44 OKDEB 13. RESEDACEJ3. 



ORDER XII. CAPPARIDACEJ3. CAPPARIDS. . 



Herbs, shrubs, or even trees, destitute of true stipules. Leaves alternate, 

 petiolate. Flowers cruciform, hypogynous. Sepals 4, Petals 4, unguicu- 

 late. Stamens 6 12, or some multiple of 4, never tetradynamous, on a 

 f^k or separated from the corolla by an internode of the torus. Ovaries 

 often stipitate, of 2 united carpels. Style united. Fruit either pod-shaped 

 and dehiscent, or fleshy and indehiscent. Seeds many, reniform. Albu- 

 men 0. Embryo curved. Cotyledon foliaceous. 



% TRIBE ( ,'APPARE-iE. Shrubs (or trees) with baccate or drupaceous fruit. S. Fla...CAFFARia. 



$ TKIBJ OLEOME-iE. Herbs (or shrubs) with capsular 1-celled pods, (a) 



a Stamens 6, separated from the petals by an internode GTNANDROPSIS. 1 



a Stamens 6, not separated from the petals CLKOME. 2 



a Stamens 832, free. Torus not developed to an internode POLANISI*. 3 



1. GYNANDROPSIS, DC. (Oynandria, a Linnaean class, ctyz, ap- 

 pearance.) Sep. distinct, spreading. Stam. 6, separated from the 4 petals 

 by a slender intemode of the torus. Pod linear-oblong, raised on a' long 

 stipe which rises from the top of the torus. Lvs. digitate. Fls. racemed. 

 G. pentaphylla DC. Middle Ivs. petiolate, 5-foliate, floral and lower ones 3-foliate, 



leaflets obovate, entire, or denticulate. Waste grounds, Va. to Ga. 2 3f. White. 



2. CLEOME, L. SPIDER FLOWER. Sep. sometimes united at base. 

 Pet. 4. Toms not developed between the petals and the stamens, which 

 are 6 4. Pod stipitate more or less. Herbs or shrubs. Lvs. simple or 

 digitate. Flowers racemed or solitary. (See Addenda.) 



1 C. pungens L. Stem simple, prickly ; Ifts. 5 9, elliptic-lanceolate, acute; flowers 



racemed ; petals on filiform claws, half as long as the stamens. Gardens and fields. 

 3 4f. Flowers purple, curious. May Aug. 



2 C. SPECIOSISSIMA. Stem branched below ; Ifts. 5 7, lanceolate, acuminate ; petals as 



long as their claws, rose-purple. Mexico. 3 4f. June Sept. 



3. POLANISIA, Raf. (77oA.u, much, avi6o<>, unequal.) Sep. dis- 

 tinct, spreading. Pet. 4, unequal. Stam. 8 32, filaments filiform or 

 dilated at the summit. Torus not developed, minute. Pods linear. @ 

 Strong-scented herbs, with glandular, viscid hairs. 



1 P. graveolens Raf. Viscid-pubescent ; Ivs. ternate, Ifts. elliptic-oblong ; fls. axil- 



lary, solitary; stain. 812; caps, oblong-lanceolate, attenuate t base. Gravelly 

 shores, Vt. to Ark. If. Flowers in leafy racemes, yellowish-white. July. 



2 P. tenulfolia T. & G. Viscid-glandular ; Ifts. 3, filiform-linear ; pet. unequal, oval, 



on short claws ; stam. 1215 ; pod linear. Ga. Fla. 1 2f. White. 



ORDER XIII. RESEDACE^E. MIGNONETTES. 



Herbs, with alternate, entire, or pinnate leaves. Stipules minute, gland- 

 like. Flowers in racemes or spikes, small and often fragrant, 4-7-merous, 

 unsymmetrical and open in bud. Petals unequal, entire or cleft. Stamens 

 8 20, inserted on the hypogynous, one-sided glandular disk. Ovaries sea- 



