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X. CAFPARIDACE^E. 
[Capparis. 
(1) C. Larutensis King, l.c. 393; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. v. 118, 
Sarmentoseor scandent prickly shrub, 30 to 40 ft, long. Branch- 
lets and petioles minutely tomentose, prickles in pairs short hooked. 
Leaves glabrous coriaceous oblong-lanceolate obtuse or retuse; 
nerves faint 5 to 6 pairs, 1 to 1*25 in. long, -4 in. broad; petioles 
■2 in. long. Flowers white turning pink, 75 in. across, solitary 
on pedicels *5 in. long. Sepals fleshy ovate, inner ones round 
concave. Petals oblong glabrous. Stamens 12. Gynophore nearly 
2 in. long. Fruit globose. Hab. Thickets. Perak, Larut, climbing 
on trees (Kunstler); Kampar mines, sarmentose bushes (Ridley). 
(2) C. diffusa Ridl. Journ. Roy. /Is. Soc. S. Br. 59, p- 00. 
Shrub with slender branches pubescent. Thoms hooked very 
small. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate glabrous, shortly blunt-acuminate, 
edges crisped; nerves 5 pairs, 2 in. long, 1 in. wide; petioles 
•15 in. long. Umbel terminal 5-flowered; peduncle *25 in long; 
pedicels filiform, 1 in. long. Sepals rounded-ovate pubescent 
•15 in. long. Petals white oblong blunt, hairy outside. Stamens 12. 
Gynophore filiform *5 in. long. Ovary ovoid conic. Hab. Perils 
on limestone rocks at Bukit Lagi. . . 
(3) C. sepiaria Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 11 . 720; Hook. fil. F.B. 1 . 1 . 177» 
King, l.c. 393. , . T 
A scandent bush, much branched. Thorns short recurved. Leaves 
membranous, ovate to oblong, sometimes pubescent ; nerves 4 or 5 
pairs; petioles *05 in. long. Flowers ’35 to -5 in. across in terminal 
umbels with slender *5 in. long pedicels. Buds globose. Sepals 
oblong. Petals narrow white. Ovary apiculate. Gynophore *25 
to -5 in. long. Fruit pisiform, black. Hab. In thickets with 
C. micracanlha. North of the peninsula. Kedah, Alor Sta. 
Common. Distrib. India, Cochin-China, Timor. . v 
(4) C. Scortechinii King, l.c. 394; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. v. (2), 
Il8 A^ climber, young parts and inflorescence red-woolly. Thoms' 
stipular, in pairs hooked. Leaves coriaceous, broad lanceolate- 
acuminate, much narrowed at base, eventually glabrous; nerves 
6 pairs, prominent beneath, 5 to 6 in. long, 2 to 3 in. broad; petioles 
■5 in. long. Flowers 1*5 across, on short woody lateral racemes. 
Bracts petiolate ovate 75 in. long. Sepals round concave 
tose outside. Petals pink, broadly elliptic obovate notched. 
Stamens more than 20. Fruit globose 3*5 to 4 in. through. Gyno¬ 
phore 2*5 in. long, -6 in. through. Hab. Dense jungle in hilly 
spots. Perak, Batang Padang district (Kunstler). Penang, Batu 
Feringhi (Curtis). 
(5) C. Kunstleri King, l.c. 396. . . 
Scandent, 40 to 60 ft. tall, glabrous. Thorns in pairs stipular 
short hardly *1 in. long. Leaves thinly coriaceous oblong-lanceolate 
to oblanceolate acute, narrowed and cuneate at the base ; midrib and 
