270 MERRILL. 



CAPPARIDACEAE. 



CAPPARIS L. 

 CAPPARIS LOHERI sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens, armatus, subtus foliis ramulisque pubescen- 

 tibus; foliis papyraceis, concoloribus, lanceolatis ad late lanceo- 

 latis, brevissime petiolatis, basi rotundatis, apice sensim angus- 

 tatis, acuminatis, nervis utrinque circiter 11, distinctis, anas- 

 tomosantibus ; floribus longe pedicellatis, 4 ad 6 in umbellis 

 axillaribus. 



A scandent shrub, the nodes armed with short, sharp, straight 

 spines 2 mm long or less, the branchlets terete, brownish, 

 pubescent. Leaves lanceolate to broadly lanceolate, rarely ovate- 

 lanceolate, chartaceous, 9 to 19 cm long, 2 to 4.5 cm wide, 

 green and of about the same color on both surfaces when dry, 

 slightly shining, the upper surface quite glabrous or the midrib 

 slightly pubescent, the lower surface softly pubescent at least on 

 the midrib and nerves, base rounded, gradually narrowed up- 

 ward from about the middle to the long and slender acumen, 

 sometimes slightly falcate; lateral nerves about 11 on each side of 

 the midrib, spreading, prominent, looped-anastomosing, the 

 recticulations lax, distinct; petioles pubescent, about 2 mm long. 

 Umbels axillary, solitary, the peduncles pubescent, slender, 1 

 to 1.5 cm long, 4- to 6-flowered, the pedicels 2 to 3 cm in length, 

 slender. Sepals 5 to 6 mm long, concave, orbicular-elliptic, 

 rounded. Petals hyaline, thin, oblong, rounded, about 3.5 mm 

 long, base truncate, margins ciliate. Stamens numerous, their 

 filaments about 2 cm long; anthers narrowly oblong, 2 mm long. 

 Gynophore slender, 3 cm in length in anthesis, elongated and 

 3.5 to 5 cm in length in fruit; ovary narrowly ovoid. Fruit 

 (immature) ellipsoid, fleshy, 1.8 cm long. 



Luzon, Province of Rizal, Montalban, Loher 2016 Augxist, 1890, in herb. 

 Kew., 6787 (type), November, 1905. 



A species well characterized by its long and slenderly acuminate 

 pubescent leaves, its axillary, solitary, few-flow^ered umbels, its long- 

 pedicelled flow^ers, and greatly elongated gynophore. It is allied to Capparis 

 lobbiana Turcz., but is very different from that species in vegetative and 

 many other characters. 



CAPPARIS LITTORALIS sp. nov. 



Species C. lobbianae Turcz., similis et affinis, differt omnibus 

 partibus glabris, vix molliter pubescentibus. 



An erect (or somewhat scandent?) shrub about 2 m high, 



