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Arabian Cleome. Fl. Ju. Jul. Cit. 1794. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
35 C. Isr'rica (D.C. prod. 1. p. 240.) herbaceous, covered 
with glandular pubescence ; leaves trifoliate, on short petioles ; 
siliques on short stipes, puberulous, somewhat pendulous, toru- 
lose, scarcely longer than the pedicels of the flowers. ©. H. 
Native of Iberia about Tiflis. Cleéme ornithopodioides Ibérica, 
Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 120. Flowers yellowish. 
Iberian Cleome. FI. Ju. Jul. Clt.1820. Pl. 5 to 1 foot. 
36 C. virea‘ra (Stev. in litt.) herbaceous, covered with glan- 
dular pubescence ; leaves trifoliate, on short petioles ; leaflets 
oblong-linear ; siliques on short stipes, puberulous, somewhat 
pendulous, torulose, three times longer than the pedicels. ©.H. 
Native of the north of Persia. Buxb. cent. 1. t. 9. f. 2. Flowers 
yellowish, with saffron anthers. 
Twiggy Cleome. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. Pl. 1 foot. 
37 C. Bracuyca’rpa (Vahl. ined.) suffruticose ; younger plants 
glandular, adult ones smooth ; leaves trifoliate, on short petioles ; 
leaflets oval-oblong, thick ; siliques sessile, ovate, terete, bearing 
the style. 4. F. Nativeof Arabia. Cledme ornithopodioides, 
Forsk. fl, arab. no. 402. Flowers yellowish. 
Short-podded Cleome. Pl. 1 foot. 
38 C. roLioLo sa (D. C. prod. 1. p. 240.) herbaceous, smooth, 
glaucous ; leaves almost sessile, trifoliate; leaflets and upper 
leaves almost orbicular ; siliques almost sessile, oblong-linear, 
beset with glandular hairs. ©. H. Nativeof Persia. Flowers 
whitish, or rather yellowish. 
Leafy Cleome. PI. 1 foot. 
39 C. cane’scens (Stev. ined.) herbaceous, glaucescent, some- 
what strigosely-pubescent ; leaves 3-4-foliate ; leaflets and upper 
leaves oblong-linear ; siliques stipitate, puberulous, erectish, 
torulose, equal in length with the pedicels of flowers. ©. H. 
Native of southern Tauria, Flowers yellowish. 
Canescent Cleome. PI. 1 foot. 
40 C. parvirtora (R. Br. in Salt’s abyss. 65.) herbaceous, 
covered with glandular pubescence ; leaves 4-foliate ; leaflets and 
upper leaves elliptical-ovate ; siliques sessile, oblong, covered 
with glandular pubescence, bearing the style, somewhat shorter 
than the pedicels. ©. H. Native of Abyssinia. 
yellowish. Petioles as well as nerves prickly. 
Small-flowered Cleome. Fl. June, July. Pl. 1 foot. 
41 C. a’spera (Koen, ined. et D. C. prod. 1. p. 241.) herba- 
ceous, clothed with rough hairs; leaves trifoliate; leaflets ob- 
long ; siliques sessile, terete, smooth, acuminated with the style. 
©. H. Native of Coromandel. Habit of Polanisia felina, but 
the flowers are hexandrous. Flowers yellowish. 
Rough Cleome. Pl. 1 foot. 
42 C. rra va (Banks, herb. et D. C. prod. 1. p. 241.) herba- 
ceous, covered with glandular pubescence, somewhat glaucous ; 
lower leaves quinate; upper ones ternate; leaflets oblong ; 
siliques sessile, striated, clothed with glandular pubescence. 
@©.H. Native of New Holland. Flowers yellow. 
Yellow-flowered Cleome. Pl. 1 foot. 
43 C. rutipospe’rma (D. C. prod. 1. p. 241.) herbaceous, 
smooth; leaves all trifoliate; leaflets oval-oblong;_ siliques 
smooth, stipitate, elongated, pointed. ©.H. Native of To- 
bago? Habit of Gynandrépsis triphylla, but the torus is not 
elongated. Flowers whitish. 
Rough-secded Cleome. PI. 1 foot. 
44 C. poty’cama (D. C. prod. 1. p. 241.) herbaceous, 
smooth ; leaves stalked, lower ones simple, the rest trifoliate ; 
leaflets ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, somewhat serrulated ; sili- 
ques almost sessile, terete, smooth. ©.S. Native of the West 
India Islands. Flowers white, with purple stamens ; anthers yellow. 
Var.a, C. polygama, Lin. spec. 939.—Sloane, jam. t. 124. f. 1. 
Var. B, C. serrata, Lin. spec. 939. Jacq. amer. ed. pict. t. 
262. f. 73. aleaf. Flowers white. 
Flowers 
CAPPARIDEZ. 
IV. CLEOME. 
Polygamous Cleome. FI. June, July. Clt. 1824. Pl. 1 to 2 ft. 
45 Č. acuLea'ta (Lin. syst. 3. p. 232.) herbaceous, smooth ; 
stipulas spinescent ; leaves trifoliate, floral ones ovate; siliques 
somewhat stipitate, terete, torulose, smooth. ©. S. Native of 
South America, in sandy places. Flowers white. 
Prickly-stipuled Cleome. Fl. July. Clt. 1817. Pl. 1 to 2 ft. 
46 C. Houston (R. Br. in hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 181.) 
herbaceous, clothed with glandular down; stipulas and petioles 
spinescent ; leaves ternate or quinate ; floral ones oval-oblong ; 
siliques on short stipes, clothed with glandular down. ©. H. 
Native of Jamaica. Mart. dec. t. 45. Flowers white. 
Houston's Cleome. F]. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1780. Pl. 1 to 14 foot. 
47 C. Humso'tptn (D. C. prod. 1. p. 141.) herbaceous, 
smooth ; petioles long, prickly ; leaves ternate or quinate, floral 
ones ovate, on short stalks, shorter than the pedicels; siliques 
stipitate, smooth, pointed with the style. Native of South 
America. Cledme parviflora, Humb. Bonpl. and Kth. nov. gen. 
5. p. 83. not of R. Br. Flowers white. 
Humboldt’s Cleome. Fl. Ju. July. Pl. 1 to 14 foot. 
48 C. pirru'sa (Banks, herb. et. D. C. prod. 1. p. 241.) 
herbaceous, smoothish, diffuse ; stipulas spinescent ; leaves trifo- 
liate, floral ones ovate, shorter than the pedicels ; siliques oblonz- 
linear, 6-times longer than the stipe. ©.S. Native about Rio 
Janeiro, in Brazil. Flowers white. 
Diffuse Cleome. Fl. Ju. Jul. Cit.1823. Pl. 1 foot long. 
49 C. arrinis (D. C. prod. 1. p. 241.) herbaceous, smooth- 
ish, diffuse, unarmed ; leaves trifoliate, floral ones ovate, shorter 
than the pedicels; siliques oblong-linear, 10-times longer than 
the stipe. ©. S. Native of Brazil, at Rio Janeiro. Very like 
C. diffusa. Flowers whitish. 
Allied Cleome. FI. Ju. Jul. Pl. 1 foot. 
50 C. RUBELLA (Burch. cat. no. 2025. trav. 1. p. 543.) her- 
baceous, covered with glandular pubescence ; leaves with 5-linear, 
smooth, glaucous leaflets ; siliques sessile, smooth, pubescent. 
©.H. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers reddish. 
Reddish-flowered Cleome. PI. 1 foot. 
51 C. ancustiro LIA (Forsk. egyp. p.120.) herbaceous, smooth, 
dotted at the top; lower leaves with 7 leaflets, upper ones tri- 
foliate ; leaflets linear filiform; siliques stipitate, pendulous. 
©.H. Native of Arabia Felix. Cledme filifolia, Vahl. symb. 
1. p. 48. Flowers with yellow petals, and violet and yellow 
anthers and filaments. 
Narrow-leaved Cleome. Pl. 1 foot. 
+ Species not sufficiently known. 
52 C. parapo’ xa (R. Br. in Salts abyss. p. 65.) suffruti- 
cose at the base, smooth; herbaceous at the top and scabrous with 
glandular hairs ; leaves ternate, orquinate ; leaflets glaucous, ob- 
long-linear, much shorter than the muricated petiole. R- 
Native of Abyssinia. Flowers whitish ? 
Paradoxical Cleome. Fl. June, July. Pi. 1 foot. 
53 C. cungrro'tia (Muhl. from Nut. gen. amer. 2. p. 73:) 
herbaceous, smooth ; leaves simple, cuneated, retuse ; siliques 
stipitate. @.H. Native of Georgia, in North America. Flow- 
ers white ; filaments 6, long, capillary. 
Wedge-leaved Cleome. Fl. June, July. Pl. 1 foot. 
54 C? arporea (Schiad in Goett. anz. 1821, p- 707.) un- 
armed, polyandrous ; stamens seated near the base of the stipe 
of the ovary; leaves ovate, acuminated. h. S. Native © 
Paraiba, in Brasil. A tree, with small yellow flowers. Perhaps 
a species of Polanisia. 
Tree Cleome. Tree 30 feet. . 
Cult. The shrubby species of Cledme thrive best in a rich light 
soil, and ripened cuttings root freely under a hand-glass, m rel 
derate heat; but as most of the species seed freely, this will 
