CAPPARIDEZX. XV. Capparis. 
on short footstalks, upper surface glabrous, under surface as 
well as branchlets covered with mealy scales. h.S. Native of 
Jamaica and Barbadoes.—Pluk. phyt. t. 327. f. 6. Flowers 
white. Perhaps belonging to section Quadrélla, 
Long-leaved Caper-tree. Shrub 8 feet. 
117 C. Domince’nsis (Spreng. in herb. Balb. D. C. prod. 1. 
p. 253.) leaves oblong, on short footstalks, upper surface gla- 
brous, under surface as well as branchlets tomentosely-velvety ; 
peduncles corymbose, few-flowered ; fruit ovate, velvety ; stalk 
of fruit velvety. h.S. Native of St. Domingo. Flowers un- 
known. Perhaps a species of Breynidstrum or Quadrélla ? 
St. Domingo Caper-tree. Shrub 10 feet. 
118 C. Laurina (H. B. et Kunth, nov. spec. 5. p. 93.) leaves 
oblong, blunt at both ends, stalked, leathery, glabrous ; racemes 
terminal; fruit globose, pendulous. h. S. Native of Peru 
near Guancabamba. Flowers violet-coloured. 
Laurel-like Caper-tree. Tree 30 feet. 
119 C. ancura'ra (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. 5. per. t.431. D.C. 
prod. 1. p. 253.) leaves ovate-oblong, mucronate, stalked, 
upper surface shining, under surface as well as branches velvety 
from 10-rayed hairs; peduncles terminal, corymbosely racemose ; 
fruit ovate, angular, k. S. Native of Guayaquil. Fila- 
ments somewhat monadelphous at the base. Flowers white. 
Angular-fruited Caper-tree. Tree 10 feet. 
120 C. virniprrtora (H. B. et Kunth. nov. spec. 5. p. 92.) 
leaves oval-oblong, cordate, mucronulate, on long footstalks, 
upper surface glabrous, under surface as well as branchlets 
pubescent ; racemes terminal, angular ; sepals obovate, very 
short. h. S. Native near Cumana in shady places. Flowers 
greenish. Silique linear. 
Green-flowered Caper-tree. Tree 20 feet? 
121 C. conre’rta (Mill. dict. no. 8. exclusive of the syno- 
nyms) leaves elliptical, both ends acuminated, glabrous, on long 
footstalks; racemes terminal, velvety; pedicels compressed, 
shorter than the fruit-stalk. h. S. Native of Carthagena. 
Flowers white. Fruit oval. 
Cronded-flowered Caper-tree. Shrub 8 feet. 
122 C. pexra‘ra ; leaves coriaceous, at first round and peltate 
at the base, but at length becoming broad, cordate, and acumin- 
ated, beset with mealy scales while young, as well as the young 
branches. h.S. Native of Caraccas by the sea-side. 
Peltate-leaved Caper-tree. Clt.1824. Tree 15 feet ? 
** * Species doubtful whether they belong to Cépparis. 
123 C.? CANTONE'NSIS (Lour. fl. coch. ed. Willd. 1. p. 404.) 
stipulas spinose; leaves ovate, acuminate, glabrous, wrinkled ; 
peduncles racemose ; flowers 5-petalled. h. G. Native of 
hina near Canton. Flowers white. Fruit ovate. 
Canton Caper-tree. Shrub 8 feet. 
124 C. sre'vis (Spreng. from Fisch. cat. hort. gorenki, 1808. 
P. 85.) ovary sessile. h.S. Native of? 
Short-fruited Caper-tree. Shrub? 
Cult. All the species of Capparis thrive well in a mixture 
of loam and peat. Cuttings should be taken from young wood, 
and these will root freely if planted in a pot of sand and placed 
under a hand-glass ; those of the stove species should be placed 
in a good heat. The Capparis herbacea is only to be increased 
by seeds, but cuttings of this may also be tried. 
XVI. STEPHA'NIA (in honour of Fred. Stephan, once a 
professor at Moscow, died 1817, author of Enumeratio stirpium 
agri Mosquensis, &c.) Willd. spec. 2. p. 239. but not of Lour. 
,; IN. syst. Hexdndria, Monogynia. Calyx campanulate, 2- 
qed, (f. 54. a.) Petals 4 (f. 54. b.). Torus small (f. 54. c.). 
tamens 6 (f. 54. d.). Ovary stipitate (f. 54. e.) oblong. All 
unarmed shrubs, with simple leaves on long footstalks, and ter- 
minal racemes of flowers. 
XVI. STEPHANIA. 
XVII. Mortsonra. XVIII. Tovarta. 285 
1 S. creomorpes (Willd. 1. c.) 
leaves oblong-lanceolate, much acu- 
minated, scarcely longer than the 
footstalks. h.S. Native of Ca- 
raccas in South America. Cáp- 
paris parad6xa, Jacq. schoenb. t. 
111. Flowers with a reddish- 
brown calyx, and yellow petals and 
stamens. 
Cleome-like Stephania. F]. April, 
July. Clt. 1823. Shrub 6 feet. 
2 S. evxrprica (D. C. prod. 1. 
p- 253.) leaves elliptical, scarcely 
acuminated, double the length of 
the footstalks. h.S. Native of 
the island of Trinidad. Fruit of 
both species unknown. Flowers 
yellowish ? ee 
Elliptical-leaved Stephania. Shrub 6 feet. 
Cult. These plants thrive well in a mixture of loam, peat, 
and sand. Cuttings ghould be taken from young wood, planted 
in a pot of sand, and plunged in heat under a hand-glass. They 
are worth cultivating for the beauty of their flowers. 
XVII. MORISO'NIA (to the memory of Robert Morison, 
a Scotchman, once director of the Royal Garden at Blois, after- 
wards Professor of Botany at Oxford, author of Plantarum His- 
toria Universalis Oxoniensis, 1680, 2 vol. fol. He died 1683.) 
Plum. gen. t. 23. D. C. prod. 1. p. 254. 
Lin. syst. Polydndria, Monogynia. Calyx obovate, bifid. 
Petals 4. Torus small. Stamens 20, somewhat monadelphous 
at the base? Berry stipitate, globose. A tree with glabrous 
stalked alternate simple leaves, and dirty-white flowers. 
1 M. America'na (Lin. spec. 719. Jacq. amer. t. 97.) h. S. 
Native of the West India islands, as well as the South American 
continent. Capparis Morisonia, Swartz, obs. 272. This tree is 
called in Martinique Bois Mabouia. , 
American Morisonia. Clt. 1824. Tree 15 feet. 
Cult. This tree requires the same treatment as the species of 
Stephania, which see above. 
XVIL. TOVA‘RIA (in honour of Simon Tovario, a Spanish 
physician.) Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 73. t. 309. in herb. Lamb. 
and D. Don, in Edinb. new phil. journ. oct. 1828. 
Lin. syst. Octdndria, Monogynia. Calyx of 8 sepals, rarely 
6-7 or 9, spreading, deciduous. Petals the same number, in- 
serted in an elevated fleshy tubercled disk. Stamens the same 
number, also inserted in the disk ; filaments awl-shaped, pilose at 
the base ; anthers bursting inwards. Ovary 1-celled, spherical, 
seated on the disk. Style short, thick, crowned by an 8-lobed 
stigma. Berry succulent, 8-nerved, many-seeded. A smooth 
green annual erect branched herb, with ternate leaves and many- 
flowered terminal pendulous racemes. Flowers white, small. 
The berry when mature is about the size of acherry. The plant 
has the habit of Cledme, but with the fruit of the form and struc- 
ture of Morisdnia and Crate‘va. The structure of the stigma 
shews its affinity to Papaverdcea, and the structure of its seeds 
accords precisely with Reséda. 
1 T. pe’nputa (Ruiz. et Pav. l. c. and syst. 1. p. 85. gen. p. 
49. te 8. Pav. in act. acad. madr. 1. p. 192.) ©.S. Native of 
Peru in groves between Chinchao and Pati. 
Pendulous-racemed Tovaria. Fl. Aug. Sep. PI. 6 feet. 
Cult. The seeds of this plant should be sown in a pot in 
spring, and placed ina hot-bed frame, and when the plants are 
about three inches high, they should be planted separately in 
small pots, and then placed again in the hot-bed ; they should 
afterwards be shifted into larger pots from time to time as they 
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