Cajpparis CAPPARIDACE^ 233 



longissimis argenteis et acutis foliis Pluh. Aim. 328, t. 327, /. 6. 

 Specimen from Plukenet in fruit in Sloane Herb. ci. 168. 



" Habitat in loois apricis maritimisque JamaicsB," Swartz (loc. cit.) — 

 St. Thomas, Antigua, Barbados. 



Leaves, apex very acute, glabrous and shining on the upper surface, 

 scaly beneath, midrib immersed on upper surface and very prominent 

 beneath, nerves and veins obsolete above and faintly indicated beneath, 

 13-20 cm. 1., 1-3-2 cm. br. ; petiole -7-1 cm. 1. Fruit very long, cylin- 

 drical-nodulose, three times as long as the gynophore, measuring with the 

 gynophore about 20 cm. 1., "5 cm. in diam. 



4. C. ferruginea L. Syst. ed. 10, 1071 (1759) (excl. ref. to 

 Browne), plant mostly covered with stellate hairs ; calyx small, 

 deeply cleft, segments subulate or lanceolate, open in bud ; 

 stamens usually 8, about as long as the petals ; fruit small, 

 subglobose, 2 or 3 times as long as the gynophore (4-5 mm. 1.) — 

 L. Amoen. v. 398 & % PI. ed. 2, 721 ; Sw. Oh. 208 ; Macf. Jam. 

 i. 38 ; Griseb. op. cit. 17 ; Eichl. torn. cit. 274. C. elaeagnifolia 

 Jacq. Enum. PI. Carih. 23 (1760). C. octandra Jacq. Sel. Stirp. 

 Amer. 160 t. 100 (1763) & Ed. pict. t. 149. Breynia fruticosa 

 foliis singularibus &c. Browne Hist. Jam. 246 (excl. t. 27, /. 2). 

 Cratseva fruticosa foliis singularibus &c. Browne Hist. Jam. 247, 

 t. 28./. 1. There is a specimen from Browne in Herb. Linn, 

 with name " ferruginea " in Solander's writing. 



Mustard Shrub. 



In &. March-May (Sept.) ; in fr. Jan., Apr., June, Sept. ; common near 

 Kingston and in all the lowlands, Browne ! Wright ! Broughton I Shak- 

 spear ! Rockfort ; Ocho Rios ; McNab 1 Windward Road, Kingston, Wilson ! 

 Prior ; March I Lime Cay ; Waterhouse Pen, 250 ft. ; Campbell I Cane 

 River valley, 300 ft. ; near Wareka, 100 ft. ; Yardley Chase, 1600 ft. ; 

 Pedro Blufi ; Negril ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 5800, 6043, 8607, 9624, 9668, 9725, 

 10,227. — Hispaniola (fide Jacquin). 



Shrub or tree to 25 ft. high. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, oblong- 

 oblanceolate or sometimes narrowly elliptical, glabrous above, powdery- 

 pubescent with stellate down beneath, 5-10 (3-) cm. 1., 1-3 "5 (-4) cm. br. ; 

 petioles • 5-1 • 5 cm. 1. Flowers small, odourless but sometimes slightly 

 fragrant, near the top of branches. Calyx 2-2-5 mm. 1. Petals white, 

 sometimes purplish, elliptical, about "5 cm. 1. Fruit to nearly 1-5 cm. 1., 

 dehiscent. Seeds few, compressed. 



The plant has a pungent smell and taste, whence the common name. 



5. C. baducea L. Sp. PI. 504(1753); plant glabrous, without 

 scales ; leaves large, somewhat clustered at intervals, elliptical- 

 oblong, sometimes somewhat obovate, base minutely cordate, 

 stipulate ; calyx 4-lobed, small (2 mm. 1.), lobes imbricate ; 

 stamens as long as the petals ; fruit short, oblong, irregularly 

 nodose-torose, 5 to 10 times as long as the gynophore (5—8 mm. L). 

 — C. frondosa Jacq. Enum. PL Carih. 24 (1760) ; Sel. Stirp. Amer. 

 162. t. 104 & Ed. pict. t. 153; Griseb. op. cit. 19; Eichl. torn, 

 cit. 280 (in part) ; Urh. torn. cit. 253. Specimen from Hortus 

 CliflFortianus in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



