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MERRILL. 
CAPPARIDACEAE. 
CAPPARIS L. 
CAPPARIS LOHERI sp. nov. 
Frutex scandens, armatus, subtus foliis ramulisque pubescen- 
tibus; foliis papyraceis, concoloribus, lanceolatis ad late lanceo- 
latis, brevissime petiolatis, basi rotundatis, apice sensim angus- 
tatis, acuminatis, nervis utrinque circiter 11, distinctis, anas- 
tomosantibus ; floribus longe pedicellatis, 4 ad 6 in umbellis 
axillaribus. 
A scandent shrub, the nodes armed with short, sharp, straight 
spines 2 mm long or less, the branchlets terete, brownish, 
pubescent. Leaves lanceolate to broadly lanceolate, rarely ovate- 
lanceolate, chartaceous, 9 to 19 cm long, 2 to 4.5 cm wide, 
green and of about the same color on both surfaces when dry, 
slightly shining, the upper surface quite glabrous or the midrib 
slightly pubescent, the lower surface softly pubescent at least on 
the midrib and nerves, base rounded, gradually narrowed up- 
ward from about the middle to the long and slender acumen, 
sometimes slightly falcate ; lateral nerves about 11 on each side of 
the midrib, spreading, prominent, looped-anastomosing, the 
recticulations lax, distinct; petioles pubescent, about 2 mm long. 
Umbels axillary, solitary, the peduncles pubescent, slender, 1 
to 1.5 cm long, 4- to 6-flowered, the pedicels 2 to 3 cm in length, 
slender. Sepals 5 to 6 mm long, concave, orbicular-elliptic, 
rounded. Petals hyaline, thin, oblong, rounded, about 3.5 mm 
long, base truncate, margins ciliate. Stamens numerous, their 
filaments about 2 cm long; anthers narrowly oblong, 2 mm long. 
Gynophore slender, 3 cm in length in anthesis, elongated and 
3.5 to 5 cm in length in fruit; ovary narrowly ovoid. Fruit 
(immature) ellipsoid, fleshy, 1.8 cm long. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Montalban, Loher 2016 August, 1890, in herb. 
Kew., 6787 (type), November, 1905. 
A species well characterized by its long and slenderly acuminate 
pubescent leaves, its axillary, solitary, few-flowered umbels, its long- 
pedicelled flowers, and greatly elongated gynophore. It is allied to Capparis 
lobbiana Turcz., but is very different from that species in vegetative and 
many other characters. 
CAPPARIS LITTORALIS sp. nov. 
Species C. lobbianae Turcz., similis et affinis, differ! omnibus 
partibus glabris, vix molliter pubescentibus. 
An erect (or somewhat scandent?) shrub about 2 m high. 
