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on short footstalks, upper surface glabrous, under surface as 

 well as branchlets covered with mealy scales. Jj . S. Native of 

 Jamaica and Barbadoes. Pluk. phyt. t. 327. f. 6. Flowers 

 white. Perhaps belonging to section Quadrella. 

 Long-leaved Caper-tree. Shrub 8 feet. 



1 1 7 C. DOMINOE'NSIS (Spreng. in herb. Balb. D. C. prod. 1 . 

 p. 253.) leaves oblong, on short footstalks, upper surface gla- 

 brous, under surface as well as branchlets tomentosely-velvety ; 

 peduncles corymbose, few-flowered ; fruit ovate, velvety ; stalk 

 of fruit velvety, f? . S. Native of St. Domingo. Flowers un- 

 known. Perhaps a species of Breyniastrum or Quadi ilia ? 



St. Domingo Caper-tree. Shrub 10 feet. 



118 C. LAURI'NA (H. B. etKunth, nov. spec. 5. p. 93.) leaves 

 oblong, blunt at both ends, stalked, leathery, glabrous ; racemes 

 terminal ; fruit globose, pendulous. Tj . S. Native of Peru 

 near Guancabamba. Flowers violet-coloured. 



Laurel- like Caper-tree. Tree 30 feet. 



119 C. ANGULA'TA (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. 5. per. t. 431. D. C. 

 prod. 1. p. 253.) leaves ovate-oblong, mucronate, stalked, 

 upper surface shining, under surface as well as branches velvety 

 from 1 0-rayed hairs ; peduncles terminal, corymbosely racemose ; 

 fruit ovate, angular. ^ . S. Native of Guayaquil. Fila- 

 ments somewhat monadelphous at the base. Flowers white. 



Angular-fruited Caper- tree. Tree 10 feet. 



120 C. VIRIDIFLORA (H. B. et Kunth. nov. spec. 5. p. 92.) 

 leaves oval-oblong, cordate, mucronulate, on long footstalks, 

 upper surface glabrous, under surface as well as branchlets 

 pubescent ; racemes terminal, angular ; sepals obovate, very 

 short. Tj S. Native near Cumana in shady places. Flowers 

 greenish. Silique linear. 



Green-flowered Caper-tree. Tree 20 feet ? 



121 C. CONFE'RTA (Mill. diet. no. 8. exclusive of the syno- 

 nyms) leaves elliptical, both ends acuminated, glabrous, on long 

 footstalks ; racemes terminal, velvety ; pedicels compressed, 

 shorter than the fruit-stalk. 1? . S. Native of Carthagena. 

 Flowers white. Fruit oval. 



Crowded-flowered Caper-tree. Shrub 8 feet. 



122 C. PELTA'TA ; leaves coriaceous, at first round and peltate 

 at the base, but at length becoming broad, cordate, and acumin- 

 ated, beset with mealy scales while young, as well as the young 

 branches. Jj . S. Native of Caraccas by the sea-side. 



Peltate-leaved Caper-tree. Clt. 1824. Tree 15 feet ? 



* * * Species doubtful whether they belong to Cdpparis. 



123 C.? CANTONE'NSIS (Lour. fl. coch. ed. Willd. 1. p. 404.) 

 stipulas spinose ; leaves ovate, acuminate, glabrous, wrinkled ; 

 peduncles racemose ; flowers 5-petalled. Fj . G. Native of 

 China near Canton. Flowers white. Fruit ovate. 



Canton Caper-tree. Shrub 8 feet. 



124 C. BRE'VIS (Spreng. from Fisch. cat. hort. gorenki, 1808. 

 p. 85.) ovary sessile. Tj . S. Native of? 



.S'Aorf-fruited Caper-tree. Shrub ? 



Cult. All the species of Cdpparis thrive well in a mixture 

 of loam and peat. Cuttings should be taken from young wood, 

 and these will root freely if planted in a pot of sand and placed 

 under a hand-glass ; those of the stove species should be placed 

 in a good heat. The Cdpparis herbacea is only to be increased 

 by seeds, but cuttings of this may also be tried. 



XVI. STEPHA'NIA (in honour of Fred. Stephan, once a 

 professor at Moscow, died 1817, author of Enumeratio stirpium 

 agri Mosquensis, &c.) Willd. spec. 2. p. 239. but not of Lour. 



LIN. SYST. Hexdndria, Monogynia. Calyx campanulate, 2- 

 lobed, (f. 54. a.). Petals 4 (f. 54. 6.). Torus small (f. 54. c.). 

 Stamens 6 (f. 54. d.). Ovary stipitate (f. 54. e.) oblong. All 

 unarmed shrubs, with simple leaves on long footstalks, and ter- 

 minal racemes of flowers. 



1 S. CLEOMOI'DES (Willd. 1. c.) FIG. 54. 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate, much acu- 

 minated, scarcely longer than the 



footstalks. Jj . S. Native of Ca- 

 raccas in South America. Cap- 

 paris paradoxa, Jacq. schcenb. t. 

 111. Flowers with a reddish- 

 brown calyx, and yellow petals and 

 stamens. 



Cleome-like Stephania. Fl. April, 

 July. Clt. 1823. Shrub 6 feet. 



2 S. ELLI'PTICA (D. C. prod. 1. 

 p. 253.) leaves elliptical, scarcely 

 acuminated, double the length of 

 the footstalks. fj . S. Native of 

 the island of Trinidad. Fruit of 

 both species unknown. Flowers 

 yellowish ? 



Elli2>tical-\ea\ed Stephania. Shrub 6 feet. 



Cult. These plants thrive well in a mixture of loam, peat, 

 and sand. Cuttings should be taken from young wood, planted 

 in a pot of sand, and plunged in heat under a hand-glass. They 

 are worth cultivating for the beauty of their flowers. 



XVII. MORISO'NIA (to the memory of Robert Morison, 

 a Scotchman, once director of the Royal Garden at Blois, after- 

 wards Professor of Botany at Oxford, author of Plantarum His- 

 toria Universalis Oxoniensis, 1680, 2 vol. fol. He died 1683.) 

 Plum. gen. t. 23. D. C. prod. 1. p. 254. 



LIN. SYST. Polydndria, Monogynia. Calyx obovate, bifid. 

 Petals 4. Torus small. Stamens 20, somewhat monadelphous 

 at the base ? Berry stipitate, globose. A tree with glabrous 

 stalked alternate simple leaves, and dirty-white flowers. 



1 M. AMERICA' NA (Lin. spec. 719. Jacq. amer. t. 97.) tj . S. 

 Native of the West India islands, as well as the South American 

 continent. Cdpparis Morisonia, Swartz, obs. 272. This tree is 

 called in Martinique Bois Mabouia. 



American Morisonia. Clt. 1824. Tree 15 feet. 



Cult. This tree requires the same treatment as the species of 

 Stephania, which see above. 



XVIII. TOVA'RIA (in honour of Simon Tovario, a Spanisli 

 physician.) Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 73. t. 309. in herb. Lamb, 

 and D. Don, in Edinb. new phil. journ. oct. 1828. 



LIN. SYST. Octdndria, Monogynia. Calyx of 8 sepals, rarely 

 6-7 or 9, spreading, deciduous. Petals the same number, in- 

 serted in an elevated fleshy tubercled disk. Stamens the same 

 number, also inserted in the disk ; filaments awl-shaped, pilose at 

 the base ; anthers bursting inwards. Ovary 1-celled, spherical, 

 seated on the disk. Style short, thick, crowned by an 8-lobed 

 stigma. Berry succulent, 8-nerved, many-seeded. A smooth 

 green annual erect branched herb, with ternate leaves and many- 

 flowered terminal pendulous racemes. Flowers white, small. 

 The berry when mature is about the size of a cherry. The plant 

 has the habit of Cledme, but with the fruit of the form and struc- 

 ture of Morisonia and Cratce'va. The structure of the stigma 

 shews its affinity to Papaveracea, and the structure of its seeds 

 accords precisely with Reseda. 



1 T. PE'NDULA (Ruiz, et Pav. 1. c. and syst. 1. p. 85. gen. p. 

 49. t. 8. Pav. in act. acad. madr. 1. p. 192.) Q. S. Native of 

 Peru in groves between Chinchao and Pati. 



Pendulous-racemed Tovaria. Fl. Aug. Sep. PI. 6 feet. 



Cult. The seeds of this plant should be sown in a pot in 

 spring, and placed in a hot-bed frame, and when the plants are 

 about three inches high, they should be planted separately in 

 small pots, and then placed again in the hot-bed ; they should 

 afterwards be shifted into larger pots from time to time as they 



