





OF ORNAMENTAL EXOTIC PLANTS, ii 
without the hooked stipules which distinguish C. spinosa. The flowers have small petals, which are white, each 
- having a pink spot at the base. The stamens are very long and white, with blue anthers. 

OTHER SPECIES OF CAPPARIS. 
C. RUPESTRIS Sibth. et Smith, THE ROCK CAPER TREE. 
This species is a native of Crete, where it grows on rocks by the sea side. The flowers are large, with white 
petals and numerous stamens, which have red filaments and yellow anthers, like those of C. spinosa. The leaves, 
however, are rounder and more fleshy, and they are destitute of the hooked stipules. This plant also requires a 

greenhouse in England 

CHAPTER XII. 
BYTTNERIACEA Brown. 
Essentiat Cuaracter.—Calyx sometimes naked, sometimes girded | triple, or multiple that number ; filaments monadelphous, or variously 
by an involucre. Sepals more or less connected at the base, constantly | divided at the top, some of them are sometimes sterile ; anthers two- 
valvate in estivation. Petals five, hypogynous, alternating with the | celled. Carpels four or five, distinct, or joined into one ovary, and 
sepals, convolute in estivation, of various forms, rarely unequal or | crowned by as many distinct or connected styles. 
wanting. Stamens equal in number to the sepals or petals, or double, 
Description, &c.—In this order, including Sterculiacee, are many very interesting plants, one of the most 
important of which is the Theobroma, from which cacao, or cocoa, and chocolate are made. The Adansonia, or 
Baobab Tree, which is said to be the largest plant in the world, and the curious Hand Plant, also belong to this 
order. ‘The trees belonging to the genus Sterculia have very handsome foliage, but the greenhouse species have 
not very ornamental flowers. 

GENUS TI. 
REEVESIA Lindl. THE REEVESTA. 
Lin. Syst MONADELPHIA DODECANDRIA. 
Generic Cuaracter.—Calyx campanulate, five-toothed, imbricate | Ovary sessile, within‘'the antheriferous head. Capsule stipitate, woody, 
in estivation, tomentose. Petals five, unguiculate, convolute in esti- | obovate, five-angled, five-celled, five-valved, without any central axis, 
vation. Stamens joined into a long filiform tube. Anthers fifteen, | Seeds two in each cell, winged at the base. (G. Don.) 
sessile, collected into a little head, two-celled, bursting lengthwise. 
Description, &c.—There is only one species in this genus, which is named in honour of John Reeves, Esq., 
an eminent botanist, who was long resident in China. 
1.—REEVESIA THYRSOIDEA Lindl. THE THYRSE-FLOWERED REEVESIA. 
Eneravincs.—Bot. Reg., t. 1236; and our fig. 1, in Pl. 11. acuminated, entire; petioles articulated. Flowers in compound, ter- 
Sreciric CuHaracter.— Leaves alternate, exstipulate, lanceolate, | minal, or axillary racemes. 
Description, &c.—This species is an evergreen tree, a native of China, with white flowers, and smooth green 
leaves. It was introduced in 1824. It should be planted in a conservatory, as it is too large for a pot. It flowers 
in January. 




