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CraI^va Fragrans. Sweet-Scented 

 Crat^eva. 



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CAz/j tf/jj Order. 

 Dodecandria (refiius Polyandria) Monocynia. 



Generic Character. 

 Cal. 4-fidus. Cor. 4-petala aut o. Bacca l-locularis polyfperma. 



Specific Characler and Synonyms, 



CRAT 7EV A fragrans ,- caule volubili, corollis regularibus: 

 petalis longiffimis undulatis, pedunculis capitato- 

 racemofis terminalibus teretibus. 



CRAT^EVA mofchata. Herb. Bank/. 



CRAT^EVA capparoides. Bot. Rep. pi. 176. 



Capparis and Cratseva are fc> nearly related, that it is not 

 eafy to find characters which will always diftinguifh them. 

 Even in the artificial fyffem, they ought not to have been fe- 

 parated into different claffes, moll of the fpecies being poly- 

 androus. Perhaps the only diflin&ion in the parts of fructi- 

 fication is, that in Cratasva the ftamens are attached to the 

 column fupporting the germ, whereas in Capparis they are 

 attached to the edge of the receptacle. A flight difference, 

 as the column itfelf is an elongation of the centre of the 

 receptacle. In the habit of the plants there is this effential 

 diftinclion, that in every fpecies of Capparis the leaves are 

 fimple, in Crataeva ternate. 



The C r at av a fragrans has feveral climbing ftems, extend- 

 ing 10 — 20 fcet t with a multitude of branches. Leaves alter- 

 nate, petioled, trifoliate ; leaflets ovate, entire, mining, 

 Ihortly petioled. The flowers grow in bunches on long 

 peduncles from the extremities of the branches, nodding whillt 

 in bud. Calyx confifis of four ovate-acuminate, concave, 



equal 



