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CAPPARIDACEAE 
Capparis Petelotii sp. nov. Hp» - 23:/66.174#2 Hu 
Frutex glaber, circiter 2.5 m. al dou ( saltem in partibus superiori- 
bus), ramis teretibus, ultimis circiter 3 mm. diametro; foliis a 
oblongo-ellipticis, 20-35 cm. longis, 7-12 cm. latis, basi rotundatis vel . e 
acutis, apice apiculato-acuminatis, in sicco pallide viridibus, supra nitidis, 
subtus paullo pallidioribus; nervis primariis utrinque circiter 127 distanti- 
bus, curvatis, subtus valde perspicuis, elevatis, arcuato-anastomosantibus, 
secundariis reticulisque primariis laxis elevatis perspicuis; _petiolo circiter 
1.5 cm. longo; floribus supra-axillaribus, plerumque 4, 1-seriatim se 
pedicellis glabris, sursum plus minusve incrassatis, ad 1.8 cm. longis; sepalis 
lanceolatis vel elliptico-lanceolatis, acuminatis, circiter 12 mm. longis et 
4 mm. latis, extus glabris, intus minutissime puberulis; petalis late oblanceo- 
latis, circiter 2 cm. longis et 6-7 mm. latis, rotundatis vel obtusis, extus 
glabris, intus purpureis et deorsum obscure pubescentibus; filamentis gla- 
bris, ad 3 cm. longis, filiformibus: antheris oblongis, 2 mm. longis; gyno- 
phoro glabro, 3 cm. longo; ovario oblongo-ovoideo, glabro, 3 mm. longo, 
placentis 4, ovulis numerosis: stylo crasso, 1 mm. longo, stigmate 1 mm. 
diametro. 
INbo-CxiNA, Tonkin, Sontoy Province, Mount Bavi, Pételot 2618, July 2, 1940, a 
shrub about 2.5 m. high, alt. 600 m. 
À species in the group with C. korrida Linn. and C. micracantha DC, 
characterized by the flowers being superimposed in a line above the axils, 
and in this group most closely allied to Capparis donnaiensis Pierre, from 
which it differs in its much larger, thinner leaves, somewhat fewer lateral 
nerves, larger flowers and nearly glabrous petals and sepals, these being 
only obscurely and shortly pubescent within, quite glabrous outside. 
Capparis yunnanensis Craib & W. W. Sm. Notes Bot. Gard. Edinb. 9: 91. 1916. 
INpo-Cxixa, Tonkin, Chapa, Pételot 5951, April 1936, a large liana along mountain 
Streams, alt. 1200 m. Yunnan ns. ?-aa AT MCGTS PS 
When first studied, this was indicated by me as an undescribed species, 
and although it differs slightly from Henry 12986, the type of the species, 
in its shorter inflorescences, I am now convinced that the Chapa material 
should be referred to this Yunnan form. 
