CLETHRA 149 



Cleanthe Salisb. Iridaceae (li). i Cape Colony. 



Cleanthes D. Don (Trixis BH.). Compos. (12). 3 S. Braz., Arg. 



Clearing-nut, Slrychnos potatorum L. f. 



Clearweed (Am.), Pi lea. 



Cleavers, Galium Aparine L. 



Cleft, cut halfway down. 



Cleghornia Wight (Baissea BH.}. Apocyn. (n. i). 4 Indomal. 



Cleidion Blume. Euphorbiaceae (A. n. 2). 18 trop. 



Cleisocratera Korth. (Psycholria p.p. EP.}. Rubi. (n. 5). i Borneo. 



Cleisostoma Blume. Orchidaceae (n. 20). 20 Indomal. 



Cleistachne Benth. Gramineae (2). 2 trop. As., Afr. 



Cleistanthus Hook. f. ex Planch. Euphorb. (A. I. 2). 40 palaeotrop. 



Cleistes L. C. Rich. (Pogonia BH.}. Orchid, (n. 2). 12 S. Am. 



Cleistochlamys Oliv. Anonaceae (i). i Mozambique. 



Cleistogamy, the production of closed self-pollinating fl., Amphicarfaea, 

 Carda/iniie, Comiitelina, Halcnia, Lanihtm, Leersia, Lespedeza, Mal- 

 pig/n'a, Montia, Otwiris, Oxalis, Paroc/ietus, Viola, esp. the last. 



Cleistoloranthus Merrill. Loranth. (i). j Phil. Is. 



Cleistopholis Pierre. Anonaceae (i). 5 trop. Afr. 



Clematicissus Planch. (Vitis p.p.). Vitaceae. i W. Austr. 



Clematis Dill, ex L. (incl. Atragene L.). Ranunculaceae (3). 220 

 cosmop. C. vitalba L. (traveller's joy) Brit. Mostly climbing 

 shrubs with opp., usu. cpd., 1. Lower sides of petioles sensitive to 

 contact. The petiole bends once round the support, thickens and 

 lignifies. Fls. in cymes ; K coloured ; no pets, or honey secretion. 

 The style often remains persistent upon the fr. and becomes hairy', 

 thus forming a mech. for wind-distr. 



Clematoclethra Maxim. Dillen. (Ternstr. BH.}. 10 China. 



Clemensia Merrill. Meliaceae (n). i Phil. Is. 



Clementsia Rose (Sednm p.p.). Crassulaceae. i Rocky Mts. 



Cleobula Veil. Inc. sed. i Brazil. 



Cleobulia Mart. Leguminosae (in. 10). 3 Brazil. 



Cleome L. Cappariclaceae (v). 70 trop., subtrop. Disc usu. more 

 developed on post, side ; may bear scales. Gynophore varies in 

 length. 



Cleomella DC. Capparidaceae (v). 10 N. Am. 



Cleomodendron Pax. Capparidaceae (inc. sed.). i Somaliland. 



Cleonia L. Labiatae (vi). i W. Medit. 



Clermontia Gaudich. Campanulaceae (in). 12 Sandwich Is. The 

 latex is used as bird lime. Some have ed. fr. 



Clerodendron L. Verbenaceae (4). 150 trop , subtrop. C. Thompsonae 

 Balf., often cult. orn. fl., has red K and white C. The sta. project 

 so as to form the landing place for insects, and when they are ripe 

 the style is bent down. Afterwards the sta. roll up and the style 

 takes their place. C. fistulosum Becc. has hollow internodes inhabited 

 by ants (myrmecophily, ^.r'.). 



Clethra Gronov. Clethraceae. 12 trop., subtrop. Shrubs and trees 

 with alt. 1.; fls. in racemes or panicles, without bracteoles, ?, reg. 

 K 5, C 5, polypet. ; A 5 + 5, hypog. ; no disc ; anthers bent outwards 

 in bud ; pollen in single grains ; ov. 3-loc. ; style with 3 stigmas. 

 Caps. ; endosp. 



