. Flora of Syria, Palestine, and Sinai : from the Taurus to Ras Muhammas and from the Mediterranean sea to the Syrian desert. ng, .003 broad, shorterthan pedicels, glandular—Spring — Around the Dead Sea, and south-ward to Sinai and the Egyptian desert. til Stamens 10-14. Seeds glabrous. 8, C. clirysaiitlia, Decaisne. 5 Sufeir atdn. .3 or more, shrub-by, glandular, branches flexuous. Leaves short-petioled, ovate, to .008 long. Pods ovate .005 long, glandular ; pedicels t/wisted,recurved — Spring — Sinai. 2. CAPPARIS, L. Caper. 4-parted. Petals 4, imbricated in bud. Torus
. Flora of Syria, Palestine, and Sinai : from the Taurus to Ras Muhammas and from the Mediterranean sea to the Syrian desert. ng, .003 broad, shorterthan pedicels, glandular—Spring — Around the Dead Sea, and south-ward to Sinai and the Egyptian desert. til Stamens 10-14. Seeds glabrous. 8, C. clirysaiitlia, Decaisne. 5 Sufeir atdn. .3 or more, shrub-by, glandular, branches flexuous. Leaves short-petioled, ovate, to .008 long. Pods ovate .005 long, glandular ; pedicels t/wisted,recurved — Spring — Sinai. 2. CAPPARIS, L. Caper. 4-parted. Petals 4, imbricated in bud. Torus short. Sta- CAPPAKIDACE^. (CAPER FAMILY.) 109 mens 8-15-oo, free. Ovary long-stipitate. Berry globular or ovate,many-seeded — (Ours) shrubs with simple leaves and thorny stipulee, * Stamens 8-15. Petals scarcely longer than calyx, red. 1. C. Sodada, R. Br. 5 Tundiib. Brancheslong, wand-like, decum-bent. Leaves linear-con-volute,.004: long, endingin a priehly mucro, deci-duous l)efore globular, .008 indiameter, shorter thanits stipe, apiculate —Spring— Shittim plain,and southward. Fig. Capparis Sodada (a) A flower. (6) A fruit on its long itipe. * * Stamens co . Petals much longer than calyx, ichite. 2. C. spinosa, L. 5 Thorny Caper. El-Aiaf. 1 to ; branchesdecumbent or pendulous. Leaves orMcular or ovate, .02 to Fio. 59. .04 long. Sepals nearly equal. Berry oblong to obovate-oblong, ^ . 05 to . 06 long, as long as or shor-ter than its stipe — May to July— Everywhere ; usually pendu- ^ ^ lous from face of rocks and ^^^^^^3 5 walls. Var. genuina, Boiss. Gkibrescent. Leaves nearly round,Tetuse, Stipules hooked. Flow-ers .06 to .08 broad— Common. Var. cane§cen8, or less pubescent. Leavesovate or elliptical, often endingin a pricJcle. Stipules as in last — Common. Var. Aeg^yptia, or pubescent. Leavesfleshy, round, glaucous, obtuse orretuse, with or without prickle. Flowering branch of Cappari
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