IV. 
Plantae caribaeae. 
Auctore 
Ign. Urban. 
Capparis trinitensis Urb. (spec. nov.). Arbor parva. Rami horno- 
tini minute pulverulento-pilosi, teretes. Folia 1—2 mm longe:- petio- 
lata, oblonga v. lanceolata, basi obtusa v. rotundata et non raro 
levissime exceisa, antice acuminata, 7—11 cm longa, 2,5—3 cm lata, 
nervo medio supra impresso, lateralibus utroque latere 8—10 sub 
angulo 45—50° abeuntibus, tenuissime v. obsolete reticulato-venosa, 
coriacea, supra parum nitentia, glabra. Inflorescentiae terminales et 
axillares, racemosae, multi- et densiflorae; bracteae ovato-lanceolatae, 
1,5—2 mm longae; rhachis 3—5 cm longa, glabra; pedicelli floriferi 
8—10 mm, fructiferi usque 13 mm longi. Sepala imbricata, rotun- 
data, coriacea, exteriora 3 mm, interiora 4 mm longa. Petala alba, 
obovata v. anguste obovata, 15—20 mm longa, er. 8 mm lata. Stamina 
er. 3 em longa; antherae oblongo-lineares recurvatae ÖOvarium 
er. 2,5 cm longe stipitatum, lineare, 3 mm longum. Capsula cylin- 
draceo-oblonga, minute rugulosa, sed non verrucosa, 4,5 cm longa, 
1,7 em crassa, ad medium parum v. vix constrieta, lilacino-colorata 
(ex Broadway). Semina er. 4, reniformia, 5mm longa, 8 mm lata, 
laevia. 
Hab. in Trinidad prope Mayaro ad Radik Point, m. Jun. flor. 
et fruct: Broadway n. 2611. 
Obs. I. Exaffinitate C. verrucosae Jacq., quae foliis ovatis v. ovalibus 
antice rotundatis v. brevissime et obtusissime acuminatis, non reti- 
eulato-venosis, pedicellis 12—18 mm longis, capsulis verrucosis recedit. 
Obs. II. C. verrucosa Griseb., quoad plant. trinitensem, ob calycem 
4—6 lineas longum et petala lobos calyeinos exteriöres duplo tantum 
superantianec ad nostram speciem nec ad Jacquinianam pertinere potest. 
Obs. III. €. verrucosa Jacgq. eivis Venezuelae et Colombiae et ex 
Hemsl. Mexici et Guatemalae est nee in insulis Antillanis creseit, 
