118 ANNALS OF ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA. 
PLATE 133B. 
CAPPARIS GALLATLYI, King n. вр. 
Glabrous, young branches terete, unarmed, Leaves membranous, oblong.or elliptic- 
oblong, shortly acuminate, entire, the base cuneate; length 6 to 75 in., breadth 2 to 
2:5 in., petiole "25 to "35 in. Васетез terminal, solitary 5 to 75 in. long, puberu- 
lous, with a few scattered subulate bracteoles, many-flowered. Flowers "95 in. in diam» 
on slender puberulous pedicels 4 in. long. Sepals 4, ovate, blunt, concave, pubes- 
cent. Petals slightly longer than the sepals, ovate-lanceoiate, acute, veined, glabrous. 
Stamens 16; the anthers elliptic-oblong, about one-fifth of the length of the filaments, 
Ovary ovoid, acute, about one-fourth the length of the gynophore, which is slightly 
shorter than the filaments, multi-ovulate. Fruit unknown. 
Burmah: Moolar plain, G. Gallatly. 
Prats 133B. Capparis Gallatlyi, King. 1, flowering branch: of natural size; 2, flower; 3, the same with the 
stamens removed; 4, stamens: enlarged. 
PLATE 134. 
CAPPARIS LARUTENSIS, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, for 1889, pt. 2, p. 393. 
Scandent, the young branches and petioles densely covered with minute, rusty, 
sub-deciduous, tomentum. Siem sub-striate; prickles in pairs, short, hooked. . Leaves 
glabrous, coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or retuse, the midrib prominent, the 5 
or 6 pairs of nerves obscure; length 1 to 125 in., breadth ٠4 in., petiole “2 in. 
Flower pedicels solitary, glabrous, more than half as long as the leaves. Flowers ‘75 in. 
in diam., white to pink. Sepals 4, free, in two series, decussate, ovate-rotund, concave. 
Petals 4, sessile, imbricate, obovate-oblong, obtuse, puberulous. Stamens about 80, insert- 
ed on the torus at the base of the gynophore. Gynophore slender, 15 in. long. 
Ovary ovoid, globular, apiculate, many-ovuled. Fruit globose with an apical beak, 6 
in. in diam. (unripe). Seeds several, imbedded in pulp, testa crustaceous, cotyledons 
'convolute. 
Perak, at Larut; King's Collector, No. 5103. 
A woody climber, 30 to 40 feet long. The petals change from white to pink. Ripe fruit is un- 
known. This musi be near C erythrodasys, Miq. 
: Prate 134. Capparis Larutensis, King. 1, flowering branch; 2, branch with young fruit: of natural size; 3, flower 
dissected; 4, stamens; 5, disk gynophore and ovary: enlarged. 
PLATE 185. 
Carparis Scortecuinu, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, for 1878, pt. 2, р. 394. 
Scandent; young parts, and the inflorescence at all stages densely and minutely 
ferrugineous-tomentose ; older branches with 1 or 2 strie, glabrescent; thorns stipular, 
in pairs, much shorter than the petioles, hooked. Leaves coriaceous, broadly lanceolate, 
acuminate, much narrowed at the base, glabrous above and the nerves obsolete; 
under surface ferruginous-tomentoso when young, but becoming glabrescent, the midrib 
