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Order X. CAPPARIDEE. 
Capparideé, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 103. 
Shrubs, annual herbs, or rarely trees. About twenty-four genera and 300 species, 
natives of warm and tropical regions, and most abundant in America. 
Tribe CLEOMEA. 
1. CLEOME. 
Cleome, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 826; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. 1. p. 105. 
Shrubs or annual herbs. About seventy species, dispersed over nearly all warm and 
tropical countries, most numerous in America and the countries bordering on the Red 
Sea. 
1. Cleome cardinalis, DC. Prod. i. p. 238. 
Mexico, called “ Borla de Cardinal” by the natives. 
9. Cleome (§ Physostemon) mexicana, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars alt. p. 20. 
Annua nana strigillosa, ramis gracilibus, foliis simplicibus linearibus mucronatis, floribus parvis 
solitariis axillaribus, pedicellis foliis squilongis, capsulis deltoideis, seminibus 4 rugosis 
tuberculatis. | 
Herba annua, strigillosa, erecta, 3-4-pollicaris, jam a basi ramosa, ramis gracilibus angulatis. Folia 
simplicia, linearia, circiter pollicaria, aculeato-mucronata. Flores rosei vel flavi, vix 3 lin. 
longi, axillares, solitarii, pedicellati, pedicellis filiformibus, ebracteatis, foliis equilongis ; sepala 
lineari-lanceolata, acuta, petalis breviora; petala obovata, anguste unguiculata; stamina 6, 
2 superiorum filamentis infra antheram inflatis ; ovarium breviter stipitatum, stylo elongato 
filiformi. Capsula deltoidea vel late rotundato-ovata, circiter 4 lin. diametro, stylo filiformi 
indurato coronata ; semina 4, rugosa, tuberculata. . 
Sour Mexico, dunes on the Pacific coast, Oaxaca (Galeotti, 3194). Hb. Kew. 
8 Cleome multicaulis, DC. Prod. i. p. 240; Calques des Dess. Fl. Mex. 20. 
MEXICO. 
4. Cleome polygama, Linn. DC. Prod. i. p. 241. 
Sourn Mexico, near Campeche (Humboldt & Bonpland), near Tantoyuca (Ervend- 
berg); Panama (Duchassaing)—Also common in Jamaica and CotomBia. Hb. Kew. 
5. Cleome pubescens, Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 1897. 
Panama (Duchassaingq). 
6. Cleome sonore, A. Gray, Pl. Wright. ii. p. 16. 
Conorapo.—Norrn Mexico, Chiricahui Mountains, Sonora (Wright). 
7. Cleome speciosissima, Deppe, Bot. Reg. t. 1312. 
Sours Mexico, Jalapa (Deppe). 
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