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vel oblata, basi cuneata vel subacuminata, apice emarginata, 
mucrone indurato reflexo instructa, 5-5-10-5 em. longa, 6-9 cm 
lata, chartacea vel rigide chartacea, pagina superiore glabra vel 
ad costam nervosque laterales pilis paucis stellatis hic et illic 
instructa, inferiore pilis brevibus stellatis albis et ferrugineis 
instructa, nervis lateralibus utrinque 5 supra conspicuis sub- 
prominulis subtus prominentibus rectis intra marginem anasto- 
mosantibus, nervulis pagina utraque conspicuis, petiolo ad 2 em. 
longo pilis iisdem stellatis tecto supra canaliculato suffulta. 
- Flores axillares, seriatim dispositi. Fructus immaturus 1-8 cm. 
longus, pedicello ad 3 em. longo indumento ei ramulorum simili 
tecto et gynophoro ad 4-5 cm. longo praesertim inferne pilosulo 
suffultus. 
Miang Lom, Sak, c. 200 m., deciduous forest at edge of 
swampy ground, Kerr 5738. 
Vern. Kawn Kawng Kria. 
The young fruits have stellate hairs in patches here and there. 
These hairs appear in many cases to be actually in situ but in 
others as if derived from the branches or leaves in the process of 
drying. 
Capparis nana, Craib [Capparidaceae-Cappareae]; species nova 
parvifolia, floribus seriatim dispositis, a C. disticha, Kurz, eiusque 
affinioribus ovario dense tomentoso, gynophoro plus minusve 
glabrescente distinguenda. 
Suffrutex 2-3-pedalis (ex Kerr); ramuli divaricati, graciles, 
fere glabri, pallide virides, striati, aculeis recurvis basi decur- 
rentibus apice nitido-brunneis mox glabris circa 2 mm. longis 
instructi. Folia subrhombeo-ovata, apice acuminata, mucronata, 
basi cuneato-rotundata vel fere rotundata, 3-fere 4 cm. longa, 
1-5-2-2 em. lata, membranacea, pagina utraque sicco viridia, 
inferiore parum pallidiora, superiore primo sparse pilosa, cito 
glabrescentia, inferiore sparse pilosula, nervis lateralibus utrinque 
circa 6 pagina utraque subconspicuis intra marginem anasto- 
mosantibus, costa subtus prominente, petiolo gracili circa 3 mm. 
longo sparse pilosulo supra canaliculato suffulta. Flores axillares, 
solitarii vel ad 3, seriatim dispositi, pedicello gracili ad 1-8 em. 
longo primo sparse pilosulo mox plus minusve glabrescente 
suffulti; alabastra ambitu oblongo-elliptica vel elliptica, viridia, 
albo-pilosula. Sepala oblongo-elliptica, apice rotundata, 4-5 mm. 
longa, 2-25 mm. lata, intra glabra. Petala oblongo-oblanceolata, 
apice rotundata, 6 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata, duo approximata, 
basi callosa, intra pubescentia, dorso densius pilosa. Stamina 8, 
glabra, filamentis circa 1-5 cm. longis, antheris 1-75 mm. longis. 
Pistillum staminibus subaequialtum, gynophoro primo plus 
minusve piloso cito glabrescente; ovarium circa 1 mm. altum, 
in stylum eo paulo breviorem angustatum, cum stylo tomentoso- 
pilosum, placentis tribus pauci-ovulatis. : 
Miiang Petchabun, c. 100 m., often forming wide patches in 
bamboo jungle, Kerr 5723. 
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