Cap-par is. 



X. CAPPARIDACE^. 



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nerves 7 pairs, curving and inarching within tlie margin, prominent 

 beneath, 4*5 to 5-5 in. long, 1-5 to 2*25 in. wide ; petioles -5 in. long. 

 Fruit solitary axillary globose, 1-5 to 2 in. through deep yellow. 

 Gynophore stout 2'5 in. long; pedicel i"5 in. long. Hah. Perak, 

 Gunong Bubu, at 400 to 800 ft. altitude (Kunstler). Flowers 

 unknown. 



(6) C. micracantha DC. Prodr. i. 247; Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 

 179 ; King, I.e. 394. 



Fig. II. — Capparis micracantha. 



A thorny bush, glabrous, spines in pairs, stipular, straight. 

 Leaves thinly coriaceous dark green, broadly lanceolate to ovate 

 acutely acuminate, base cuneate or rounded; nerves 7 or 8 pairs, 

 3 to 6 in. long, 1*5 to 2*5 in. wide; petioles "3 in. long. Flowers 2 

 or 3 together, supra-axillary i to i'5 in. across. Sepals oblong, 

 puberulous. Petals oblong white, the two lower ones with an 

 orange blotch, soon turning deep purple, at the base. Stamens 

 15 to 20, shorter than the gynophore. Fruit, 2 to 3 in. through 



