C. acuminata. 
Fetid Caper-tree. Shrub 6 feet. 
$2 C. micra’ytua (Blum. l. c.) stipulas spinose, small, 
straight ; leaves oval, scariose, coriaceous, smooth, somewhat 
cordate at the base ; pedicels 2-6 together, shorter than the pe- 
tioles. h.S. Native of Java. Flowers probably white. 
Small-flowered Caper-tree. Shrub 6 feet. 
XIII. Capparis. 
33 C. caLLo'sa (Blum. 1. c.) stipulas spinose, straight ; leaves 
oblong, scariose at the apex, coriaceous, smooth, rounded at the 
base ; pedicels solitary, 1-2-3 together, about equal in length 
with the petioles. h.S. Native of Java. Flowers probably 
white. Allied to the preceding. 
Callous Caper-tree. Shrub 6 feet. 
34 C. rrexvo'sa (Blum. l. c.) stipulas spinulose, very short ; 
leaves elliptical-oblong, acute at both ends, coriaceous, smooth, 
but scariose at the apex ; pedicels on the younger branches, 2-4- 
together, equal in length with the petioles. h.S. Native of 
Java. Flowers probably white. Allied to the two preceding. 
Flexuous-branched Caper-tree. Shrub 6 feet. 
35 C. vorkaMeE Ris (D. C. prod. 1. p. 247.) stipulas spinose, 
hooked at the top; leaves ovate, pointed with a callous mucrone, 
rusty-velvety on the under surface along the nerves ; pedicels 
2-3 together. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Volkaméria Capénsis, Burm. prod. cap. 17. Petals white, cili- 
ated with hairs. 
Volkameria-like Caper-tree. Shrub 6 feet. 
36 C. tasra’nrna (R. Br. ined. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 247.) 
stipulas spinose ; leaves ovate-oblong, on very short petioles, at 
length smooth, younger ones as well as branchlets and calyx 
velvety; pedicels 2-3 together. h.S. Native of New Hol- 
land on the eastern coast within the tropic. Flowers white. 
Woolly-flowered Caper-tree. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
37 C. TERNIFLÒRA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 247.) stipulas spinose, ' 
hooked ; leaves ovate-mucronate, at length smooth, younger ones 
pubescent; pedicels 3 together; sepals velvety. kh. S. Na- 
tive of Coromandel. Flowers white. 
Tern-flowered Caper-tree. Shrub 6 feet. 
38 C. quaprirtora (D. C. prod. 1. p. 247.) stipulas spinose, 
straightish; leaves ovate, acuminated, with a callous point, 
upper surface smooth, under surface velvety, as well as branches 
and calyx; pedicels 4 together. h.S. Native of the East In- 
dies. C. pyrifdlia B, Lam. dict. 1. p. 606.—Pluk. phyt. t. 107. 
f. 3. Flowers white. 
Four-flomered Caper-tree. Shrub 6 feet. 
39 C. quinirLora (D.C. prod. 1. p. 247.) stipulas none ; 
leaves ovate, somewhat acuminated, younger ones pubescent, at 
length smooth ; pedicels 4-6, together. h.G. Native of New 
Holland on the northern coast. Flowers white. 
Five-flowered Caper-tree. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
40 C. micraca’ntua (D. C. prod. 1. p. 247.) stipulas spinose, 
small, straight; leaves oval, blunt, pointed with a callous mu- 
crone ; pedicels 4-6 together. h.S. Native of Java. Flowers 
white. 
Small-spined Caper-tree. Shrub 6 feet. 
§ 3. Corymbòsæ (from corymbus, a corymb ; because of the 
flowers being disposed in corymbs.) Pedicels disposed in corymbs 
or racemes. Flowers polyandrous. 
41 C. crrriéria (Lam. dict. 1. p. 606.) stipulas spinose, 
hooked ; leaves oblong, mucronate, smooth ; pedicels umbellate, 
terminal. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. There 
is a variety of this plant with puberulous branches. Flowers 
small, white. 
Citron-leaved Caper-tree. Shrub 6 feet. 
42 C. sepra‘ria (Lin. spec. 720.) stipulas spinose, hooked ; 
leaves ovate, somewhat emarginate, and pubescent on the under 
surface as well as the branches ; pedicels umbellate, termina’. 
h.S. Native of the East Indies in hedges.—Pluk. phyt. t. 338. 
f. 3. Flowers small, white. 
Var. B, glabrata (D. C. 1. c.) adult leaves smooth. 
Timor. 
Hedge Caper-tree. Fl. Clt. 1823. Shrub 4 to 8 feet. 
Native of 
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