Capparis, 
Obs. Exclude hort. Cliff. quod ad Brey^ 
niam pertinet. 
Defcriptio Jacquini (am,i 38 »i^) optima, 
C, Cynophallophora, Sp. piant, ed. imse, eft C 
Breynia, 
CAPPARIS Breynia. S. V. 488*11^ Sp. 
piant, ed. 2. 
C. Cynophallopkora. Hort. Cliff;. 204. Sp. pl. ed. i. 
P- 503- 
D E s c R. Arhufcula, 
Truncus ereftus , glaber. Rami flexuofi, cicatricati^ 
e foliis deciduis 5 ramulis angulofiSj pubefcen^ 
tibus. 
Folia alterna, fparfa, petiolata, oblonga, acumina- 
ta, perliilentia, enervia, fuperne glabra, nitida, 
fubtus incano - ferruginea 1. cinerafcentia , pun- 
ctis ferrugineis minutiffimis tefta. Petioli an- 
guloli , incano - ferruginei. 
Pedunculi terminales, fubramofi, fubumbellati, com- 
preifi, lineati, ferruginei. 
Flores majufculi, albi. 
Cal. 4-phyllus. Foliola coriacea, ovata, reflexa, 
convexa, interne alba, fubtus ferruginea, fca- 
briufcula. 
Petala 4. calyce duplo majora, integra, albo -pur- 
purea, extus ferrugineo - maculata , decidua. ^ 
Glandulce neftariferse 4. parvse, ovatae, acutae, 
compreffse , intra calycem & corollam perfiften- 
tes^ 
Filamenta numerofa , longa , bafi circa germen con- 
currentia, fubvillofa, villo pallide rubro. An^ 
therce ere6liufculae , acuminatae, incurvae, duteae. 
Germen elongatum, minutum, brevilfime pedicel- 
iatum. Stylus longitudine ffaminum. Stigma 
incraffatum, obtufum, ferrugineum. 
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