XII. CAPPARIDEZE. 103 
Ono XIL CAPPARIDZZ. 
Endl. Gen. 889; Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 357. 
Flores hermaphroditi, rarissime dioici. ;Sepala 4—8, libera v. varie connata, 1-2-seriata, 
subzqualia v. antico majore, v. 2 interioribus multo minoribus, interdum basi squamis aucta, 
omnia imbricata v. valvata, v. 2 exterioribus tantum valvatis. Petala 4, rarius O, raris- 
sime 5, v. 8, sessilia v. unguieulata, imbricata v. aperta, rarissime valvata. T'orus brevis v. 
elongatus, symmetrieus v. asymmetricus, nune disciformis, in cornu v. appendicem postice 
produetus, depressus v. in stipitem longum v. brevem crassum v. gracilem attenuatus, inter- 
dum basin calycis vestiens; margine glanduloso v. fimbriato. Stamina basi v. apice tori 
inserta, suberecta patentia v. declinata, pauca v. perplurima, sequalia v. inzqualia, omnia 
fertilia v. nonnulla ananthera; filamentis scepissime filiformibus, liberis, nune basi cum toro 
elongato connatis v. monadelphis, nunc sub apice incrassatis, sstivatione inflexis v. con- 
- tortis. .Anzhere oblongs, dorso basi affixw,. ^ Ovarium sessile v. breviter v. longissime sti- 
pitatum, sepissime ovoideum, l-loculare v. non raro septis spuriis e placentis ortis 2-8- 
loculare. Stylus swpissime brevis v. O0, rarissime elongatus, filiformis, v. styli 5 uncinati; 
stigmate szpissime orbiculato, sessili. —Ovwa co, placentis parietalibus 1—oo-seriatim aflixa, 
anatropa, rarissime solitaria. Fructus capsularis v. baccatus, rarissime drupaceus, dum 
capsularis sepissime elongatus, compressus, 2-valvis, oc-spermus, siliquzformis, valvis a 
replo persistente secedentibus; rarius didymus, 1-2-spermus; dum baccatus globosus 
oblongus v. cylindraceus v. elongatus et torulosus, interdum tarde dehiscens, Semina 
placentis septisve adnata, in generibus capsuliferis reniformia, testa coriacea sepissime 
aspera, in baecatis angulata v. reniformia, swpe pulpa nidulantia, testa levi coriacea v. 
crustacea; albumen O0 v. tenue. Embryo arcuatus v. incurvus; cotyledones incumbentes, 
plieatze v. convolutee, v. induplicatze, rarius planze ; radicula conica v. fusiformis, in generibus 
capsuliferis supera, in baecatis vaga v. centrifuga. 
Herbs annus v. frutices, rarius arbores, glabri, glandulosi, tomentosi v. rarius lepidoti, 
caule ramisque teretibus, succo aqueo. Folia alterna, rarissima opposita, stipulata v. exsti- 
pulata, simplicia v. 1-5-foliolata, nunquam pinnata nec pinnatilobata, integerrima, rarissime 
serrata v. dentata; stipulis si adsint setaceis, herbaceis v. spinescentibus. Flores axillares 
fasciculati v. solitarii, v. terminales et corymbosi y. racemosi, regulares y. irregulares, sepe 
speciosi ; pedicellis ebracteatis v. basi bracteatis. 
Species ad 300, inter regiones utriusque hemisphzerii mcs et tropicas subsqualiter sparse, 
frutescentes in America maxima copia vigentes. 
Ordo per genera capsuligera Cruciferís valde affinis, e& non nisi habitu, foliis 1—3 trifoliolatis, 
floribus sepissime asymmetricis, staniinumque numero distinguendus. Genera anomala (Afaonisquea, 
Hoydsia, etc.) eum Ordinibus aliis nullam monstrant affinitatem, nisi Tovaria, quee versus Phyto- 
lacceas tendit. i 
Foliola lobata in TAylachkio, 
Flores dioici in 4pophyllo. 
Petala fimbriata in Cristatella. 
Stamen antheriferum 1 in Dactylena. 
Ovarium 8-loculare, placentis axillaribus, in Tovaria, 
Ovarium 1-ovulatum in ApopAyllo. 
Stylus elongatus in Gynandropsidis sect, Rperia. 
Stigmata subulata in Hoydsia; Tovarie in commune radiatum connata, 
Albumen sat copiosum in Tbvaría. 
Odor Tovarie gravissimus. 
FORMJS ABNORMES, 
CONSPECTUS GENERUM. 
"Tribus I. Cleomece. Fructus capsularis, 1-locularis, plerumque siliquzeformis, rarius brevis v. 
didymus.—Herbe sepius annue. 
* Capsula 4—8- v. oo-sperma. (An omnia Cleomis subgenera ?) 
l. DacrYLxNa. Stamen antheriferum 1.— Brasilia, 
