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CAPPARIS* acuminata. 

 Taper-pointed Caper. 



POLYANDRIA MONOGYNTA. 



Nat. ord. Capparide/E. 



Trib. II. CapparecB. Fructus subcarnosus indehiscens. Frutices 



aut arbores. Decand. prodr. 1 , 242. 

 CAPPARIS Unn. — CaZi/x 4-partitus. Pe^aZa quatuor. TorMS parvus. 



Thecaphorum gracile. Stamina 00. Siliqua subbaccata, stipitata. 



Frutices foliis simplicibus, integris. Dec. I. c. 



Sect. 1. Eucapparis. Alabastruni globosum, sepalis ovatis concavis 



obtusis imbricatis insequalibus. Thecaphorum longum. Species omnes 

 Veteris Orbis aut Novse Hollandiae nee Americae incolae. Dec. 



* Pedicellis axillaribus solitariis, aut rarius 2-3 ex eodem puncto ortis, 

 floribus polyandris. 



C. acuminata ; inermis, foliis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis glaberrimis, pedi- 

 cellis unifloris solitariis petiolis paulo longioribus. 



Caulis fruticosus, in olid 3-pedalis, ramis subjiexuosis, glabris. Folia 

 petiolata, ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, utrinque glaberrima. Flores axil- 

 lares, solitarii, pedunculo petiolo paulb longiore. Sepala 4, ovata, ciliata. 

 Petala totidem, parva, obovata. Stamina longis&ima, incequalia. 



This beautiful species of Caper was sent from China by 

 John Reeves, Esq. to the Horticultural Society, in whose 

 Garden it blossomed in September 1828. It is a tender 

 greenhouse shrub, with neat foliage, and handsome scent- 

 less flowers, which are not, however, so beautiful as those 

 of the common Caper plant, which is one of the most 

 striking objects we have in cultivation. 



If this be compared with Cleome speciosissima, figured 

 at fol. 1312, the student of natural affinities, or the mere 



* Said by Forskahl to take its origin from its Arabic name kahnr, 

 adopted into the Greek and Latin languages. 

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