126 TETRADYNAMIA SILIQUOSA, Cleome. 
R. sativus. Willd. iii. 560. 
Siliques cylindric, torose, two-celled. 
Sans. Mooluka. 
Beng. Moola, or Moolee. 
Arab. Fujl. 
‘The sort cultivated in Bengal is a pale red variety, the root 
of which grows to the size of a man’s leg, or more, and is only 
half immersed in the soil. It thrives best during the dry 
season. : 
CLEOME. Schreb. gen. N. 1099. 
Calyx spreading. Petals ascending or regular: Siliques 
dehiscent, one-celled, two-valved. 
It is impossible to fix upon any one essential character, 
that will include the plants of India only, hitherto assigned to 
this family, some are gynandrous, some polyandrous, some 
hexandrous, &c. with their corols as much diversified as the 
_ stamina. 
1. C. pentaphylia, Willd. iii, 564. 
Annual, erect. Flowers gynandrous, hexandrous, Leaves 
quinate and petioled ; floral leaves ternate and sessile, 
Cara-veela. Rheed. Mal. ix. t. 24. 
Cara-vella, Asiat. Res, iv. 294. 
Beng. Kanalla, : hott 
_ Teling. Wemninia ' , e 
An annual plant of from one to three feet high, dtighing 
in gardens and rich cultivated lands, 
Root ramous, Stem erect, except when old, then bent 
much to one side, round, hairy, winding. Branches numerous, 
two-forked, sometimes coloured on the side most exposed. 
young shoots more hairy, and glutinous. Leaves alternate, 
petioled, digitate. Leaflets sessile, unequal, obovate, or broad - 
wedge-formed, somewhat pointed, having both sides clothed 
with short glutinous hairs, with the marginsalittle waved, and 
