CAPPARIDE^E 



183 



Leaves simple, entire, cauline, alternate, exstipulate, shortly 

 petiolate, ascending, alternately penninerved and obscurely reticulate, 

 glabrous, and nearly of the same deep green on both surfaces ; 

 petioles very short (about 1 mm. long), stout, articulated with the 



PIG. 183. Capparis, sp. Nat. size. 



stem ; stipules small, spreading, spinous, pale yellowish-brown, 

 absent from the first three leaves. 



Nos. 1-3. Narrowly oblong, elliptic, obtuse, subapiculate. 



No. 4. Lanceolate, obtuse. 



Nos. 5 and 6. Lanceolate, acute. 



Nos. 7 and 8. Small, lanceolate, obtuse. 



