( 1857 ) 

 Cleome pubescens. Villous Cleome. 



Class find Order. 

 Tetradynamia Siliquosa. 



Generic Character. 



Cat. 4-phyllus. Petala 4. Stam. 4 — 40. Siliqna 1-loca* 

 Wj\ bivalvis polysperma. Semina exalbuminosa. Brows. 



Specific Character* 



Cleome pubescens ; floribus hexandris, staminfbus basi 

 stipitis insertis, bracteis oblongo-cordatis simplicibus, 

 calycibus reilexis, siliquis pendulis. 



Descr. Whole plant, more especially the stem, clothed 

 with a fine pubescence. Root annual. Stem simple, erect 

 Leaves digitate : leaflets five or seven, lanceolate-ovate, 

 ribbed underneath with parallel veins. Flowers in a simple 

 raceme, white : claws of the petal shorter than the lamina. 

 Stamens six, inserted into the lower part of the stipes or 

 footstalk of the germen, and not into the middle of it, as in 

 Cleome peniaphylla : filaments naturally long, ascendant, 

 and of a bright purple colour ; but in the specimen from 

 which our drawing was taken unfortunately abortive, a 

 defect not observed till the plate was ready for publication. 

 Bractes simple cordate. Siliqua very long, and hanging 

 down. 



For this, as it appears to us, un described species of 

 Cleome, we are indebted to our friend Robert Barclay, 

 Esq. of Bury-Hill, who raised it from seeds he received from 

 Paris ; but its native country is unknown to us. 



Flowers in July. Requires to be raised in the stove or 

 hot-bed, and to be kept constantly under shelter. It pro- 

 duced and ripened seeds, however, with us, in an airy 

 apartment, without artificial warmth. 



