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CAPPARIDACEAE 211 



Occasionally cultivated in Manila, spontaneous along the seashore in 

 Bohol, Merrill Sp. Blancoanae 516, Guerrero, Wester. Introduced from the 

 Marianne Islands. Polynesia. 



Local name : Alcaparras from Sp. alcaparra = caper. 



CAPPARIS EMARGINATA Presl Rel. Haenk. 2 (1835) 85; F.-Vill. Novis. 

 App. (1880) 11. 

 Luzon, without locality, Haenke, Pangasinan, B. S. 18318 Otanes. In 

 dry thickets at low altitudes,; scarcely other than a pubescent form of 

 Capparis sepiaria Linn. Endemic. 



CAPPARIS HORRIDA Linn. f. Suppl. (1781) 264; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 

 (1880) 11; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 94, Rev. PL Vase. 

 Filip. (1886) 48; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 58, 

 Fl. Manila (1912) 215, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 159. 

 Capparis aurantioides Presl Rel. Haenk. 2 (1835) 86; F.-Vill. Novis. 

 App. (1880) 11; A. Gray Bot. Wilkes U. S. Explor. Exped. (1854) 

 70. 

 Capparis nemorosa Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 438. 

 Capparis micrantha Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 305, ed. 3, 2 (1878) 



200, t. 178, non DC. 

 Capparis linearis Blanco op. cit. 438, 305, 200. 



Capparis viminea F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 11, non Hook. f. & Th. 

 Northern Luzon (Cagayan) to Mindanao. In thickets at low and medium 

 altitudes. India to Indo-China and Malaya. 



Local names: Baralauik (Ibn.) ; dauag (Tag.) ; halubagat-baging (Tag.) ; 

 laginau (Bis.); talaktak (Ilk.); tarabtab (Ilk.). 



CAPPARIS ILOCANA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 13 (1918) Bot. 13. 



Luzon (Ilocos Norte), B. S. 27120, 32713, 32689 Ramos. In thickets 

 at low altitudes. Endemic. 



CAPPARIS LITTORALIS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 270. 



Luzon (Tayabas), F. B. 11111 Curran. In thickets along the seashore. 

 Endemic. 



CAPPARIS LOBBIANA Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 27 2 (1854) 323; 



Rolfe in Journ. Bot. 23 (1885) 210; Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 



(1886) 47. 



Luzon (Bataan, Rizal, Laguna), Mindoro, Williams 382, 287, Merrill 3858, 



Phil. PI. 1887, B. S. 6173 Robinson, 1052, 1369 A, 39726 Ramos, Whitford 



518, Elmer 18160. In thickets at low altitudes; Lobb's specimen on which 



the species was based was from Luzon, not from Singapore as stated in 



the original description. Endemic. 



CAPPARIS LOHERI Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 270. 



Luzon (Rizal), Loher 2016, 6787. In thickets or forests at low or me- 

 dium altitudes. Endemic. 



CAPPARIS LONGIPES Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 13 (1918) Bot. 12. 



Luzon (Abra), B. S. 26980 Ramos. In forests along streams and on 

 cliffs at low or medium altitudes. Endemic. 



