﻿CAPER 
  FAMILY 
  107 
  

  

  2. 
  A. 
  laevigata 
  Poir. 
  A 
  smooth, 
  leafy-stemmed 
  biennial, 
  1-2 
  ft 
  

   high, 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  bloom. 
  Stem 
  leaves 
  lance-linear, 
  clasping. 
  

   Flowers 
  small 
  and 
  whitish, 
  the 
  petals 
  hardly 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  sepals. 
  

   Pods 
  2-3 
  in. 
  long, 
  flattened, 
  spreading, 
  and 
  recurved; 
  seeds 
  broadly 
  

   winged. 
  Rocks. 
  

  

  3. 
  A. 
  canadensis 
  L. 
  SICKLE 
  POD. 
  An 
  upright, 
  leafy-stemmed 
  

   biennial, 
  2-3 
  ft. 
  high, 
  simple 
  or 
  slightly 
  branching 
  above, 
  sometimes 
  

   slightly 
  hairy 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  Stem 
  leaves 
  sessile, 
  oblong-lanceolate, 
  

   pointed 
  at 
  both 
  ends, 
  downy; 
  the 
  lower 
  ones 
  toothed. 
  Flowers 
  small, 
  

   whitish, 
  the 
  petals 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  sepals. 
  Pods 
  scythe-shaped, 
  

   much 
  flattened, 
  hanging 
  from 
  hairy 
  pedicels 
  ; 
  seeds 
  broadly 
  winged. 
  

   Rocky 
  hillsides. 
  

  

  41. 
  CAPPARIDACEJE. 
  CAPER 
  FAMILY 
  

  

  Herbs 
  (when 
  growing 
  in 
  cool 
  temperate 
  regions), 
  with 
  bitter 
  

   or 
  nauseous 
  juice. 
  Leaves 
  alternate, 
  usually 
  palmately 
  com- 
  

   pound. 
  Mowers 
  often 
  not 
  actinoinorphic, 
  usually 
  bisexual. 
  

   Sepals 
  4-8. 
  Petals 
  4 
  or 
  wanting. 
  Stamens 
  6 
  or 
  more. 
  Ovary 
  

   and 
  pod 
  1-celled, 
  with 
  2 
  rows 
  of 
  ovules 
  ; 
  seeds 
  kidney-shaped. 
  

  

  I. 
  POLANISIA 
  Raf. 
  

  

  Ill-smelling 
  annual 
  plants 
  covered 
  with 
  glandular 
  or 
  clammy 
  

   hairs. 
  Sepals 
  distinct, 
  spreading. 
  Petals 
  with 
  claws, 
  notched 
  

   at 
  the 
  tip. 
  Stamens 
  8-32, 
  of 
  various 
  lengths. 
  Receptacle 
  not 
  

   lengthened. 
  Pod 
  linear 
  or 
  oblong, 
  rather 
  large, 
  many-seeded. 
  

  

  1. 
  P. 
  graveolens 
  Raf. 
  A 
  very 
  strong-scented, 
  leafy, 
  branching 
  herb, 
  

   6-15 
  in. 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  with 
  3 
  oblong 
  leaflets. 
  Flowers 
  small, 
  pinkish 
  

   and 
  yellowish-white, 
  in 
  the 
  axils 
  of 
  leafy 
  bracts, 
  in 
  terminal 
  racemes. 
  

   Stamens 
  8-12, 
  not 
  much 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  petals. 
  Pod 
  about 
  2 
  in. 
  

   long, 
  slightly 
  stalked. 
  Gravelly 
  banks. 
  

  

  II. 
  CLEOME 
  L. 
  

  

  Mostly 
  annual 
  herbs. 
  Stems 
  branched. 
  Leaves 
  petioled, 
  

   simple, 
  or 
  with 
  3-7 
  entire 
  or 
  serrate 
  leaflets. 
  Flowers 
  in 
  

   bracted 
  racemes. 
  Sepals 
  4, 
  often 
  persistent. 
  Petals 
  4, 
  often 
  

   long-clawed, 
  nearly 
  equal, 
  entire. 
  Stamens 
  6, 
  filaments 
  thread- 
  

   like, 
  usually 
  projecting 
  much, 
  but 
  sometimes 
  1-3 
  much 
  shorter 
  

   than 
  the 
  others, 
  inserted 
  on 
  the 
  short 
  receptacle. 
  Ovary 
  on 
  a 
  

  

  