n6 CANUS 



Canus (Lat.), grey-white. 



Caopia Adans. = Vismia Vand. (Guttif.). 



Caoutchouc, see Rubber. 



Capanemia Barb. Rodr. (Quekettia EP.). Orch. (il. 19). 2 Brazil. 



Caparrosa, Neea t keif era Oerst. 



Cape aster, Felicia; -chestnut, Calodendron; -cowslip, LachenaHa; 

 -crocus, Gethyllis; -figwort, Phygelms ; -forget-me-not, Anchusa; 

 gooseberry, Physalis; -honeysuckle, Tecoma; -jasmine, Gardenia; 

 -lily, Crhium; -pondweed, Aponogeton; -primrose, Streptocarpus ; 

 -tulip, Hiicinanthns. 



Caper, Capparis spinosa, L. 



Caperonia St Hil. Euphorbiaceae (A. n. 2). 33 trop. Am., Afr. 



Capet tree (W.I.), Capparis verrucosa Jacq. 



Capillary, hair-like. 



Capirona Spruce. Rubiaceae (i. 4). i S. Am. K like Mussaenda. 



Capitania Schweinf. Labiatae (vn). i E. Afr. 



Capitate, head -like. 



Capitularia J . V. Suringar. Cyper. (in), i New Guinea. 



Capitulum, a head of fl., Compositae, Comae., Dipsac., &c. 



Capnites Dum. = Corydalis Vent. (Papav.). 



Capnoides Tourn. ex Adans. = Corydalis Vent. (Papav.). 



Capnophyllum Gaertn. Umbelliferae (in. 6). 4 Medit., S. Afr. 



Capnorea Rafin.= Hesperochiron S. Wats. (Hydrophyll.). 



Capparidaceae (EP. , BH.). Dicots. (Archichl. Rhot-adales ; Parietales 

 BH.). 40 gen., 450 sp., trop. and warm temp., many xero., with 

 reduced, often inrolled, 1. (cf. Empetrum). Herbs or shrubs, with 

 alt. simple or palmate 1., often with stips. (frequently repres. by 

 thorns or glands). Fls. $ , reg., usu. in racemes, bracteate but with- 

 out bracteoles- The P resembles that of Cruciferae (K.2 + 2, 4 

 diagonal), but great var. occurs in the A. In some sp. of Cleome 

 there are 4 sta. in two whorls, but elsewhere there are more. Some 

 sp. of Cleome, c. show ictradynamous sta. In others, still further 

 branching of the median sta. occurs and usu. the post. sta. is more 

 branched than the ant. Staminody of some of the branches is 

 frequent. Cpls. typically (i), transv. as in Cruciferae, wi'h parietal 

 plac. In many sp. of sub-order II the number rises to 10 or 12 by 

 the addition of a second whorl of cpls. and by decloublement. 

 Ovules oo , campylotropous. 



A further complication is the presence of axial effigurations, &c. 

 in the fls. A disc may occur between P and sta. (usually thicker 

 at the post, sic'e), or a gynophore between sta. and ov., or both. Or 

 the disc may grow up in the centre to form an androphore on which 

 the sta. are borne and above them there may be a gynophore also. 

 From the disc there often grow out structures of various shapes and 

 sizes; these may be scales quite free from one another, or, as in 

 Cadaba, &c., may be united into a tube. Or the scales may, as in 

 Steriphoma, &c., alt. with and he joined to the sepals. 



Fr. a siliqua (with repluin), nut, berry or drupe. Seed exalb. 

 with rmbryo folded in various ways as in Cruciferae. Few are useful : 

 see Capparis, &c. 



