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puberuli. Sepala ovata, acute acuminata, membranacea, in sicco rubra. Petala majora calyce duplo longiora. 
Torus filiformis, 6 lin, longus. Stamina sex. Thecaphorum toro brevius.  Siliqua bipollicaris vel paullo 
longior. 
13, CLEoME polygama, Linn.—DC. Prod. 1. p. 241.—Guayaquil. 
14. CiEome pilosa, sp. n., inermis, pilis sparsis hispidula, foliolis subquinis elliptico-oblongis 
acuminatis utrinque sparse hispidulis, floralibus parvis ovato-lanceolatis, thecaphoro brevi, siliqua 
acuminata glabra.—Salango, in Columbia. 
Habitus fere C. rosew. Pili sparsi non glutinosi. Foliola majora 2-3-pollicaria, petiolo bipollicari. 
Pedicelli graciles, glabriusculi, pollicem longi, Sepala vix 1 lin. longa, acutissima. ,Petala majora 4-5 lin, 
longa, oblonga, breviter unguiculata. Siliqua matura bipollicaris, thecaphoro 3 lin. longo. Semina rugulosa. 
15. Capparis (Cynophalla) brevipes, sp. n., glabra, foliis brevissime petiolatis oblongis acumi- 
natis obtusisve basi cordatis, glandula in axillis pezizeeforme, racemis terminalibus axillaribusve sub- 
corymbosis paucifloris—Gulf of Nicoya. 
Frutex scandens. Folia coriacea, 23-3 poll. longa, 1 poll. lata, margine undulata, apice seepius acuta. 
Glandula axillaris hinc inde deest. Racemi nonnulli in axillis supremis simplices pauciflori, terminalis inter- 
dum ramosus. Sepala ovata, valde imbricata. Petala et genitalia in speciminibus suppetentibus a vermibus 
exesa. Species videtur C. heterophylle, Ruiz et Pav. affinis. 
16. Capparis (Cynophalla) Sinelairii, sp. n. (Plate XXVII.) glabra, foliis lanceolatis muticis 
coriaceis basi rotundatis breviter petiolatis, glandula in axillis turbinata, racemis axillaribus 4-6-floris 
folio brevioribus, sepalis orbiculatis corolla dimidio brevioribus, thecaphoro longissimo, — 
Columbia. 
Folia 2-3-pollicaria, viscosissima. Racemi subcorymbosi, pedicellis inferioribus semipollicaribus. Petala 
6-7 lin. longa, orbiculata, Stamina numerosissima. Ovarium oblongo-lineare, thecaphoro jam ante anthesin 
fere 2 poll. longo. Stigma truncatum. Fructus non suppetit. 
Plate XXVIL. fig. 1, stamen; fig. 2, ovary; fig. 3, the same, cut longitudinally; fig. 4, the 
same, transverse section; all magnified. 
17. Capparis amygdalina, Linn.—DC. Prod. 1. p. 250,—Manzanilla Bay. 
18. Cappanis scabrida, Humb. et Kunth.—DC. Prod. 1. p. 251.—Payta, in Columbia. 
19. Capparis crotonoides, Humb. et Kunth.—DC. Prod. 1. p. 251 .—Isle of Puna, in the Bay 
of Guayaquil. 
20. Cappants avicenniefolia, Humb. et Kunth—DC. Prod. 1. p. 252,—In various places, from 
Panama to Guayaquil. These specimens are somewhat more downy than those described by Kunth, 
and the berry is ovoid, or oblong, but in other respects they agree perfectly with the description. 
BIXACEE. 
21. Brxa orellana, Linn.—DC. Prod. 1. p. 259.—Mexico to Guayaquil. 
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