Capparis.] xi. CAPPARIDE.E. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 179 



25. C. sabicefolia, H. f. & T, ; branches glabrous, thorns 0, leaves 

 glabrous oblong-lanceolate taper-pointed, pedicels 1-2 supra-axillary. 



KHASIA HILLS, alt. 4-6000 ft., H.f. & T. 



A shrub; branches slender. Leaves 3-4 by 1-1 \ in., base acute. Pedicels about 

 4 in., slender, flowers unknown. Fruit pisiform, 1-2-seeded. 



26. C. viminea, //./. & T. ; branches glabrous, thorns or small coni- 

 cal curved, leaves glabrous abruptly taper-pointed acute or obtuse, sepals 

 ovate margins tomentose, petals oblong tomentose outside. 



Tropical valleys of SIKKIM, BHOTAN, ASSAM, and TENASSERIM. 



An erect shrub ; branches long, slender. Leaves 2^-4^ by 1-2 in., thin ; petiole ^ in. 

 Flowers 1 in. diam. ; white, 2-5 in a series, axillary, pedicels 4~1 in. Fruit 4 in. 

 diam., globose, purple, glabrous, several-seeded. 



27. C. tenera, Dah, in Hook. KewJourn. Sot. ii. 14 ; branches glabrous, 

 thorns hooked, leaves glabrous ovate obovate or oblong acute or abruptly 

 acuminate, flowers small, sepals ovate, margins tomentose, petals tomentose 

 outside. 



From ASSAM to BIRMA and TENASSERIM; CANARA, CONCAN and CEYLON (Kandy, 

 Thwaites). 



A woody climber, branches slender. Leaves 14-3 by f-l| in., young very thin. 

 Flowers |-4 in. diam., 1-3 in a series, axillary ; pedicels |-1 4 in., slender, glabrous. 

 Fruit pisiform, few-seeded. The following vars. all pass one into another. 



VAR. 1. DalzelUi; leaves ovate- lanceolate very membranous, flowers often solitary. 

 C. tenera, Dalz. I.e. 



VAR. 2. zeylanica ; leaves ovate, old firm and coriaceous, flowers 2-3 in a series. 

 C. uncinata, Wall. Cat. 6998. C. tetrasperma, Thwaites Enum. 15. 



VAR. 3. latifolia; leaves obovate-oblong abruptly acuminate, old coriaceous, flowers 

 4-6 in a series. C. oxyphylla, Wall. Cat. 6997 (not of Miguel}. 



28. C. Finlaysoniana, Wall. Cat. 6992 E (not A} ; branches glabrous, 

 thorns very small nearly straight, leaves glabrous broad lanceolate obscurely 

 reticulate above, sepals lanceolate acute glabrous. 



SINGAPORE, Wallich, &c. DISTRIB. Sumatra, Borneo. 



An erect? glabrous shrub. Leaves 6-8 by 14-3 in. ; coriaceous, smooth, shining, 

 pale and yellow when dry below. Flowers (buds only) on the young branches supra- 

 axillary, solitary or 2 in a series, appearing racemed when the leaves fall away ; pedi- 

 cels 4~1 in. slender, fruit (immature) ovoid-oblong, glabrous, ribbed, long-pedicelled. 

 Flowei's of Bornean specimens rose-coloured. Buds and flowers larger than in C. micra- 

 cantha and leaves not evidently cordate at base. 



29. C. micracant!ia, DC Prodr. i. 247 ; branches glabrous, thorns very 

 small conic straight, leaves oblong or broad-lanceolate shining and very 

 reticulate above, sepals oblong acute ciliate. Blume Bijd. 52 ; Mia. Fl. Ned. 

 2nd. i. pt. 2, 99. 0. callosa, Blume I.e. 53. C. conspicua and C. Finlay- 

 soniana, Wall. Cat. 6991 and 6992 A (not B\ 



PEGU, TENASSERIM, Wallich, c. DISTRIB. Siam, Java, Timor, Philippines. 



A large shrub or small tree ; bark smooth. Leaves 4-8 by 2-34 m -> coriaceous, 

 lower obtuse at both ends, upper narrowed towards the rounded or subcordate base, 

 tip acute callous, pale beneath ; petiole ^~4 in. Flowers 14 in. diam., 2-4 in a series, 

 supra-axillary; pedicels 4 in- or less. Petals 1 in., oblong. Ovary glabrous. Fruit 

 2-3 in., ovoid or subglobose, smooth. 



Inflorescence unknown. 



30. C. flavicans, Wall. Cat. 7003; branches tomentose, thorns 0, leaves 

 glabrous oblong or obovate-oblong obtuse or retuse and mucronate 3-5 pli- 

 nerved, fruit solitary. 



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