DROSERACEAE 491 
imbricated : petals 1.5-2 cm. long : stamens numerous, 5-6 cm. long, naked : fruit linear, 
10-20 cm. long, flat, knotty, short-pedicelled, 2-3 times longer than the stipe, glabrous. 
Along the coast, peninsular Florida and the Keys. 
2. Capparis Jamaicénsis Jacq. A shrub or small tree, sometimes 7 m. tall, the 
twigs, lower leaf-surfaces and inflorescence densely scaly. Leaf-blades elliptic, oblong or 
oval, 4-10 em. long, obtuse or notched at the apex, usually shining above, entire, acute at 
the base; petioles stout, 8-12 mm. long: flowers white, about 3 cm. broad, usually 2 at 
the end of a flattened peduncle: sepals lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 8-10 mm. long, 
acutish : petals about 1 em. long: stamens 16-32; filaments villous near the base: fruit 
slender, 2-3 dm. long, on a stout angled pedicel 3-5 times longer than the stipe, scaly. 
On the coast, peninsular Florida and the Keys. 
FAMILY 5. MORINGACEAE Dumort. HORSERADISH TREE FAMILY. 
Trees, with a gummy bark. Leaves alternate, deciduous: blades 2-3-pin- 
nate, the divisions and leaflets opposite, the latter entire, freely deciduous: stip- 
ules wanting or mere glands. Flowers perfect, slightly irregular, in axillary 
panicles. Calyx of 5 unequal imbricated reflexed-spreading sepals on the edge 
of the short cup-like hypanthium. Corolla of 5 petals resembling the sepals, the 
lower petal reflexed, the upper one more or less erect. Andreocium of 5 stamens 
inserted on the margin of the hypanthium and 5 staminodia. Filaments distinct. 
Anthers 1-celled, opening lengthwise. Gynoecium 3-carpellary, stalked. Ovary 
1-celled, with 3 parietal placentae. Styles united. Stigma minute. Ovules 
numerous, anatropous, pendulous, in two series on each placenta. Capsule elon- 
gated, 8-6-angled, somewhat torulose, beaked, 3-valved. Seeds relatively large, 
3-winged or wingless. Endosperm wanting. Embryo straight with large half- 
globose cotyledons and a very small radicle. 
1. MORINGA Juss. 
Characters of the family. HORSERADISH TREE. - 
_1. Moringa Morínga ( L.) Small. Atree3-9 m. tall. Leaves 3-6 dm. long ; blades 2- 
3-pinnate, the leaflets cuneate to oval or oblong, mostly 1-2 cm. long, entire, obtuse : pani- 
cles several, many-flowered : sepals linear to linear-oblong, 9-13 mm. long, reflexed : petals 
slightly larger than the sepals, white or nearly so: capsules 2.5-3.5 dm. long, 3-angled : 
seeds 3-winged, 2.5-3 em. long, the body fully 1 em. long. [Guilandina Moringa L.] 
éa Tarn soil, southern peninsular Florida. Introduced from the West Indies. Native of south- 
Order 13. SARRACENIALES. 
Insectivorous, usually scapose, herbs, with viscid-fluid secreting tissues. 
Leaves various, filiform, or with dilated sometimes sensitive blades, or hollow. 
Flowers usually perfect and regular. Androecium of few or many stamens. 
Gynoecium of 2-5 united carpels. Ovary 1-celled, with several parietal or basal 
placentae, or 3-5-celled. Fruit capsular. Endosperm fleshy. 
Ovary 1-celled, with a basal placenta or parietal placentae, not surmounted by a peltate disk: leaves 
with filiform or dilated blades. 
Styles distinct : stigmas 2-lobed : placentae parietal: stamens 4-8,usually 5. Fam. 1. DROSERACEAE. 
E eii es united : stigmas pinnatifid : placentae basal: stamens 10-20. Fam. 2. DIONAEACEAE. 
- 3-5-celled, with central placentae, surmounted by a peltate disk : 
eaves with hollow blades. Fam. 3. SARRACENIACEAE. 
FAMILY 1. DROSERACEAE S. F. Gray. SUNDEW FAMILY. 
Biennial or perennial often acaulescent herbs, with glandular-pubescent 
foliage, exuding a viscid secretion. Leaves alternate, often all basal, circinate 
in the bud, merely filiform, or with broad blades, conspicuously ciliate. Flowers 
perfect, often in spikes or racemes. Calyx of 4-8 imbricated persistent sepals. 
Corolla of 4-8 convolute hypogynous usually distinct petals. Androecium of - 
usually 5 perigynous or hypognous stamens. Filaments distinct. Anthers 
usually versatile. Disk wanting. Gynoecium a compound pistil. Ovary 
l-celled with 3-5 parietal placentae, or 2-3-celled, free or nearly so. Styles 
2-5, entire or cleft. Ovules numerous, anatropous. Fruit usually a 1-celled 
capsule, loculicidally 3-5.valved. Seeds several or numerous. 
