CAFPARIDEJE. 55 



Capparideae. 



Conspectus of the Formosan Genera. 



(1) Herbs. Fruits capsular. (2). 

 Shrubs or trees. (3). 



(2) Torus short, often produced backwards into an appendix. 



Stamens 4-6, free Cleome. 1 



Torus short. Stamens 8-x , free, but sometimes not an- 



theriferous Polanisia. 2 



Stamens on the gyuophore. Petals open in bud Gynandropsis. 3 



(3) Sepals 4, 2-seriate, imbricate Gapparis. 4 



Sepals 4, open in bud : Cratceva. 5 



1. Cleome LINN. 



Cleome puilgens WILLD. ; (cult.) HENRY List PI. Formos p. 18 ; 

 MATSUM. et HAYATA Enmn. PI. Formos. p. 25. 



HAB. It is recorded from Pescadores by Mr. Y. TASHIRO ; but I have 

 not yet se^n a, specimen of it. 



2. Polanisia KAFIN. 



Polanisia viscosa Da Prodi-. I. p. 242 ; BENTH. Fl. Hongk. p. 18 ; 

 MAXIM, in Mel. Biol. XII. (18S6) p. 419 ; FORBES et HEM.SL. Ind. Fl. Sin. 

 I. p. 50 ; HENRY List PI. Formos. p. 18 ; ITO et MATSUM. Tent. FL Lutch. 

 in Jburn. Sci. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo XII. p. 305 ; MATSUM. et HAYATA 

 Ermm. PI. Formos. p. 25. 



Polanisia icosandra WIGHT et ARN. ; WIGHT Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 2. 



Cleome icosandra et viscosa LINN. Sp. PI. ed-2, p. 933 ; LOUR. Fl. 

 Cochiuch. ed-WiLLD. p. 483. 



HAB. South Cape, and many other localities. 



DISTRIB. Widely diffused in warm regions. 



