( 3137 ) = 
CLEOME GIGANTEA. Gucanric CLEomE. 
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tai , | Class and Order. 
A ay 
HexanpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Cappariwez. ) 
Generic Character. © 
Cal. 4-sepalus, patens, subequalis. Pet.4. Torus sub- 
hemisphericus. Stam. 6, rarius 4.  Siliqgua dehiscens in 
calyce stipitata aut sessilis. D C. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
CLEomE* (Prpiceniaria) gigantea ; fruticosa velutino-pu- 
pee subviscosa, foliis 7-foliolatis obovato-lanceo- 
atis. ; 
Cieome gigantea. Linn. Mant. p. 430. Jacq. Obs. 4. p. 
1.¢.75. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 3. p.567. Ait. Hort. Kew. 
ed. 2. v. 4. p. 131. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 238. 
Schult. Syst. Veget. v. 6. p. 28. Spreng. Syst. Veg. 
v, 2p. 122. 
Cixome viridiflora. Schreb. Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. 4. p. 136. 
t. 3. sais 
SinaPistrum giganteum. ‘“ Mench, Meth. p. 250.” 
Descr. Stem three to five feet “high, erect, shrubby, 
branched above, every where downy, the younger branches 
glandular. Leaves alternate, septenate, petioled; leaflets 
Spreading in a digitate manner; lanceolate or inclining 
to obovate, acute, narrower at the base, on both sides 
clothed with a dense, silky pubescence: the midrib strong, 
from which diverge many parallel, lateral veins. pie: 
onger 
‘ se Anciently given to some plant allied to Srvapis, and now to the present 
€nus on account of its affinity with Srnaris. oe 
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