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Rock Caper-tree. Shrub 10 feet. 



85 C. RACEMO'SA (Mill. diet. no. 5.) leaves opposite, on long 

 footstalks, ovate ; peduncles 2-3-flowered. fj . S. Native of 

 New Spain, near Carthagena. Flowers white. Siliques 2 or 3 

 inches long, the thickness of a man's little finger. 



Racemose Caper-tree. Tree 20 feet. 



86 C. DIDYMOBOTRYS (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 5. t. 429. f. b. 

 ined. D. C. prod. 1. p. 253.) leaves oval, emarginate, some- 

 what keeled, upper surface shining ; axillary glands none ; pe- 

 duncles axillary, racemose, in pairs, distich ; siliques very long. 

 fy . S. Native of Guayaquil, in woods. Flowers white. 



Double-bunched Caper-tree. Shrub 8 feet. 



87 C. MACROCA'RPA (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. ined. 5. t. 530. et 

 D. C. prod. 1. p. 250.) leaves smooth, oval, mucronate ; glands 

 of the calyx large ; sepals and petals acute ; berry roundish. 

 Tj . S. Native of Guayaquil, in woods, and near Loxa. Per- 

 haps a proper section. Flowers white. 



Large-fruited Caper-tree. Shrub 10 feet. 



SECT. IV. CALA'NTHEA (from /caXoc, kalos, beautiful, and avQog, 

 anthos, a flower ; because of the species contained in this section 

 bearing beautiful flowers). D. C. prod. 1. p. 150. Sepals some- 

 what linear, acute, reflexed, distant at the base. Fruit roundish. 

 Species all from America. 



88 C. PULCHE'RRIMA (Jacq. amer. t. 106.) leaves smooth, 

 oblong, blunt, on very short footstalks ; axillary glands none ; 

 racemes terminal, simple ; fruit somewhat pointed with the style, 

 fj . S. Native of Carthagena on declivities of mountains. C. 

 arborescens, Mill. diet. no. 21. Petals pale yellow, woolly, 

 oblong ; filaments at first white, then beautiful purple. Berry 

 yellow. 



Very-fair Caper-tree. Clt. 1700. Shrub 12 to 14 feet. 



89 C. NEMORO'SA (Jacq. amer. ed. pict. t. 156.) leaves ovate, 

 acuminate, upper surface smooth, under surface clothed with 

 deciduous wool; fruit ovate-oblong. J? . S. Native of Car- 

 thagena in woods. Flowers unknown. 



Grove Caper-tree. Tree 20 feet. 



SECT. V. BREYNIA'STRUM (plant like Cdpparis Breynia). 

 D. C. prod. 1. p. 250. Breyniae spec. Plum. gen. t. 16. not of 

 Forst. Sepals much smaller than the petals, triangular, acute. 

 Berry oblong. Stalk of fruit shortish. Unarmed species from 

 America. Peduncles axillary, many-flowered. 



" Flowers polyandrous. 



90 C. AMYGDALA NA (Lam. diet. 1. t. 608. exclusive of the 

 synonym of Jacq. and Lin.) leaves elliptical-oblong, narrowed 

 towards both ends, with a callous point ; upper surface smooth, 

 under surface covered with silvery scaly dots as well as the 

 branches ; peduncles axillary, compressed, corymbiferous. Jj S. 

 Native of the West India islands and the continent of South 

 America. Brey. icon. rar. p. 13. icone. Plum. gen. 40. t. 16. 

 Pods a foot long. Flowers white. 



Var. /3, umbellata (H. B. et Kunth, nov. spec. 5. p. 97.) differ- 

 ing from the species by the leaves being a little narrower. 

 Almond-like Caper-tree. Clt. 1818. Shrub 6 feet. 



91 C. BARCELLONE'NSIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. spec. 5. p. 97.) 

 leaves elliptical-oblong, acuminate, upper surface of younger 

 leaves pubescent, under surface scaly, as well as the branches ; 

 peduncles axillary and terminal, racemiferous. Jj . S. Native of 

 New Barcelona in bushy places. Flowers whitish. 



Barcelona Caper-tree. Shrub 8 feet. 



92 C. COMOSA (Jacq. amer. t. 160.) leaves lanceolate, stalked; 

 upper surface smooth, under surface grey-woolly ; peduncles 



FIG. 53. 



many-flowered ; stamens shorter than the corolla. Tj . S. Na- 

 tive of St. Domingo in inundated places by the sea- side. Flowers 

 white, sweet-scented. 



Tufted Caper-tree. Shrub 6 feet. 



93 C. ODORATI'SSIMA (Jacq. hort. 

 Schoenbr. t. 110.) leaves oblong, 

 acuminate, on long footstalks, upper 

 surface smooth, under surface co- 

 vered with little hard scales ; pe- 

 duncles racemiferous at the top ; 

 stamens 28-32, length of corolla. 

 Tj . S. Native of Caraccas. Flowers 



violet, sweet-scented ; about the 

 size of a myrtle, with yellow an- 

 thers (f. 53.). 



Most-sweet-scented Caper-tree. 

 Clt. 1814. Shrub 6 feet. 



94 C. PACHA CA (H. B. et Kunth, 

 nov. spec. 5. p. 93.) leaves ovate- 

 elliptical, somewhat emarginate, 

 leathery, smooth, on very short 



footstalks ; racemes terminal, few-flowered ; fruit somewhat 

 globose, pendulous. Tj . S. Native of Cumana in woods. 

 Flowers green. Pachaca is the native name of the tree. 

 Pachaca Caper-tree. Tree 25 feet. 



95 C. SCA'BRIDA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. spec. 5. p. 95.) leaves 

 oblong, blunt at the base, acutish at the top, upper surface 

 roughish, under surface somewhat velvety, on long footstalks ; 

 branches and racemes tomentose; stamens 24, villous at the 

 base. Tj . S. Native of South America. Fruit ovate-oblong, 

 1-j- inch long. Sepals oval-oblong, conniving into an ovate bud. 

 Flowers white. Perhaps a separate section. 



Roughish-leaved. Caper-tree. Shrub 6 feet. 



96 C. TENUISI'LIQUA (Jacq. amer. 1. 105.) leaves lanceolate or 

 ovate, smooth, stalked ; racemes terminal, many-flowered ; sta- 

 mens 16-24, and are as well as the siliques very long. >j . S. 

 Native of Carthagena, very frequent. Flowers greenish-white. 

 Leaves deciduous. 



Slender-siliqued Caper-tree. Clt. 1822. Shrub 15 feet. 



97 C. OBOVATIFO V LIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. spec. 5. p. 92.) 

 leaves elliptical-obovate, somewhat cordate, smooth, on very 

 long footstalks ; racemes somewhat axillary, many-flowered ; 

 siliques somewhat elongated, pendulous. Tj . S. Native near 

 Cumana. Flowers white ? 



Obovate-leetved Caper-tree. Shrub 6 feet. 



98 C. BREVisi'uauA (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. ined. icon. D.C. 

 prod. 1. p. 251.) leaves elliptical, blunt, emarginate, smooth, on 

 short footstalks ; pedicels terminal, 2-3-flowered, umbellate ; 

 siliques torulose, twice the length of their stalks. J; . S. Na- 

 tive of New Spain. Petals oblong-spatulate, whitish- green. 



Short-siliqued Caper-tree. Shrub 6 feet. 



99 C.?ovALir6LiA (Ruiz, & Pav. fl.per.t. 432. f. a. ined. D.C. 

 prod. 1. p. 253.) leaves oval, mucronate or emarginate, under 

 surface hoary-tomentose ; racemes many-flowered, axillary and 

 terminal; calyx 4-notched; glands of calyx scale-formed, ciliated; 

 stalk of fruit short. Tj . S. Native of Peru at lea and of Guaya- 

 quil. Petals unguiculate, yellowish, with a purple margin. 

 Stamens declinate, 12-18 ; exterior ones at the base somewhat 

 monadelphous. Fruit oval. 



Oval-leaved Caper-tree. Shrub 1 feet. 



* * Flowers octandrous. 



100 C. ANGUSTIFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. spec. 5. p. 96. t.438. 

 leaves linear, somewhat cordate at the base, on very short foot- 

 stalks ; upper surface smooth, under surface somewhat pubes- 

 cent ; peduncles corymbose, and are velvety, as well as the branch- 



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