Capparis .] x. capparidace^e. 
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nerves 7 pairs, curving and inarching within the margin, prominent 
beneath, 4-5 to 5*5 in. long, 1*5 to 2*25 in. wide; petioles ’5 in. long. 
Fruit solitary axillary globose, 1*5 to 2 in. through deep yellow. 
Gynophore stout 2-5 in. long; pedicel 1-5 in. long. Hab. Perak, 
Gunong Bubu, at 400 to 800 ft. altitude (Kunstler). Flowers 
unknown. 
(6) C. micracantha DC. Prodr. i. 247; Hook. fil. F.B.I. i. 
179; King, l.c. 394. 
A thorny bush, glabrous, spines in pairs, stipular, straight. 
Leaves thinly coriaceous dark green, broadly lanceolate to ovate 
acutely acuminate, base cuneate or rounded; nerves 7 or 8 pairs, 
3 to 6 in. long, 1*5 to 2*5 in. wide; petioles *3 in. long. Flowers 2 
or 3 together, supra-axillary 1 to 1*5 in. across. Sepals oblong, 
puberulous. Petals oblong white, the two lower ones with an 
orange blotch, soon turning deep purple, at the base. Stamens 
15 to 20, shorter than the gynophore. Fruit, 2 to 3 in. through 
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