MISCELLANEOUS CONDIMENTS 



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Fig. 145. I. — Caper-bush (Capparis spinosa, Caper Family, Capparidacece) . 

 Flowering branch showing spines, leaves, flower-buds (which form the 

 condiment), flower, and young fruit. (Baillon.) — A straggling shrub 

 ■about 1 m. tall; leaves glossy; flowers white with violet stamens; fruit 

 dry. Native home, Mediterranean Region, and India. 



Fig. 145, II. — Caper-bush. Flower, cut vertically. The ovary is borne 

 upon an elongated continuation of the flower-stalk. (Bnillon.) 



