Capparis.| CAPPARIDE& (Sond.) . 61 
at base only. Ovary stipitate, ovoid, unilocular, with 4-5 ovules on a 
single, parietal placenta ; style short. Berry globose, mostly one seeded, 
seed lying in pulp. Lam. Jilustr. t. 395 (non Thunb.) DOC. Prod. 1. 
p. 244. Endl. Gen. No. 4996. 
African shrubs, unarmed, glabrescent. Leaves alternate, simple, coriaceous, 
very entire. Stipules setaceous minute. Flowers corymbose, small. Name in 
honour of Lowis Bosc, formerly Professor of Agriculture in Paris, and author of 
several works, 
1, B. caffra (Sond. Linn. 23. p. 8.) ; leaves on very short petioles, 
ovato-lanceolate, narrowed at base and apex, mucronulate, with undu- 
late margins, veiny on both sides, glabrous ; peduncles filiform, axil- 
lary, corymboso-racemose toward the ends of the branches ; flowers 
-polyandrous. Capparis undulata, E. & Z. No, 112. Niebuhria acuti- 
folia, E. Mey. N. pedunculosa, Hochst. 
Has. In woods. Elands river, near Philipstown, and at Natal. June~Oct. 
E. § Z.! Drege, Krauss, &. (Herb, Sond., Lehm., T.C.D.) 
Branches and branchlets ashcoloured, glabrous. Leaves simple, the upper ones 
narrower ; petiole 2 lines long. Peduncles uncial, shorter than the leaves or equalling 
them. Calyx 3 lines long, sepals obovato-spathulate, acute, concrete at base. Sta- 
mens 12 or more, more than twice as long as the calyx, on a torus 1 line long. 
Thecaphore longer than the stamens, Ovary ovate, with a short style and discoid 
stigma. Fruit pendulous, globose, larger than a pea, reddish, minutely dotted, 
unilocular, 1-2 seeded. Seeds crustaceous, shining. Embryo subconvolute, with 
an obtuse, terete radicle ; cotyledons fleshly, broad, convolute. It varies with 
oblong-ovate or lanceolate, obtuse or emarginate, mucronulate, acute, or acuminate 
leaves, 1-3 inches long, }-1 inch wide. 
X. CAPPARIS. L. 
Sepals 4, imbricated in estivation. Petals 4, imbricated. Stamens 
* Pedicels one-flowered, supra-axillary, in vertical series. (Sp. 1.) 
1. C. Volkameriw (DC. Prod. 1. p. 247) ; stipules spiny, hook- 
pointed ; leaves ovate, with a hard mucro, with reddish pubescence 
along the nerves of both surfaces or of the lower ; pedicels 2-3-seriate. 
Volkameria capensis, Burm. Prod. Cap. 17. ea DC. E. & Z. En. No. 108. 
Has. Dense woods on the Eastern Districts. Krakakamma and Adow, Feb. 
E.& Z. (Herb. Sond, Lehm., T.C.D.) _ : 
Branches flexuous, the younger covered with dense reddish tomentum, at length 
glabrous. Leaves on short petioles, r4 inch long, inch wide, tipped with a short, 
obtuse, callous point. Flowers (not known to us): according to De Candolle the 
petals are ciliate and the stamens about 30. It varies with leaves subglabrous and. 
green, 
