56 CAPPARIDEH (Sond.) [Polanisia. 
celled. Ovary sessile or stipitate, with many ovules ; style short or 
none. Capsule podlike, unilocular, bivalve, many-seeded, Seeds usually 
rough. DOC. Prod. t p. 238. Endl. Gen. No. 4985. 
Herbs, mostly annual, common throughout the warmer zones of both hemi- 
spheres. Leaves simple or palmately 3-7 leaved. Flowers in terminal racemes. 
: ag from KAew, to shut; of uncertain application ; adopted by Linnzeus from 
OS1US. 
* Leaves simple. 
1. C. monophylla (Linn. Sp. 940.) ; herbaceous, pubescent ; leaves 
simple, petiolate, obtuse at base ; pod roughish ; thecaphore short. 
Var. 8. cordata; leaves cordate or subcordate at base, Sond. in 
Linn. 23. p. 5. Cl. cordata, Burch. in DC. Prod. 1. p.239. C. subcor- 
data, Stend. , 
Has. Macallisberg, Burke & Zeyher. Port Natal, Gueinzius. (Herb. Sond. T.C.D.) 
Erect, branched, a foot or more in height, the whole plant glandularly pubescent 
and rough. Lower leaves broader and longer, oblong-lanceolate, 1-14 inches long, 
the petiole t inch ; upper subsessile, narrower and shorter. Racemes terminal ; pe 
rosy, 4 lines long. Stamens 6, longer than the petals. Pods 14-2 inches long ; 
thecaphore 1 line long ; style short. 
** Leaves 5—7-foliolate. 
2. C. rubella (Burch. Trav. 1. p. 543.); herbaceous, glandularly pu- 
bescent ; leaves 5—7—foliolate ; leaflets lanceolate-linear, glabrous, glau- 
cous ; pod roughish, on a very short thecaphore. DC. Prod. 1. p. 241. 
Has. Asbestos Mountains, Burchell. Port Natal, Miss Owen. (Herb. T.C.D.) 
_ Annual, about 6 inches high, branching. Petioles terete, furrowed on the upper 
side, as long as the leaflets or longer, glandular. Larger leaflets 6-10 lines long, 
1 line wide, obtuse ; upper leaves smaller and on shorter petioles. Pedicels 4 lines 
long : flowers small, rosy. St. 6, fertile. Pods spreading, uncial, 1 line wide, 
roughish, at length smooth. 
3. C. rupestris (Sond. Linn. 23. p. 6.) ; herbaceous, the stem, /eaves, 
calyces and pods glandularly pubescent ; leaves small, 5—7-foliolate ; 
leaflets linear, channelled above, as long as the petiole ; pods linear, 
pendulous, on a short thecaphore. 
Has. Rocky hills at Vaalrivier, Zeyher (Herb. Sond.) 7 
Annual, about a foot high, much branched, clothed with yellow glandular hairs. 
Leaves, including the petiole, about 5 ‘lines long, or the lower ones longer ; leaflets 
subacute. Raceme secund ; pedicels 4 lines long ; fl. small, violate, petals obovate: 
oblong, somewhat clawed. Stamens 6. Pod uncial, 14 lines wide ; the sty. le and 
heeaphore each 1 line long. Seeds smooth. Allied to the preceding, but differs 
in its smaller and glandular leaves, secund raceme and broader pods. 
Ill. POLANISIA. Rafin. 
Sepals 4, lanceolate. Petals 4 sessile or clawed, often unequal. 
Stamens 8-32, on a short subglobose torus; filaments often unequal ; 
anthers 2-celled, fertile. Qvary sessile or stipitate, with many ovules ; 
style long or short. Capsule podlike, unilocular, bivalve, many-seeded. 
Seeds rugose. DC. Prod. 1. p. 242. Endl. Gen. No. 4988. 
