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CAPPARIDEtE. Juss. 



CLEOME. Linn. 



Calvx cmadripartitus, deciduus. Corolla tctrapetala, secunda. Stamina 

 sex rarius plura aut pauciora, declinata. Ovaiuum stipitatum. Stigma 

 sessile. Siliqua unilocularis , bivalvis, polysperma; placentae filiformes, 

 valvis interpositaj , demum liberee. 



Herbse aut frutices , rarissime arbusculi , plerumque graveolentia. Folia 

 simplicia aut seepius ternata vel digitata. Fiores terminales, racemosi , 

 bracteati, rarius axillares, solitarii. Corolla alfatt, carneee, violaceee aut 



flavae. 



I. CLEOME GUYANNENSIS. 



C. herbacea; glabra; foliis simplicibus, filiformi-hnearibus, sessilibus; floribus axillaribus, 



solitariis, hcxandris (?). 



Cleome guyannensis. Aubl Guy. 2. p. 6 7 5. t ^. (auct. herb. Juss.) Sp. pl. ed. flT.3. 



Crescitprope Cariclmna, ad ripam Orinoci. • Floret Majo. 



Herba sen.em-aut octopollicaris. Radix ramosa. Caul.s crectus, superne raniosus, tnrcs, glaber; ramis 



JST2L, f.HformLs, subfas.igia.is, pa.n.is, g.abris. Fou. sparsa, sessi.ia, liform.-hnear.a, acuta 



ntc r ima, encr ia, g.abra, 8-9 Hneas louga. Flohks axillares, soli.arii, peduncula.,, magm.udme or.s 



"Z E nervix; pcdicc.lis eapil.aceis, g.abris, 4 Hneas longis. Calvx quadriparU.us; lacmus Imeanbus, 



aeummatis, glabris, "qualibus. Pmu quatuor, lutea (ex. Humb.) , oblon S o-lanceo.ata calyccm superant.a. 



StamTa eoroUam .ub-auanU.. quorum 4 a.tcrna stcriha, g.andulifera (ex Humb.). A™ hneares. 



dZ l . 1 neare, compres.um, s.ipi.a.um, glabrum. St.ca subscssi.e, eapi.a.um. Siuqc* hnear.s a um,- 



ol ub 1, uturis parallele eompressa, lcevis, viridis, g.abra, uniloeularis ohgospcrma 4 -5 hnca. 



tonp " ine^ a.a;plaeen.is eapillaceis, persislen.ibus. Sem.na subro.unda, subeehma.o-scabra, cmerea. 



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CLEOME POLVGAMA. 



C. herbacea; glaberrima; inermis; foliis ternatis; foliolis lanccolalis, acnminato-.nucronatis, 

 argute denticulatis, intermedio majore; iloribus hcxandris. 



Cleome polygama. Linn. (auct. Decand.) $p. pl ed. W. 3. p. 565. ^ 



Sinapistrum iudicum triphyllum, (lore carneo, non spinosum. Sloan. Jam. 1. t. ia.i.y. 1. 



