Tan. 7248. 
CAPPARIS Frexvosa. 
Native of Brazil. 
Nat. Ord. CapparipEm. Tribe CapPparEs. : 
Genus Capparis, Linn. ; (Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. vol. i. p. 108.) 
Capparis (Capparidastrum) flexuosa ; fructiosa, glaberrima, inermis, foliis per 
intervalla aggregatis petiolatis eglandulosis oblongis v. oblongo-lanceolatis 
obtuse acuminatis basi rotundatis, supra nitidis nervis arcnatis impressis, 
subtus pallidioribus, stipulis minutis caducis, pedunculis elongatis pauci- 
bracteolatis puberulis, corymbis terminalibus multifloris, bracteis deci- 
duis minutis, alabastris subglobosis, sepalis brevibus inzequalibus 
oblongis obtusis puberulis marginibus erosulis, petalis albis orbiculari- 
bus revolutis, staminibus numeiosis patulis petalis multoties longioribus, 
toro brevi, gynophoro gracili staminibus multo breviore, bacca oblongo- 
cylindracea torulosa bivalvi. 
C. flexuosa, Vellos. Fl. Flum. vol. v. t. 108; Hichler. in Mart. Fl. Bras. 
v. xiii. part i. p. 280; Walp. Rep. Bot. vol.i. p. 200; Ann. Bot. vol. iv. 
p. 225; Lemaire, Jard. Fleur, vol. iii. t. 323, 
A native of the province of Rio de Janeiro, first made 
known through a plate in the extraordinary work of J. 
Velloso de Miranda, entitled ‘‘ Flora Fluminensis,” which 
consists of eleven large folio volumes, containing 1676 rude 
uncoloured lithographed plates of Rio plants, published in 
Paris in 1827, the curious history of which is given by 
Von Martius in the German “ Flora,” for 1887, Beibl. 
vol. ii. p. 9—13. The fate of the larger number of copies, 
which were stored in Rio de Janeiro, is noteworthy ; they 
are reported to have been used as wadding for guns during 
the revolutionary war of 1820. 
C. flecuosa is rather a curious than a beautiful plant, 
but has its value in the delicious fragrance of the flowers, 
the stamens of which expand suddenly and rapidly assume 
their great length, separating and forcing back the con- 
volute petals, which at once become revolute. The small 
oblong sepals are unusual in the order, and opposed to 
the sectional character of Cupparidastrum, in which they 
should be more orbicular, ‘The species has been placed 
Aucust Ist, 1892. 
