Capparis.] , ix. capparide^. 95 



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or reclining on rocks, with liard tortuous "bj-anclies. Stipular spines short, 

 straight or recuryed. Leaves broadly ovate or orbicular, very obtuse or some- 

 times emarginate, with a minute po"int in the notch, \ to f in. long, rather 

 thick, on petioles of 3 to 4 lines. Peduncles axillaiy, solitary, 1 in. long or 

 more. Outer sepals glabrous, very unequal, imbricate, the large one broadly 

 hood-shaped, acuminate, f in. long, the other much narrower and. concave, 

 inner sepals and petals apparently longer and glabrous, but very imperfect in 

 our specimens. Stamens very numerous. Berry ovoid, succulent, fully 1^ in. 

 long, marked with longitudinal ribs, on a stipes of. at least 3^ in.— F. Muell. 

 Fragm. i. 143 and 244. 



N. Australia. Nichol Bay, Herb. Mueller. 



. '^^' Australia. Sterile islands, Herh. Mas. Par. ; DirLJIa rtog's Island, A . jCm- 

 J^ham, Clifton ; Abrollios Island, Bt/)ioe ; Murcliisou river, Oldfield, Clifton, Milne. 



5- C. sarmentosa, A. Cunn. Herb. A slender tree, supporting itself 

 on_ the branches of others, the younger branches slightly rusty-tomentose. 

 Stipulary spines very short and hooked. Leaves almost sessile, broadly ovate, 

 obovate, or orbicular, obtuse, -J to f in. long or sometimes much smaller, 

 thin and glabrous when full grown. Flowers 1 or 3 together in the upper 

 fixils, on pedicels of 4 to 6 lines. Outer sepals glabrous, slightly unequal, 

 abo\it 3 lines long ; inner sepals and petals rather longer, slightly tomentose 

 or pubescent. Stamens 15 or more. Berry ovoid, not large, on a slender 

 stipes of about an inch. 



Queensland. Brisliane river, A. Cunninaham, F. Mueller ; between lie Mackenzie 

 «na Archer's rivers, Leichhanil. 



Section IT. Busbeckia.— Two outer sepals broad, very concave, com- 

 pletely united in the bud and separating iircgularly as the flower expands, 

 ■i^o uuicr sepals more petal-like. BciTy globular or ovoid. 



6. C. omans, T. Iluell. Jlerh. A woody climber, the branches hoary 

 '7^f, * minute pubescence. Leaves ovate, obtuse, 2 to 3 in. long, narrowed 

 ^\the base, on petioles of i to 1 in., glabrous on both sides. Stipulary 

 spines conical, reflexed, often wanting on the flowering branches. Pedicels 

 solitaiy in the upper axils, U to 2 in. long. Flowers large and showy. Outer 

 sepals united into an ovoid acuminate bud of above 1 in. long, of a woody 

 jexture, and bursting in-egularly ; inner sepals orbicular, woolly mside, thick 

 '^»t petal-like. Petals (4 ?) obovate, more than 2 in. long. Stamens nu- 

 ^Derous, about 3 in. long. Ovary glabrous. Fruit not seen. 



Qiieensland. Port Dcnison, Btzalan. 



7- C. nobilis, F. Muell. Herb. A small tree, either perfectly glabrous 

 or the young shoots and the under side of the leaves slightly covered with a 

 f^Josc minute pubescence. Stipulaiy prickles short and conical, seldom seen 

 J^i. the flowering-1n-anches. Leaves oval-oblong or oblong, acute, shortly acu- 

 J?inate or obtuse, 2 to 4 in. long, coriaceous and often shining above, on pc- 

 ^oles of 3 to 6 lines. Pedicels solitary iu the upper axils or very rarely 2 

 ogether, about 1 in. lon<r. Buds lobular, about | iu. diameter, often 



^'ghtly emarginate at 'the top, shouing the tips of the 2 outer sepals, which 

 '^i"e perfectly united into a coriaceous calyx bursting or splitting irregularly ; 



