CAPPARIDACEAE 577 
4. OCLEOME Small. Herbs or somewhat woody plants. Leaf- 
blades s foliolate. Sepals 4, spreading. Petals 4, bright-pink, nearly equal, 
slender-clawed. Receptacle produced into a long gland. Stamens 6, or rarely 4, 
borne i the gynophore: anthers elliptic. Ovary long- stipitate: style want- 
ing or nearly so. Capsule narrow, the valves linear.—About 70 species, 
natives, wena of tropical regions.—SPIDER-FLOWERS. 
Bracts more or less ENTER sepals subulate: corolla 4-5 cm. w oo 
spin 
Bracts minute or obsolete: sepals elliptie to lanceolate-elliptic : 
corolla about 2 em. wide: capsule-body many times longer than 
the very short stipe. 2. N. serrata. 
1. N. spinosa (L.) Small. Stem glandular: leaflets 5-7; blades pubescent, the 
terminal one elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, 3-10 cm. long, entire: flowers numer- 
ous, buds clav pals 5-7 mm. long: 
petals 2.5—3 . long: eapsule-body 5-8 c 
ong, the stipe filiform: seed n 
grounds, and roadsides, various provinees, 
res to Tex., Mo., and N. Y. Nat. of trop. 
— (0. W.) Bat —fall, or all year S. 
2. N. serrata (Jaeq.) S Stem glab- 
rous: leaflets 3; blades ppm the termi- 
nal one ovate-lanceolate, 4—14 em. long, shal- 
owers 
5. CAPPARIS [Tourn.] L. Shrubs, frees: or vines. Leaf-blades simple, 
entire. Sepals 4 or 5, often spreading or reflexed. Pet als 4 or 5, sessile, white. 
Receptacle unappendaged. Stamens numerous: anthers elliptic to linear. 
Ovary long-stipitate: style wanting. Capsule sometimes baccate, often toru- 
lose.—About 150 species, natives of tropical and subtropical regions.—NSpr. 
Leaves glabrous; blades reticulate: capsule glabrous. 1. C. flexuosa. 
Leaves scaly ; blades not reticulate: capsule scaly. 2. C. cynophallophora. 
1. C. flexuosa L. Shrub or small tree: leaf- pee os to elliptic cuneate, 
mainly 5-8 em. long: sepals suborbicular: coroll 5-7.5 em. wide: fru it- 
body mostly 10-20 em. long. [C. cynophal- E 
lophora L. 1759.]—(BAY-LEAVED CAPER- 
` TREE. )—Coastal NC E a S pen. Fla. and 
the Keys,—(W. I., C. A., S. A.) 
2. C. cynop P An L. Shrub or small 
inly 
high and e 
peratur of the coastwise kitehenmiddens of 
Flori da. enables these tropieal eaper-trees to 
grow far up the peninsula. 
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