98 IX. CAPPARIDACE^ (oliver). [Capparis. 



9. C. micrantha, Jlich. Fl. Abyss, i. 31. Glaucescent. Leaves elon- 

 gate, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse and emarginate, base obtuse ; short petiole 

 and under surface puberulous, 2 in. long, ^-| in. broad. Stipular spines 

 recurved. Flowers small, 3-5, subcorymbose, pedunculate, terminating 

 pilose branchlets. Sepals deeply concave, glabrous. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Dillon; Bahr-el-Abiad {Schweinf. et Jsch. Enum.). 

 Copied from Richard. 



10. C. re^eiUL? Schum.et Thonn. Gnin. PL 2S1. An unarmed, much- 

 branched shrub, with punctate-scabrid bark. Leaves ovate or ovate-lanceo- 

 late, veiny, glabrous, with a reflexed mucro. Petiole short. Flowers in 

 axillary or terminal corymbose racemes ; pedicels thickened upwards, 1 in. 

 or rather longer. Bracts small, caducous. Calyx 4-partite. Petals twice 

 as long aa the calyx, linear-lanceolate, acuminate. Ovary oblong, on a gyno- 

 phore about as long as the filaments. Stigma subca'pitate, sessile. Fruit 

 oval-oblong, 1^ in. long, obtuse, terete, smooth (not torulose), glabrous. 



Il^per Quinea. On the coast region, here and there, S. and T. 

 This plant is known to me only from the description of the above authors. Can it be a 

 Mama ? 



11. C, Kirkiiy Oliv. A leafy shrub of about 8 ft. in height. Extre- 

 mities minutely pubescent-scabrid, unarmed. Leaves coriaceous, rather large 

 and often crowded on the branches, obovate-oblong or varying from obovate 

 to oblanceolate ; apex rounded obtuse or sometimes subacute, mucronate, 

 usually narrowed to the obtuse or subeordate base, scabrous above, strongly 

 reticulate with a prominent midrib and very shortly pubescent beneath, 3-4 

 in. long, 1-2 in. broad above the middle ; petiole about 1 line. Flowers 

 numerous in terminal umbels or umbellate corymbs. Pedicels shortly pilose, 

 about 1 in. long. Sepals subequal, obovate obtuse, united at the base into a 

 very short tube. Petals obovate-elliptical, sessile, rather shorter than the 

 sepals. Stamens indefinite. Ovaiy narrowed below into the gynophore of 

 about 1 inch, very shortly and obtusely pointed, 1-celled. Young fruit sub- 

 globose. 



Moxamb. Distr. By Lake Nyassa and Upper Shire river (1500 ft.), Dr. Kirk ! 

 A remarkable plant and very distinct from any other tropical African species. The sepals 

 appear to be imbricate in aestivation, but I have not had good buds to examine. 



12. C. erythrocarpa, iser^; Z>C. Profl?. i. 246. A climber. Branches 

 terete, pubescent or glabrous, with, small, recurved, stipular spines. Leaves 

 elliptical, obtuse, minutely emarginate or sometimes acute or shortly acumi- 

 nate, glabrous or pilose-tomentose or pubescent, at length glabrate, firmly 

 membranous or at length somewhat coriaceous, 1^-3 in. long, f-1^ in. broad ; 

 petiole 1-3 lines. Flowers usually axillary, solitary, about 2 in. across, on 

 peduncles of \-^ in. Two outer sepals concave, valvate, in aestivation en- 

 closing the bud ; inner sepals resembling the petals, about twice as long as 

 the outer after expansion, oval-oblong or oblanceolate, about 1 in. in length. 

 Petals more or less pilose-tomentose. Ovary ovoid or lanceolate-ovoid, gla- 

 brous or nearly so, with about 6-8 strong, somewhat winged, longitudinal 

 ridges, 1-locular, on a gynophore of about 1 in. Stigma broad, sessile or 

 subsessile, truncate. Fruit hexagonal, scarlet, about the size of a walnut. — 

 a Afzelii, DC. Prod. i. 246. 



