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Gynandropsis.| CAPPARIDEZ (Sond.) dD 
TABLE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN GENERA. 
Tribe I. Crnomex.—Frwit dry and capsular, dehiscent. (Herbs or 
undershrubs, often with composite leaves and glandular pubescence.) 
I. Gynandropsis.—Torus elongate. Stamens 6, nearly equal, all fertile. 
Il. Cleome.—7orus hemispherical. Stamens 6, equal and fertile. 
IIT. Polanisia.— Torus small. Stamens 8-32, fertile. 
IV. Dianthera.—Torus small. Stamens 4; 2 long, fertile, 2 shorter and sterile. 
V. Tetratelia.—Torus small. Stamens 8 ; 4 longer, fertile, 4 shorter, sterile. 
Tribe IL. Capparzz. Fruit somewhat fleshy, indehiscent. (Shrubs 
or trees.) 
* Stamens 4-5 or 8. 
VI. Schepperia.— Nectary hood-shaped, hollow. Stamens 8. Petals none. 
VII. Cadaba.—WNectary tongue-shaped. Stamens 4 to 5. 
** Stamens 12-20 or very numerous, (rarely, in Capparis 8). me 
VIII. Niebuhria.—TZorus cylindrical, short. Petals none or small, Stamens inde- 
finite. Zeaves trifoliolate. 
IX. Boscia.—7orus short. Petals none. Stamens 12-20. Leaves simple. 
°-- XX. Capparis.—TZorus small. Petals 4. Stamens 8, or indefinite. Leaves simple. 
Tribe I. CLEOMEA. 
Fruit capsular, dehiscent. 
I. GYNANDROPSIS. DC. 
Sepals 4, short, spreading. Petals 4, clawed. Stamens 6, on the 
summit of a long stalklike torus ; filaments subequal ; anthers 2-celled, 
fertile. Ovary stipitate, with many ovules: stigma sub-sessile. Cap- 
sule podlike, unilocular, bivalve, many seeded. Seeds rugose. DC. Prod. 
I.p. 237. Endl. Gen. No. 4984. 
Subtropical, annual or perennial herbs, natives of the Eastern and Western 
Hemispheres. Leaves compound, palmately 3-7-foliolate, the leaflets entire or _ 
toothed. Racemes terminal. Name from yun, female, avnp, male, and ois, re- 
semblance ; in allusion to the position of the stamens with respect to the ovary. _ 
1. G. pentaphylla (@e Prod. t. p. 238.) ; glabrescent ; middle leave, 
5-foliolate, lowest and floral leaves 3-foliolate ; leaflets obovate, ntir 
or subserrulate ; pods linear. Cleome pentaphylla, Lin. Sp.938. Bot. 
Mag. 1681. C. Eckloniana, Schrad. Ind. Sem Gott. 1683. C. heterotricha, 
Burch LROLS GE DOIG OB OGRE PES 
Has. On hills. ne a gpa _Macallisberg, Zeyher. Interior re- 
ions, Wahlberg. (Herb. Holm. Sond.) == 
Aes a foot mages high, branching, covered with long and short, and mostly 
glandular, clammy hairs. Lower and middle leaves on long petioles, upper sub- 
sessile, and much smaller. Leaflets 4-1 inch long, 4 lines wide. Pedicels } inch 
long, lengthening in fruit. Petals white or pale rosy. Pods 2 inches long or more, 
on a stipe Linch long, glandularly rough, tipped with a short style and broad 
stigma. Seeds reniform, rough with little pustules. 
Il. CLEOME, L. 
Sepals 4; persistent or deciduous. Petals 4, sessile or clawed. Sta- 
mens 6, on a short, subglobose torus ; filaments equal ; anthers 2- 
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