Capparis.] IX. cappauidace^ (oliver). 97 



with a minute stigma, 1-celled, with 2 placentas ; on a gynophore of about 

 I in. — C.fuscicularis, DC. Prod. i. 248 (C. Braasii, DC. L c. apparently the 

 same, but the specimen very indifferent). 



Upper Guinea. Scnegambia, Perrottet ! Cape Coast ! 

 North Central. Boriiu, E. Yogel ! 



Nile Iiand. Scnnar, Koischy ! Abyssinia, Ferret and Galinier. 

 Var. suhylahra. Loanda, Br. Welwitsch ! 



Scarcely specifically distinct from C. srpiaria, Linn. The flowers are rather larj^cr than 

 in that species. I have not had the opportunity of comparing the fruit. 



6. C. viminea^ Hook.f. and Thorns. Fl. hid. (ined.) A slender shrub, 



with finely striate, g:labrous or glabrate, leafy ramuli. Stipular spines very 

 short, recurved. Leaves membranous, ovate-elliptical or ovate, acute or acu- 

 minate or the apex sometimes obtuse, rounded at the base, glabrous or obso- 

 Ictely pubescent at first, 2-4 in. long, 1-2" in. broad ; petiole 1-2 lines. 

 Flowers axillary, in fascicles of 1-3; pedicels slender, ^-1 in. Buds 

 glabrous. Two outer sepals nearly equalling the bud at expansion, one 

 more or less deeply concave below. Petals tomentose externally. Ovary 

 ovoid, pointed, glabrous. Fruit not seen (globose, " size of small chen-y " 

 in the Indian plant). 



Lower Guinea. Golungo Alto, Angola, Br. Welwitsch ! 

 Occurs also in the Eastern Himalaya and at Tenasserim. 



7. C. Thonningii^ Schum. in Schum. et Thonn. Guin. PI. 236. ^ 

 shrub. Extremities minutely pubescent or glabrate. Stipular spines very 

 short recurved acute. Leaves firmly membranous, oblong-elliptical or ob- 

 long-lanceolate, rather obtuse or emarginate, glabrous and shining above, 

 puberulous or glabrate beneath. If- 2^ in. long, f-l^ in. broad; petiole 

 about 2 lines. Flowers white, fragrant, in pedunculate umbels or corymbose 

 axillary and terminal racemes, sometimes panicled towards the ends of the 

 branches. Peduncles :^-2 in. ; pedicels ^| in. Sepals concave, free, equal. 

 Petals about equalling the sepals. Ovary ovoid or ellipsoidal, on a gyno- 

 phore of 2-3 lines ; stigma sessile, as broad or nearly as broad as the ovary. 

 Fruit globose, orange-coloured, about \ in. diam. or rather less, on a shoit 

 stipes ; several-seeded. — C. linearifoUa, Hook. f. Fl. Nigrit. 217. 



Upper Guinea. Abbeokuta, Irving I Niger, Barter ! Guinea, Thonning. 



Dr. Thomson points out that this species is very nearly allied to C. floribunda, Wt., an 

 Indian species, which dift'ers in wanting the very broad stigma. The h.nne character distiu- 

 guishes it from C. sepiaria, Linn., a common Indian species, to which it is also allied. 



8. C. Rothii, Oliv. Shrnb. Extremities at first puberulous, with very 

 short, recurved prickles. Leaves ovate-oblong or lanceolate, obtuse or emar- 

 ginate, mucronulate, loosely pilose beneath at first with a deciduous tomen- 

 tum, at length glabrous, about 1| in. long, 7-8 lines broad in our specimen ; 

 pedicels 2-3 lines. Flowers in axillary sessile fascicles of 4-6. Pedicels 

 about \ in. long, with the calyx more or less pilose-tomentose with reddish 

 hairs. Sepals nearly equal. Stamens about 20. Ovaryovoid or ellipsoidal, 

 shortly and obtusely pointed. 



Nile Ijand. Abyssinia, Br. Roth ! • n • 



The deciduous, reddish tomentum of the pedicels and sepals recalls C chrgxomcja, lioj. 

 {C. solcDioidcs, Boj. mss.), of Madagascar. 



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