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SPECIES CHINENSES. gI 
rotundata vel late cuneata, integra papyracea utrinque primo 
furfuraceo-puberula, tandem glabra ; petiol + 1 cm. longi. 
Aculei 2-3 mm. longi recti vel apice paululo decurvati. Flores 
supra-axillares, plerumque 355 superpositi pedicellis 1.5-2 cm. 
longis puberulis suffulti. Sepala 4, circ. 7 mm. longa, + 3mm. 
lata, elliptica puberula, tandem deflexa. Petala 1-1.2 cm. 
longa, + 3 mm. lata, lineari- -oblonga obtusa + tomentella. 
Stamina circ. 16 fere 3 cm. longa. Gynophorum circ. 3 cm, 
longum filiforme. Ovyarium + 1.5 mm. longum ovoideum 
breviter apiculatum glabrum. Bacca globosa + I cm. diametro 
nigra vulgo + 8-seminifera. Capparis tenera, Diels vix Dalz. 
in Notes R.B.G. Edin., v (1912), 90. 
China :—‘‘ Semi-scandent spinous shrub of 10-20 ft. Flowers 
transparent purplish-white. On trees in shady open situa- 
tions in the Teng-chuan-cho Valley, Yunnan. Lat. 26° N. Alt. 
7000 ft. April 1906.” G. Forrest. No. 2028. 
‘Shrub of 6-18 ft. Flowers dull transparent lavender-grey. 
Amongst scrub on lava-bed to west of Tengyueh. Lat. 25° N. 
Alt. 5000 ft. May 1912.” G. Forrest. No. 7589. 
“‘ Shrub of 4-15 ft. In fruit. Amongst scrub in the Shweli 
Valley, Yunnan. Lat. 25° N. Alt. 5000-6000 ft. June-July 
1912. G. Forrest. Nos. 8077, 8593. 
‘“‘ Shrub of 6-15 ft. Flowers dull bluey-grey. Open pasture 
and in thickets on the hills west of Tengyueh. Lat.25°N. Alt. 
5000-6000 ft. March 1g13.’’ G. Forrest. No. 9721. 
Chiyuan, Yunnan; shrub 10 ft., white flowers. Henry. 
No. g124B. ae seals 
Mengtze woods, 4600 ft.; shrub 5-10 ft.; black fruit. 
Henry. No. 91244. Also Henry, No. 9124C, white flowers. 
Valley of Lan-ngi-tsin, Yunnan; large spiny shrub with 
branches, spines, and persistent leaves of a shining green. E. E. 
Maire. No.168in Herb. Edin. Also Maire, Nos. 106, 593, I 1708. 
Burma :—‘ Shrub of 20-30 ft. Flowers dull, transparent 
white. Open situations in the Taping Valley. Lat. 24° 20’ N. 
Alt. 2000 ft. Feb. 1913.” G. Forrest. No. 9654. 
Capparis yunnanensis, Craib et W. W. Sm. 5p. nov. 
Species affinis C. Roxburghii, DC. quae alabastris glabris 
inter alia differt; a C. formosana, Hemsl. et C. Cleghornit, 
Dunn foliis diversis et floribus majoribus recedit. 
Frutex alte scandens (ex Henry) ramulis dense fulvo-tomen- 
tellis. Folia (superiora tantum visa) usque ad 10 cm. longa, ad 5 
cm. lata, elliptico-lanceolata, apice rotundata vel + obtusa, basi 
rotundata vel late cuneata, integra papyracea, utrinque parcis- 
sime puberula siccitate supra atroviridia nervis obscuris, infra 
brunnea nervis oo paulo eminentibus + conspicuis ; 
