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CAPPARIDE^E. VII. CORYNANDRA. VIII. CRAT.EVA. IX. RICHIEA. 



avijp avSpof, aner andros, a male ; because of the filaments being 

 club-shaped at the top.) Schrad. ex Spreng. syst. append, p. 201 

 and 204. 



LIN. SYST. Polyandria, Monogynia. Calyx of 4 sepals. 

 Petals 4. Stamens numerous ; filaments clubbed at the top un- 

 der the anthers, and coloured ; anthers curved. Silique sessile. 

 2-valved, many-seeded. An annual erect herb, with the lower 

 leaves quinate and the upper ones ternate ; leaflets lanceolate, 

 linear. Flowers in corymbs, with white petals and red filaments. 



1 C. PULCHE'LLA (Schrad. 1. c.) O- H. Native of Nipaul 

 and China. This is an elegant plant. 



Pretty Corynandra. Fl. July. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



Cult. The seeds of this pretty annual plant should be sown 

 in a pot, in the month of March, and when the plants are of suf- 

 ficient size, which will be in May, they should be planted out into 

 the border in a warm situation, where they will flower and ripen 

 seed. 



Tribe II. 



CAPPA'REjE (plants agreeing in some characters with Cap- 

 paris.) D. C. prod. 1. p. 242, Fruit somewhat fleshy, indehis- 

 cent (f. 52. f.). Shrubs or trees, with simple or ternate leaves. 



VIII. CRAT^VA (to the memory of Cratsevus, a Greek 

 botanist, who lived in the time of Hippocrates.) Lin. gen. 599. 

 D. C. prod. 1. p. 242. 



LIN. SYST. Polyandria, Monogynia. Calyx 4-sepalled. Pe- 

 tals 4, larger than the calyx. Stamens 8-28. Torus elongated 

 or hemispherical. Berry stipitate, with a very thin skin, ovate- 

 globose, pulpy in the inside. Unarmed shrubs or trees, with 

 trifoliate leaves and terminal cymes or racemes of largish flowers. 

 This genus differs particularly in the open aestivation of the 

 petals. The flowers are sometimes polygamous. 



1 C. OYNA'NDRA (Lin. spec. 636.) stamens 20-24, inserted on 

 the cylindrical receptacle, longer than the petals ; berry ovate ; 

 leaflets ovate, acute ; petals lanceolate. Jj . S. Native of bushy 

 places near the sea in Jamaica. Pluk. phyt. t. 1 47. f. 6. Flowers 

 in panicled racemes, with whitish petals and purplish stamens, and 

 anthers. This plant has a nauseous smell and a burning taste. 



Gynandrous Garlic Pear. Fl. ? Clt. 1789. Tree 12 to 16 feet. 



2 C. REUGIOSA (Forst. prod. 203.) stamens 20-28, inserted 

 in an annular torus, length of petals ; berry oval ; leaflets lan- 

 ceolate-elliptical, acute. Tj . S. Native of Malabar and the 

 Society Islands. Rheecl. mal. 3. t. 42. Flowers greenish- 

 white, with red stamens. In the Society Islands this tree is 

 planted in burial grounds, and is supposed to be sacred to their 

 idols. In Otaheite the tree is called Pura-au and Puratarura. 



Sacred Garlic-Pear. Tree 20 feet. 



3 C. IJETA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 243.) stamens 20-24, inserted 

 in an annular torus, longer than the petals ; berry oval ; leaflets 

 ovate, acuminated, unequal at the base. 17 . S. Native of 

 Senegal. Flowers whitish, with reddish stamens, sometimes poly- 

 gamous. Perhaps the same as C. Adansbn'ri. 



Fruitful Garlic-Pear. Tree 20 feet. 



4 C. TA'PIA (Lin. spec. 637.) stamens 8-16, inserted in a 

 cylindrical torus, nearly one-half shorter than the pedicel of the 

 fruit and petals ; berry globose ; leaflets ovate-acuminated, un- 

 equal at the base ; petals narrow. Tj . S. Native of the West 

 India Islands and South America. Plum. gen. t. 21. Pis. bras, 

 t. 69. The plant from the West India Islands is octandrous, and 

 the one from South America is dodecandrous ; and therefore pro- 

 bably distinct species. Flowers on long peduncles, forming loose 

 terminal panicled racemes, whitish. The fruit is as large as an 

 orange, and when ripe l.as a strong scent of garlic, which is 

 communicated to the animals that feed on it. Tapia is the 

 American name of the tree. 



Tapia or Common Garlic-Pear. Clt. 1 752. Tree 30 to 40 ft. 



5 C. ADANSONII (D. C. prod. 1. p. 243.) stamens 12-16, in- 

 serted in a short torus ; berry globose ; leaflets oblong, acumi- 

 nated, almost equal at the base, but the lateral leaflets have un- 

 equal sides. *;. S, Native of Senegal. Cratae'va Tapia, 

 Adans. in herb. Juss. This plant is very like C. Tapia. 

 Flowers whitish-green, with reddish stamens. 



Adanson's Garlic-Pear. Tree 30 feet. 



6 C. ROXBU'RGHH (R. Br. in append, to Denh. and Clapp. 

 trav.) stamens numerous ; leaflets ovate, unequal ; petals ovate- 

 roundish, fj . S. Native of the East Indies. Fruit and 

 flowers like those of C. Tapia. C. Tapia, Vahl. symb. 3. p. 

 61. Capparis trifoliata, Roxb. mss. This species comes very 

 near to C. Adansbnii, but the lateral leaflets are more unequal ; 

 this consists of the greater decurrence of the lamina on the outer 

 side of the lateral leaflets. 



Roxburgh's Garlic-Pear. Tree 30 feet. 



7 C. TAPJOI'DES (D. C. prod. 1. p. 243.) stamens 8-16, in- 

 serted in a short torus, twice as long as the oblong stipitate 

 petals, and almost equalling the pedicel of the fruit ; leaflets 

 ovate, terminal one bluntish, lateral ones acuminated. fy . S. 

 Native of South America. Capparis trifoliata, Spreng. in herb. 

 Balb. Flowers white, with red stamens. 



Tapia-like Garlic-Pear. Clt. 1820. Tree 20 feet. 



8 C. ACUMINA'TA (D. C. prodr. 1. p. 243.) stamens 12 to 16, 

 inserted in a short torus, a little longer than the oblong petals ; 

 leaflets ovate, much pointed, lateral ones unequal at the base. 

 Tj . S. Native of French Guiana. Flowers white, in spreading 

 terminal racemes. This is probably the same as C. Tapia, 



Acuminaled-\ea.\e& Garlic-Pear. Tree 30 feet. 



9 C. OBOVA'TA (Vahl. symb. 1. p. 61.) stamens 12, inserted 

 in an annular torus, longer than the petals ; berry cylindrical ; 

 leaflets obovate. Tj . S. Native of Madagascar. O'thrys, Pet. 

 Th. gen. mad. no. 44. Flowers white. Fruit eatable. 



Obovate-]ea.veA Garlic-Pear. Tree 20 feet? 



10 C. MAGNA (D. C. prodr. 1. p. 243.) stamens 12 to 24, 

 very long, inserted in a hemispherical torus ; berry ovate ; leaf- 

 lets oval-lanceolate ; petals ovate. T? . G. Native of Cochin- 

 China. Capparis magna, Lour, cochin, p. 331. Flowers large, 

 white. Fruit roundish, ash-coloured, eatable. 



Large Garlic-Pear. Tree 30 feet. 



11C. FALCA'TA (D. C. prod. l.p. 243.) stamens 12 to 16, in- 

 serted in a short torus ; berry oblong ; lateral leaflets falcate at 

 the base. Tj . G. Native of China, near Canton. Capparis 

 falcata, Lour, cochin, p. 331. Flowers large, white. Berry ob- 

 long, red. 



Falcate-leaved Garlic-Pear. Tree 30 to 40 feet. 



12 C. RADIATIFLORA (D. C. prodr. l.p. 243.) stamens inde- 

 finite, inserted in an annular torus ; berry roundish-oval, pen- 

 dulous ; leaflets ovate or obovate, acuminated, shining. Tj . S. 

 Native in woods of Guayaquil. Capparis radiatiflora, Ruiz, et 

 Pav. fl. per. 5. t. 433. Flower white, large. 



Radiate-flowered Garlic-Pear. Tree 30 feet. 



13 C. UNILOCULA'RIS (Hamilt. in Lin. trans, vol. 15.) sta- 

 mens 16, inserted on a short torus; petals ovate, with the claws 

 longer than the calyx ; berry oblong. T? . S. Native of the 

 East Indies. Flowers either of separate sexes, or hermaphro- 

 dite. The tree is called Borun in Bengalese. 



Unilocular Garlic-Pear. Tree 30 feet. 



Cult. The species of Cratte'va require a soil composed of 

 loam, peat and rotten dung. Cuttings of all will root freely, if 

 planted in a pot of sand, and placed under a hand-glass, in heat. 



IX. RICHIE'A, (to the memory of Mr. Richie ; the African 

 traveller, died 1821, at Tripoli.) R. Br. in app. to Denh. et Clapp. 

 trav. 



