CAPPARIDACE. 
Capparids. 
No. 94. 
CAPPARIS SPINOSA. 
Tue Carper sHRuUB—Capers 
Place—Europe. 
Quality—Dry, somewhat bitter. 
Power—Stimulant, antiscorbutic, aperient. 
Use—Hy pochondriasis, paralysis. 
BOTANICAL ANALYSIS. 
Natural Order. Putaminex.—L. Capparidacee.—J. 
Crass XIL. Polyandria. Orpen Monogynia. 
Linn. Sp. Pl. 720. Loudon, Ency. Pl. 458. U.S. Dis. 1239. 1281. Griff Med. 
Bot. 136. Blacken, herb, 417. Nat. syst. 2ed. 61. Bot. Mag. 291. Lindl. Flor. 
Med. 94. 
Genus. CAPPARIS. 
From its Arabic name Kasar, from which the Greeks made xarzapis. 
Synonymes—Le caprier [F.], Die Kapernstaude [Ger.], Kap - ( Dutch]. Cappari 
[it.], Aleaparro [Sp.], Aleapparra [ Port.], Kapersowoy Kust | Russ.] 
THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTERS. 
Catyx. Sepals four. 
Corotta. Petals four, cruciate, unguiculate, ar more _ 
or less unequal. 
