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from Easter n Asia . 
saepissime solitarii, vel supremi supra folia geminatim racemosi (folia 
cito decidua), pedunculis 3-6 lineas longis; sepala leviter inaequalia, 
ovato-oblonga, obtusa, circiter lineam longa ; petala .... stamina .... 
Capsula 5-locularis, cylindrica vel teres, stylo simplice brevi coronata, 
4-5 lineas longa, demum insigniter reflexa ; semina minuta, cylindrico- 
clavata. 
Formosa : Ape’s Hill, Takow (Hb. Henry, 1155). 
The absence of lateral nerves traversing the whole length of the 
leaves, the very obscure glands, pale leaves and the absence of leaves 
from the upper part of the branches in the fruiting stage, distinguish 
this from the preceding. 
Capparis membranacea, Gard. et Champ, var.? angustissima, 
Hemsl., foliis usque ad 8 poll, longis et maximis 3 lineas latis. 
Formosa : 'Bankinsing mountains. White-flowered climber (Hb. 
Henry, 471, 1005). 
This appears to be an extreme variety of a very heterophyllous 
species. Dr. Henry’s 410 from the same locality, has somewhat 
broader leaves ; and the specimens from China proper exhibit a con- 
siderable variety in shape, though none has them so narrow as those 
described above. 
Capparis (§ Eucapparis) formosana, Hemsl. 
Frutex alte scandens (fide A . Henry), ramulis floriferis crassiusculis 
cinereis pulverulentis. Folia distincte petiolata, coriacea, oblonga, 
ovato-oblonga, vel superiora minora anguste obovata vel oblanceolata, 
maxima cum petiolo usque ad 7 poll, longa sed saepius breviora, apice 
obtusissima vel rotundata atque brevissime acuminata, basi rotundata 
vel cuneata, integerrima, utrinque glaberrima, supra subnitida, subtus 
pallida, venis primariis lateralibus utrinque circiter 6-8 inter se con- 
spicue anastomosantibus in foliis siccis utrinque sat conspicuis; petiolus 
6-10 lineas longus. Flores rosei, fragrantissimi (fide Henry), circiter 
1 poll, diametro, racemoso-fasciculati vel subumbellati cum paucis 
infra umbellas positi, racemi quam folia breviores, pulverulenti, pedi- 
cellis usque ad 1 \ poll, longis ; sepala 4, quorum 2 exteriora pulveru- 
lenta, crassa, subcarnosa, valvata, aequalia, alte concava, orbicularia, 
intus nuda, 2 interiora tenuiora, petaloidea, lata, marginata, uno 
breviter galeato ; peiala lata, sepala vix aequantia ; stamina numerosis- 
sima, bene evoluta non visa; ovarium glabrum, longe graciliterque 
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