28 COL. GRANT—BOTANY ОЕ THE 5РЕКЕ AND GRANT EXPEDITION. 
(8. Sisymprium, sp.? No. 446 of Speke’s Appendix, with a drawing and description, without specimens. 
Flowers yellow. Pods round, linear, and many-seeded. Stem purple on one side. Leaves pinnatifid. 
1° 42’ S. lat., Feb. 1862.—J. А. G.] 
CAPPARIDE Ж. 
1. CLEOME MONOPHYLLA, L.; DO. Prod. i. 239; Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 76.— C. cordata, 
Burch. ; DC.1.c. С. subcordata, Steud. in Schimp. Pl. Abyss. Exs.—Hispidula ; foliis sim- 
plicibus oblongo- v. lineari-lanceolatis subacutis, basi obtusis v. subcordatis, petiolatis ; 
floribus racemosis, bracteis lanceolatis ovatisve, pedieellis sæpius æquilongis у. eisdem 
longioribus, staminibus 6; capsula elongato-cylindrica, striata, hispidula, gynophoro bre- 
vissimo v. subnullo; seminibus rugosis. 
Herba erecta, 3-9 ped. alta. Caulis striatus, hispidulus. Folia alterna, petiolata v. superiora subsessilia, 
oblongo- v. lineari-lanceolata, acutata v. obtusiuscula, basi rotundata v. subcaudata, summa interdum 
latiora ovata amplexicaulia, in bracteas sensim abeuntia, utrinque hispidula v. glabrata ; lamina 12-9 poll. 
longa, 3-3 poll. lata; petiolus (foliorum caul. inferiorum) 2-1 poll. longus. Racemi егесі, bracteati, ter- 
minales, bracteis herbaceis lanceolatis v. ovatis. lores pallide rosei v. albo-rubescentes. Sepala anguste 
linearia. Petala obovata, longe unguiculata, sepalis 2-plo longiora. Capsula brevissime stipitata v. subses- 
silis, 24-3 poll. longa, 355-4; poll. diametro, valvis longitudinaliter striatis, hispidulis. Semina globoso- 
reniformia, transverse plicato-rugulosa, inter rugas striis minutis longitudinaliter sub lente notata. | 
Hab. 5° 5° S. lat., alt. 3900 ft., Col. Grant! Widely distributed in Tropical and 
Southern Africa. 
Plate V. fig. 1. Flower; fig. 2. Stamens; fig. 3. Pistil; fig. 4. Seed, front and side views. 
2. CLEOME HIRTA, Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 81.— Decastemon hirtus, Klotzsch in Peters, 
Mossamb. Bot. 155.— Herba erecta, pubescens v. hispidula; foliis 5—7-foliolatis, foliolis 
linearibus obtusiusculis; racemis foliaceis, bracteis 1-3-5-foliolatis; staminibus 10-12, 
inæqualibus; capsula cylindrica, striata, setulosa, breviter stipitata (seminibus C. mono- 
phylle). у 
Herba 3-13 ped., erecta. Caulis simplex vel ramulos axillares adscendentes basin versus emittens, 
hispidulus v. pubescenti-hirtus. Folia alterna, longe petiolata, 7-5-foliolata, foliolis linearibus v. anguste 
ovali-linearibus, plus minus obtusis, longioribus 12-22 poll. longis, 1-2 poll. latis, parce hispidulis glabra- 
tisve ; petiolus 1-22 poll. longus. Pedicelli 1—1 poll. longi, ssepius adscendentes, hirti v. puberuli. Flores 
purpurei у. albi maculis flavis notati. Sepala linearia, acuta, glandulosa. Petala subæqualia oblanceolata 
obtusa, sepalis 13-2-plo longiora. Stamina 10-19, rarius pauciora, inæqualia, longiora exserta ; antheris 
oblongis v. linearibus. Capsula breviter stipitata, 2-23 poll. longa, dee poll. diametro, valvis longi- 
tudinaliter striatis, minute glanduloso-setigeris. 
Hab. 5° 17 and 42 S. lat. Common in corn-fields, Mininga, Col. Grant! Also in 
Angola and in the Zambesi and Maravi country. 
We have what may be the same species with elongated raceme and capsules, 4—5 in. long, from 8. lat. 
33^; but the specimen is imperfect. 
Plate IV. fig. 1. Flower, side view; fig. 2. The same, front view; fig. 3. Seed. 
9. GYNANDROPSIS PENTAPHYLLA, DC. Prod. i. 238; Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 82.—G. den- 
 ticulata, DC. 1. с. Cleome acuta, Schum. et Thonn. Pl. Guin. 298. 
. Hab. Karagué and Zungoméro, in corn-fields, Col. Grant! А common weed of the 
Old-World tropies. 
: [Met with everywhere near cultivations and habitations ; a woody plant 4 feet long, with a hard, taper- 
ing, twisting root. Тһе natives eat its leaves, when boiled, with red pepper and salt.—J. A. G.] 
