CAPPARIDEE:. 131 
CAPPARIS SPINOSA, Linn. 
Fig.— Var.2,rupestris, Sibth., Flor. Grec., t. 487. Var. 8, 
epee Royle, Illus. 73. Var. 4, leucophylla, Deless. Ic. Sel. 
pi , #10. Caper plant (Hng.), Caprier commun (Fr.).. 
Hiab! metops ‘Asia, Africa, &c. The bark. of the root. 
Vernacular.—Kabar (Arab.). 2 
—Sigiy 
History, Uses, &c.—This plant is widely distributed, 
_ being found in Afghanistan, West Asia, Europe, North Africa, 
_ Australia, and the Sandwich Islands. The common Indian 
and Oriental form, Var. 3 of Hooker’s Flora of British India 
grows on hilly ground in many parts of India. Caper bark 
Pee until introduced by the Mahometans,. but the — 
are enticed by Sanskrit ynibex te ipars 
r 
<abarish; in Persia it is called Kabir and Karak. - 
he author of the Makhzan-el-Adwiya gives'a good description _ 
ntions the drug as an imported article, and notices its use i 
an external application to malignant ulcers. - 
ot identical with, saponin (see Saponaria Vaccaria 
Dios. ii., 164. xarnapis or xdmmape Theophr. H. P. i 6 — 
8; Plin. 13, 44; 20, 59. Cels. 4, 9. : 
