CAPPARIDACEiE. (CAPER FAMILY.) 



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mens 8-t5-QO , free. Ovary long-stipitate. Berry globular or ovate, 

 many-seeded — (Ours) shrubs with simple leaves and thorny stipules. 



* Stamens 8-15. Petals scarcely longer than calyx, red. 



Fig. 58. 



1. C. Sodada, R. 



Br. 5 TimdiW. Branches 

 long, wand-like, decum- 

 bent. Leaves linear-con- 

 volute,.004: long, ending 

 in a pricMy mucro, deci- 

 duous before Jioicering. 

 Berry globular, .008 in 

 diameter, shorter than 

 its stipe, apiculate — 

 Spring — Shittim plain, 

 and southward. 



Capparig Sodada (o) A flower, (ft) A fruit on its long itipe. 



* * Stamens co . Petals much longer than calyx, white, 



2. C. spinosa, L. 5 Thorny Caper. El-Asaf. 1 to 1.5 ; branches 

 decumbent or pendulous. 

 Leaves orUcular or ovate, .03 to 

 .04 long. Sejxds nearly equal. 

 Berry oblong to obovate-oblong, 

 .05 to .08 long, as long as or shor- 

 ter than its stipe — May to July 

 — Everywhere ; usually pendu- 

 lous from face of rocks and 

 walls. 



Var. genuina, Boiss. 

 Glahrescent. Leaves nearly round, 

 retuse. Stipules hooked. Flow- 

 ers .06 to .08 broad — Common. 



Var. canescens, Boiss. 

 More or less pubescent. Leaves 

 ovate or elliptical, often ending 

 in a jjj'icMe. Stipules hooked. 

 Flowers as in last — Common. 



Var. Aeg^yptia, Boiss. 

 C41abrous or pubescent. Leaves 

 fleshy, round, glaucous, obtuse or 

 retuse, with or without prickle. Flowering branch of Capparis spinosa. 



Stipules hooked. Flowers medium-sized — Tripoli ; around the Dead 

 Sea and southward. 



Var. parviflora, Boiss. Oanescent or velvety. Leaves small, 

 ovate-oblong or round, generally acute with prickle at apex. Stipules 

 hooked, often strong. Flowers .O'Z to .04: hroad — Damascus, Zahleh. 



