26 CAPPARIDEJE. Capparis. 
vertical line, approximate, about half the length of the leaf—DC. prod. 1. 
p.247; Spr. syst. 2. p. 573 ; Wight ! cat. n. 93.—C. acuminata, Willd. sp. 2. 
p. 1131 ; DC. prod. 1. p. 247 ; Spr. Syst. 2. p. 573. 
'The specimen before us, obtained from the Madras or Missionary herba- 
rium, and named C. acuminata, is therefore the plant of Willdenow ; but we 
do not think it can be separated from C. Zeylanica. C. acuminata of Rox- 
burgh we have already referred to; the plant of Wallich! (L. n. 6990) is a 
new species quite distinct from either. We do not know the C. Zeylanica of 
Wallich's List, n. 6989, which perhaps contains more than one species. 
88. (7) C. horrida (Linn. :) stipules laterally compressed, thorny, hooked : 
leaves from elliptic-oblong to broadly ovate, with a longish broad rigid mu- 
cro; older ones glabrous ; younger ones beneath, and branchlets and sepals, 
densely pubescent: pedicels supra-axillary, 2-4 in a vertical line, unequal; 
lower one about equal to the petiole ; upper ones longer: ovarium glabrous, 
globose, pointed.—DC. prod. 1. p. 246 ; Spr. syst. 2. p. 573; Wal. ! L.n. 
6981. a-e ; Wight! cat. n. 90. 92.—C. teruiflora, DC. prod. 1. p. 247 ; Spr. 
syst. 2. p. 574.—C. quadriflora, DC. prod. 1. p. 247 ; Spr. syst. 2. p. 514.—C. 
pyrifolia, 6, Lam.—C. Zeylanica, Herb. Banks! ; Roxb. fl. Ind. 2. p. 567. 
é It -A difficult to say whether Pluk. phyt. t. 107. f. 3. belongs to this or to 
. stylosa. 
§ 3. Pedicels forming a corymb or raceme. 
89. (8) C. bisperma (Roxb. :) arborescent : stipules thorny, on the lower 
branches recurved, on the young shoots very small or often wanting: leaves 
oval-oblong, obtuse or retuse, slightly cuneate at the base, glabrous: pedun- 
cles racemose, lower ones axillary, about half the length of the leaf; upper — 1 
ones with bracteas shorter than themselves: ovarium globose?: berry nearly 
globose, 2-seeded.— Roxb. hort. Bengh. p. 93 ; fl. Ind. 2. p. 568 ; Wight! cat. — 
n. 104 ?—C. maxima, Roxb. in E.I.C. mus. tab. 156.—C. grandis, Herb. 
Klein. !—  Coromandel ; Roaburgh. i 
, Our character is taken entirely from Roxburgh’s figure and description. 
The only specimen we have seen is from Klein’s herbarium, from Putland in 
Ceylon ; but it 1s so exceedingly imperfect, that we have been principally 
guided in referring it here by the attached name, C. grandis, with which Rox- 
burgh also compares his plant. May this and our C. Wallichiana eventually 
prove to be the same species ?; the petals in both are oblong, but in C. Wal- 
lichiana they are double the size of those in Roxburgh’s figure of C. disperma. 
90. (9) C. Roxburghii (DC. :) shrubby : stipules thorny, recurved, hooked: 
leaves elliptic-oblong, obtuse, tapering at the base, glabrous: racemes termi- 
nal, corymbiform, leafless : ovarium obovoid?: berry globose, many-seeded.— 
— DC. prod. 1. p. 247.—C. corymbosa, Roxb. hort: Bengh. p. 93 ; fl. Ind. 2. 
p. 569.—C. aguba, Rozb. in E. I. C. mus. tab. 158.—— Coromandel ; Roxburgh. 
Flowers much larger than the last, and petals broadly obovate. Our cha- 
racter is taken from Roxburgh’s figure and description, 
91. (10) C. incanescens (DC. :) shrubby: branches diffuse, very flexuose, 
somewhat dichotomous : stipules thorny, hooked: leaves elliptic-oblong, mu- 
cronulate ; young ones and branches hoary with adpressed pubescence: co- 
tymbs many-flowered, almost umbelliform, sessile or nearly so: pedicels and 
> p 3 Mee globose, pointed, glabrous.— DC. prod. 1. .p. 247 ; 
all. ! L.n.6994 ; Wight! cat. n. 106,—C. stylosa i .! prod. 1. 
p. 246.—— Southern provinces. JL bo tfe rd B. uan dps ; 
Perhaps this is a mere variety of the following. 
92. (11) C. sepiaria (Linn.:) shrubby: stipules thorny, hooked: leaves 
roundish ovate or broadly elliptical, emarginate ; young ones beneath, as well | 
as the branches, pubescent ; older ones almost or quite glabrous: corymbs - 
many lowered, almost umbelliform, sessile: pedicels and ealyx glabrous: | 
