Capparis.] IX. CAPPAKIDACEiE (OLlVER). 99 



Upper Guinea. Gmnea, TAonninff ; Accra, T. Vogel ! Sierra Leouc, ^/z^/iW / Gam- 

 bia, Whitfield! 



Nile Ijand. White Nile, Murie ! 



Ijower Ooinea. Angola, various provinces, Dr. Weltoitach I Congo, Smith ! 



13. C. rosea, OUv. Extremities pilose-tomentose at length glabrate, 

 with very short, rather recurved, stipular spines. Leaves elliptical, obtuse, 

 raucronulate, pubescent or sparsely tomentose at first, at length glabrate and 

 rather coriaceous, 1-1^ in. long or less, 5-7 lines broad; petiole 1-2 lines. 

 Flowers axillary, solitary, 1-1^ in. across, on peduncles of \-\ in. Sepals 

 concave, tomentose externally, spreading or recurved, and much shorter than 

 the bud before expansion. Inner sepals petaloid, 3-4 times longer than the 

 outer sepals. Stamens indefinite. Ovary oblong-ovoid, with about 8 strong 

 longitudinal ridges, tomentose. Stigma sessile, truncate, nearly as broad as 

 the ovary. Pruit ellipsoidal, strongly ridged, very shortly narrowed at each 

 end, on a stipes of 1 in. — Petersia rosea, Kl. in Peters' Mossamb. Bot. 168. 

 t. 30. 



Moxamb. Distr. By Lake Nyassa and Zambesi, Dr. Kirk ! Rios de Sena, Peters ! 



10. CRATJEVA, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. 110. 



Calyx 4-partite ; lobes distinct from the base and open in aestivation in the 

 African species. Petals 4, elliptical or ovate, penniveined, with a long claw. 

 Stamens usually 16-20, inserted on the more or less dilated torus ; filaments 

 free, filiform. Ovary ovoid or globose on a long gynophore, 1 -celled with 2 

 niultiovulate placentas or 2-celled owing to the cohesion more or less of the 

 placentas. Stigma sessile. Fruit globose or ovoid with a coriaceous rind. 

 Seeds indefinite, reniform ; testa coriaceous ; radicle conical, incumbent. — 

 Trees or shmbs. Leaves 3-foliolate. Flowers corymbose, shovvy. 



A small genus, occurring in tropical countries of both hemispheres. But one specie* 

 occurs in tropical Africa. There are one or two peculiar species in Madagascar. 



1. C. religiosa, Furst.; DC. Prod. i. 243. A tree attaining about 20 

 ft. Branches glabrous, smooth or slightly verrucose. Leaves 3-foliolat€, 

 usually not developed at the time of flowering. Leaflets membnmous, acu- 

 minate, entire, glabrous, petiolulate, articulated to the petiole, 3-6 in. long; 

 central leaflet elliptical elliptic-lanceolate or oblanceolate, narrowed irflo the 

 petiolule; lateral leaflets usually obliquely ovate-elliptical or rhomboidjl. 

 Flowers polygamous, f-l| in. across, in terminal and lateral many-flowered 

 corymbs. Pedicels ^-2 m. ; upper bracts linear or subulate, caducous. 

 Calyx-lobes oblong or ovate-oblong, distinct, rather acute. Petals enlarging 

 after expansion ; lamina elliptical or ovate, obtuse, claw equalling the sepals. 

 Ovary ellipsoidal to globose, on a gynophore of 1-2 in., 1 -celled or 2-locular 

 at least partially, owing to the cohesion of the placentas. Fruit about the 

 size of an apple, with a coriaceous pericarp on a strong stipes. — C. Adansonii, 

 DC. and C, lata, DC. Prod. i. 243. C. guineeniU, Schum. et Thonn. Guin. 

 PI. 240. 



Upper Qoinea. Senegal, Sieber I Hussenot I Niger, Barter I 

 Horth CentraL Bomou, E. Vogel ! Oudney. 



