CAPPAKIDACE^. (CAPER FAMILY.) 



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mens 8-15-oo , free. Ovary long-stipitate. Berry globular or ovate, 

 many -seeded — (Ours) shrubs with simple leaves and thorny stipulee, 



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



1. C. Sodada, R. 



Br. 5 Tundiib. Branches 

 long, wand-like, decum- 

 bent. Leaves linear-con- 

 volute,.004: long, ending 

 in a priehly mucro, deci- 

 duous l)efore fioioering. 

 Berry globular, .008 in 

 diameter, shorter than 

 its stipe, apiculate — 

 Spring — Shittim plain, 

 and southward. 



Fig. 68. 



Capparis Sodada (a) A flower. (6) A fruit on its long itipe. 



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



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

 decumbent or pendulous. 



Leaves orMcular or ovate, .02 to Fio. 59. 



.04 long. Sepals nearly equal. 



Berry oblong to obovate-oblong, ^ 



. 05 to . 06 long, as long as or shor- 

 ter than its stipe — May to July 

 — Everywhere ; usually pendu- ^ ^ 



lous from face of rocks and ^^^^^^3 5 



walls. 



Var. genuina, Boiss. 



Gkibrescent. Leaves nearly round, 

 Tetuse, Stipules hooked. Flow- 

 ers .06 to .08 broad — Common. 



Var. cane§cen8, Boiss. 

 More or less pubescent. Leaves 

 ovate or elliptical, often ending 

 in a pricJcle. Stipules hooked. 

 Flowers as in last — Common. 



Var. Aeg^yptia, Boiss. 

 CTlabrous or pubescent. Leaves 

 fleshy, round, glaucous, obtuse or 

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

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

 Sea and southward. 



Var. parviflora, Boiss. Oanescent or velvety. Leaveg sm^ll, 

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

 hooked, often strong. Flower; ' ' ' ' - - 



