CAPPARIDACEAE 159 
CAPPARIS Linnaeus 
Capparis nemorosa Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 4388 (sp. nov.) =Capparis 
micracantha Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 305; ed. 3, 2 (1878) 200, 
t. 178, non DC.=CAPPARIS HORRIDA Linn. 
Capparis linearis Blanco op. cit. 488 (sp. nov.), 305, 200=CAPPARIS 
HORRIDA Linn. 
-This species is common and widely distributed in the Philip- 
pines at low altitudes, and Blanco’s descriptions of both C. nemo- 
rosa and C. linearis apply fairly closely to the Philippine form 
so interpreted. In a note following the description of Capparis 
nemorosa he unmistakably describes the true C. micracantha DC., 
which is commonly known to the Tagalogs as halobagat, and 
which is common and widely distributed in the Philippines at low 
altitudes. Fernandez-Villar reduced Capparis linearis Blanco 
to C. viminea Hook. f. & Th., a species that does not extend 
to the Philippines. Although Blanco’s description is very short, 
incomplete, and entirely unsatisfactory, I have no doubt but 
that he had merely a form of C. horrida Linn. 
-Ilustrative specimen from Antipolo, Rizal Province, Luzon, 
January, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 236). 
>Capparis baducca Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 438, non Linn.=Capparis ma- 
riana Jacq.; Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 305; ed. 3, 2 (1878) 201, t. 
_179=CAPPARIS CORDIFOLIA Lam. 
This species, introduced from Guam, is sparingly cultivated 
in the towns of Parafiaque and Malabon, near Manila, and per- 
haps in other places. The types of both Capparis cordifolia 
Lam. (1785) and C. mariana Jacq. (1797) were from Guam, and 
the earlier name is here accepted. The species has been reduced 
by K. Schumann, perhaps ppisinicamd: as a variety of the European 
Capparis spinosa Linn. 
Illustrative specimen from Malabon, Rizal Province, ‘tg 
September, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 516). 
Crataeva octandra Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 400 (sp. nov.); ed. 2 (1845) 
~ 280; ed. 3, 2 (1878) 155, non Jacq. =CAPPARIS LUZONENSIS Turcz. 
- Blanco’s specimens were from Piddig, Ilocos Norte Province, 
Luzon, and his description calls for an unarmed species with 
eight stamens, characters uncommon in Capparis. The type of 
Capparis luzonensis Turcz. was from the Ilocos Province, Luzon, 
and Cuming’s specimen is armed with short spines. The species 
is represented by a number of specimens from northern Luzon, 
some of which are armed, and some of which are unarmed, 
and as I cannot detect any other differences between the speci- 
mens I am constrained to consider them forms of the same species. 
