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CLEOME PENTAPHYLLA. FIVE-LEAVED 
CLEOME. 
Clafs and Order, 
TJETRADYNAMIA SILIQUOSA,. 
Generic Charader. 
Cal. 4-phyllus. Petala 4. Stam. 4—40. Siliqua 1-locularis, 
bivalvis, polyfperma. Semina exalbuminofa. Brown, 
Specific CharaGer and Synonyms. 
CLEOME pentaphylia ; floribus gynandris: flaminibus medio 
{tipitis infertis, foliis quinatis paffim floralibufque ternatis, 
caule inermi. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 130. 
CLEOME pentaphylla ; floribus gynandris, foliis digitatis. Sp. 
Pl. 938. Willd. 3. p. 564. 
SINAPISTRUM indicum pentaphyllum flore carneo, minus, 
non fpinofum. Herm, Lugdb. 564. Sloane Hifi. 1. p. 294. 
Raj. Hit, 859. 
PAPAVER corniculatum acre quinquefolium egyptiacum 
minus. Pluk. Alm. 280. 
PENTAPHYLLUM peregrinum filiquofum bivalve minus, 
Morif. Hift. 2. p. 289. 
PENTAPHYLLUM (filiquofum arabicum albidum, Park, 
Theat. 397- J. 3- : 
QUINQUEFOLIUM lupini folio. Bauh. Pin, 326. 
CAPA-VEELA. Hort. Malad. 9. p. 43+ 1. 24. 
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The number of leaflets is fo apt to vary in this genus, that it 
affords but a very bad {pecific charaéter. Our plant being 
particularly ftrong, produced feven leaflets on each of the lower 
leaves ; but retained its chara€ter of three in the floral leaves. 
The genus is not lefs variable in the number and fituation 
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