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64 C. cunea'ta (D. C. prod. 1. p. 249.) leaves leathery, 
obovately-cuneated, mucronate, 3-times longer than the petiole ; 
flowers racemose; stalk of fruit longer than the pedicel of the 
flower. h.S. Native of the West-India Islands. C. petiolaris, 
Banks. herb. Flowers white. 
Wedge-leaved Caper-tree. Shrub 6-8 feet. 
65 Č. macrorny'LLA (H. B. and Kunth, nov. spec. 5. p. 91.) 
leaves leathery, oval, acutish at both ends, twice the length of 
the petioles ; flowers racemose, on long pedicels. R. S. Native 
on the banks of the river Magdalena. Flowers white inside. 
Long-leaved Caper-tree. Shrub 8 feet, climbing. 
66 C. petiota‘ris (H. B. and Kunth, nov. spec. 5. p. 91.) 
leaves membranous, oval-oblong, blunt, twice the length of the 
petioles; flowers racemose ; stalk of fruit double the length of 
the pedicel. h.S. Native near Guayaquil. Flowers white. 
Petiolar Caper-tree. Shrub 6 feet. 
67 C. rrirtoRa (Mill. dict. no. 10.) leaves elliptic-oblong, 
acuminated at both ends, 3-times longer than the petioles; pe- 
duncles 3-flowered, much shorter than the leaves. h.S. Native 
of South America, about Tolu. Flowers small white, succeeded 
by oval fruit. 
Three-flowered Caper-tree. Shrub 4 to'6 feet. 
68 C. Brasiia‘na (D. C. prod. 1. p. 249.) leaves oblong, 
narrowed at the base, somewhat cordate, almost sessile ; pedun- 
cles racemose ; stalk of fruit scarcely shorter than the pedicel. 
h. S. Native of Brazil, near Rio Janeiro. Flowers white. 
Brasilian Caper-tree. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
Sect. III. Cynorna’tza (from cvwy, kyon, a dog, and pad- 
dog, phallos, a phallus; in allusion to the shape of the fruit.) 
D. C. prod. 1. p. 249. Flower-bud globose, with roundish se- 
pals, imbricated before expansion, and each furnished at the base 
with a gland or hollow. Siliques long, terete, fleshy. Stalk of 
fruit elongated. Species all from America. Unarmed shrubs, 
usually with glands in the axils of the leaves. 
69 C. se’sstuis (Banks. herb. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 249.) 
leaves almost sessile, oval, cordate at the base; axillary gland 
wanting or concave ; pedicels axillary, solitary, 1-flowered. h. 
S. Native of Carthagena. Flowers white. 
Sessile-leaved Caper-tree. Shrub 8 feet. 
70 C. CYNOPHALLO'PHORA (Lin. spec. 721. Jacq. amer. t. 98. 
pict. t. 145.) leaves smooth, leathery, oblong, on short petioles ; 
axillary gland ovate-oblong; peduncles few-flowered, shorter 
than the leaves. h.S. Native of the West-India Islands and 
South America. C. flexudsa, Lin. spec. 722. A very polymor- 
phous species ; perhaps a heterogeneous mass of species collected. 
Flowers large white, or greenish-white, fragrant. Fruit reddish 
when ripe, opening at the suture. Seeds enveloped in scarlet- 
ulp. 
P Dog-phallus-bearing Caper-tree. 
feet, with weak branches. 
71 C. Eusracnia'na (Jacq. amer. ed. pict. t. 146.) leaves 
smooth, somewhat coriaceous, ovate, acuminated, on short foot- 
stalks ; axillary gland ovate-oblong; peduncles few-flowered, 
shorter than the leaves. h.S. Native of the Island of St. 
Eustach. Flowers purple. 
St. Eustach Caper-tree. Clt. 1822. Shrub 6 feet. 
72 C. satiGna (Vahl. symb. 3. p. 66.) leaves smooth, lea- 
thery, on short petioles, linear, somewhat dilated at the base, and 
cordate; axillary gland ovate-oblong. h. G. Native of 
Santa Cruz. Flowers white. 
Willowy Caper-tree. Clt. 1807. Shrub 8 feet. 
73 C. mastara (Lin. spec. 722. Jacq. amer. t. 174. f. 56. 
pict. t. 147.) leaves smooth, leathery, on short petioles, hastate 
at the base, or somewhat cordate, the rest long linear; axillary 
gland wanting; racemes terminal, h. S. Native of the 
Clt. 1752. Shrub 8 to 12 
CAPPARIDEZX. XV. Cappanis. 
woods of Carthagena. Flowers purple, somewhat odorous, and 
nearly 2 inches in diameter. 
Halbert-leaved Caper-tree. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 
74 C. rnea ris (Jacq. amer. t. 102. pict. t. 151.) leaves 
smooth, leathery, on very short petioles, linear, with glands in 
the axils; racemes somewhat panicled. h. S. Native of 
Carthagena and Cumana, in woods. Flowers white, half-an-inch 
in diameter, scentless. Fruit orange-coloured. 
Linear-leaved Caper-tree. Clt. 1793. Tree 15 to 20 feet. 
75 C. ranceora ra (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 5. t. 429. f. a. 
ined. et D. C. prod. 1. p. 249.) leaves smooth, ovate-lanceolate, 
acuminated ; peduncles panicled ; bracteas glanduliferous at the 
base. h.S. Native of Guayaquil, on the banks of the Daule. 
Flowers white ; petals oblong-obovate, twice as long as the calyx. 
Siliques 2 hands long. . 
Lanceolate-leaved Caper-tree. Shrub 6 feet. 
76 C. Guayaquite’Nsis (H. B. et Kunth, nov. spec. 5. p. 89.) 
leaves smooth, oblong, blunt, somewhat retuse, on short petioles; 
axillary gland truncate; racemes terminal. h.S. Native of 
Guayaquil. Siliques 2 or 4 inches long, torulose. Flowers white. 
Guayaquil Caper-tree. Shrub 6 feet. 
77 C. æra (H. B. et Kunth, nov. spec. 5. p. 88.) leaves 
smooth, oblong, blunt at both ends, somewhat emarginate, on 
very short petioles ; axillary gland truncate; racemes branched 
at the base. h.S. Native about Turbaco. Flowers white. 
Frutful Caper-tree. Shrub 8 feet. 
78 C. sussrrosa (H. B. et Kunth, nov. spec. 5. p. 90.) 
leaves smooth, elliptical, emarginately 2-lobed at the top, on short 
petioles; axillary gland blunt ; racemes panicled, short. R.S. 
Native about Cumana, Flowers white. 
Sub-bilobed-leaved Caper-tree. Tree 20 feet. 
79 C. raucirròra (H. B. et Kunth, nov. spec. 5. p- 89.) 
leaves smooth, leathery, elliptical, blunt at both ends, somewhat 
emarginate; axillary gland truncate; peduncles 3-flowered. 
k. S. Native of shady places near Cumana. Flowers un- 
known. Siliques 2 or 3 inches long. 
Few-flowered Caper-tree. Shrub. 
80 C. verrucésa (Jacq. amer. t. 99.) leaves smooth, oblong; 
blunt at the base, acutish at the top; axillary gland wanting ; 
racemes terminal, few-flowered ; siliques warted. h.S. Na- 
tive of Carthagena and Island of St. Thomas, in low woods. 
Flowers white. Siliques 14 inch long. Pulp of fruit white. 
Warted-podded Caper-tree. Clt. 1820. Shrub 8 feet. 
81 C. méxuis (H. B. et Kunth, nov. spec. 5. p. 88.) leaves 
oblong, on short petioles, somewhat ovate at the base, and narrow- 
ed towards the top; upper surface smooth, under surface vel- 
vety, as well as the branches; axillary gland blunt ; racemes 
terminal, 8-flowered. h.S. Native of Peru, on the banks of 
the Macera. Flowers white. Fruit unknown. 
Soft Caper-tree. Shrub 8 feet. 
82 C. HETEROPHY'LLA (Ruiz, et Pav. ined. D. C. prod. 1. 
p. 250.) leaves smooth, oblong-obovate, mucronate, or emarg!- 
nate ; axillary gland pyxidiform ; racemes terminal, somewhat 
corymbose ; fruit club-shaped. h.S. Native of Guayaquil, 
in woods. Flowers small, white. Fruit an inch long. 
Variable-leaved Caper-tree. Shrub 8 feet. 
83 C. ampxi'ssima (Lam. dict. 1. p. 607.) leaves smooth, 
oval, on short petioles ; axillary gland ovate ; pedicels few, or 
solitary at the top of the branches; fruit ovate. h. S. Native 
of Hispaniola and Mexico. Plum. ed Burm. t. 73. f. 2. exclu- 
sive of the synonyms. Flowers large, whitish-yellow. Fruit large. 
Very ample Caper-tree. Tree 30 feet., 
84 C. saxa’minis (H. B. et Kunth, ined. et D. C. prod. 1. p- 
250.) leaves smooth, oval-oblong, retuse, on short petioles ; 
pedicels loosely-racemose ; fruit ovate. h.S. Native of An- 
gustura, in the fissures of rocks. Flowers white. 
