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CAPPARIDE^:. XV. CAPPARIS. 



lets. Tj . S. Native between Mexico and Acapulco. Branchlets 

 sulcately-angular. Bud of flower ovate, woolly. Flowers white. 

 Na.rrorv-lea.ved Caper-tree. Shrub 6 feet. 



101 C. FERRUGI'NEA (Lin. annpn. 5. p. 398.) leaves lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, stalked, upper surface smooth, under surface 

 covered with rusty hard scaly-like hairs ; branchlets downy ; pe- 

 tioles rusty ; peduncles axillary, corymbosely-racemose at the top. 



fj . S. Native of Jamaica in bushy places by the sea-side, as 

 well as in St. Domingo. Browne, jam. t. 28. f. 1. C. octandra, 

 Jacq. amer. t. 100. Flowers white, scentless, fragrant or fetid, 

 according to various authors. The plant is strongly impregnated 

 with an acrid volatile salt, like the mustard tribe ; and hence in 

 Jamaica it has obtained the name of the Mustard Shrub. (Br.jam.) 

 Rusty Caper-tree. Clt. ? Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



102 C. INCA'NA (H. B. etKunth, nov. spec. 5. p. 94.) leaves 

 ovate-oblong, very much pointed, and are as well as the branchlets 

 covered with appressed velvety wool ; racemes few-flowered, 

 somewhat shorter than the leaves, fj . S. Native of South 

 America between Mescala and Estola. Petals white, downy on 

 the outside. Filaments of stamens very short. Fruit ovate, 

 hoary, tomentose. 



Hoary Caper-tree. Tree 30 feet. 



103 C. COKDA'TA (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 5. t. 432. f. b. ined. 

 D. C. prod. 1. p. 251.) leaves cordate, roundish, woolly on both 

 surfaces with stellate down ; peduncles racemose, few-flowered ; 

 berry somewhat globose, few-seeded. Tj . S. Native of Guaya- 

 quil. Flowers white. 



Cordate-leaved Caper-tree. Shrub 8 feet. 



SECT. VI. QUADRE'LLA (from quadratus, square ; form of 

 flower-bud) D. C. prod. 1. p. 251. Flower-bud somewhat 

 quadrate, with the sepals valvate in the bud, with their margins 

 somewhat revolute, and hence the sutures are rather prominent. 

 Siliques dehiscent. Stalk of fruit elongated. Unarmed species 

 from America, velvety or covered with scales. Peduncles ax- 

 illary, many-flowered. 



104 C. CROTONOI'DES (H. B. et Kunth, nov. spec. 5. p. 95. t. 

 437.) leaves cordate-roundish, stalked, upper surface villous, 

 under surface downy, as well as the branches ; racemes angular, 

 terminal, few-flowered ; stamens 8 ; fruit globose. Tj . S. Na- 

 tive in hot places by the river Magdalena. Flowers yellow. 



Croton-like Caper-tree. Shrub 8 feet. 



105 C. FURFURA'CEA (Ruiz, et Pav. in herb. Lamb. D. C. 

 prod. 1. p. 252.) leaves elliptical-oblong, blunt, stalked, upper 

 surface glabrous, under surface, as well as branches and foot- 

 stalks velvety ; racemes terminal, angular, many-flowered ; 

 stamens 12, hispid at the base, fy . S. Native of Mexico. 

 Flowers white. 



Scurfy Caper-tree. Shrub 6 feet. 



106 C. SIDJEFOLIA (Ruiz, et Pav. in herb. Lamb. D. C. prod. 

 1. p. 252.) leaves ovate, cordate at the base, stalked, upper sur- 

 face in the adult leaves glabrous, under surface velvety with 

 starry down, as well as the branches ; racemes terminal, shorter 

 than the leaves, somewhat corymbose. fy . S. Native of Peru. 

 Stamens and fruit unknown. 



Sida-leaved Caper-tree. Shrub 6 feet. 



107 C. BRE'YNIA (Lin. spec. 721. Jacq. amer. t. 103. pict. t. 

 152.) leaves elliptical, leathery, stalked, upper surface gla- 

 brous, under surface scaly, as well as the branchlets ; peduncles 

 angular, racemosely-corymbose ; stamens 1 6 ; siliques very 

 long. Jj . S. Native of the West India islands and the South 

 American continent towards the sea in dry coppices. Breynia 



Indica and C. cynophallophora, Lin. spec. ed. 1. p. 503. Breyn. 



icon. 1 3. Leaves covered beneath with a mixture of small sil- 

 very and rust-coloured dots or scales. Petals white, tinged with 

 purple ; anthers yellow. Flowers about the size ef a myrtle. 



Far. ft, uniflora (D. C. prod. 1. p. 252.) C. siliquosa, Lin. 

 spec. 721. exclusive of the synonyms. This variety has a shorter 

 fruit stalk and very acute leaves, the upper surface is glitter- 

 ing, and the lower surface is covered with ferrugineous and 

 silvery scales or dots. 



Breynius's Caper-tree. Fl. Clt. 1752. Shrub 12 feet. 



108 C. JAMAICE'NSIS (Jacq. amer. t. 101.) leaves oblong, 

 emarginate, leathery, upper surface glabrous, under surface and 

 branches covered with grey tomentum ; peduncles few-flowered ; 

 stamens 20. T; . S. Native of Jamaica. Fruit like those of C. 

 Breynia, and probably only a variety of it. Flowers yellowish- 

 white, fragrant. 



Jamaica Caper-tree. Clt. 1793. Shrub 6 feet. 



109 C. TORULOSA (Swz. fl. hid. occ. 2. p. 932.) leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, leathery, stalked, upper surface glabrous, under sur- 

 face scaly, as well as the branches ; peduncles few-flowered, 

 racemosely-corymbose ; stamens 28 ; siliques very long. Tj . S. 

 Native of the mountains of Jamaica and Barbadoes in bushy 

 places. Flowers white. Brown, jam. p. 246-2. 



TorttiW-siliqued Caper-tree. Clt. 1822. Shrub 6 feet. 



110 C. INTERME DIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. spec. 5. p. 98.) 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, leathery, stalked, upper surface gla- 

 brous, under surface, as well as branchlets, scaly ; peduncles 

 few-flowered, racemosely-corymbose at the top ; siliques terete, 

 stalk of fruit short and thick. T? . S. Native of Cumana, where 

 it is called Olive. Flowers white. 



Intermediate Caper-tree. Shrub 10 feet. 



111 C. COMMUTA'TA -(Spreng. new. entd. 3. p. 57.) leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, glabrous ; peduncles racemose, elongated, 

 naked ; stamens shorter than the corolla. T; . S. Native of 

 Guadaloupe and Martinico. Habit of C. Breynia. Flowers 

 white ? 



Changed Caper-tree. Shrub 8 feet. 



j- Capparides ; uncertain to nhich of the sections they belong. 

 * Species natives of the old world. 



112 C. MITHRIDA'TICA (Forsk. descr. 99.) leaves linear-lan- 

 ceolate, blunt, glabrous, pendulous, stalked. Jj . G. Native of 

 Arabia about Surdub. Perhaps a species of Capparis. 



Mithridate Caper-tree. Shrub 6 feet. 



N.B. Capparis Dahim of the same author is omitted, because 

 it is evident from his description that it is a species of Zygo- 

 phyllum or Ccesalpinia. 



* Unarmed species from America. 



113 C. NI'TIDA (Ruiz, et Pav. ined. in litt. B.C. prod. 1. p. 

 252.) leaves oblong, acuminated, shining, glabrous, stalked ; pe- 

 duncles axillary, 1 -flowered; fruit oval. T? S. Native of the 

 Andes of Peru in groves. Flowers yellow. 



Shining- leaved Caper-tree. Tree 30 feet. 



114 C. FRUTICOSA (Mill. diet. no. 7.) leaves lanceolate, acute, 

 leathery, on short footstalks ; flowers axillary, on short pedicels. 

 Tj . S. Native of South America near Tolu. Petals white ; 

 anthers purple ; filaments white. 



Shrubby Caper-tree. Shrub 14 feet. 



115 C. AVICENNI^EFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. spec. 5. p. 

 94.) leaves elliptical, blunt at both ends, on very short foot- 

 stalks, upper surface glabrous, under surface as well as younger 

 leaves canescent ; racemes shorter than the leaves ; calyx cam- 

 panulate, 4-lobed ; stamens scarcely exceeding the petals in 

 length ; fruit globose. Tj . S. Native of South America in the 

 sand on the shores of the Pacific ocean and about Guayaquil. 

 Flowers white. 



Avicennia-leaved Caper-tree. Shrub 12 feet. 



116 C. LONGIFOLIA (Swz. prod. 81.) leaves linear, acuminate, 



