i08 SYLVA TELLUK. 



tree of Antilles, 12 feet high, bad smell, burning 

 taste, flowers purple. 



664. Capparis L. auct. notwithstanding the 

 reform of Decandole in this G. and Cleome, 

 much remains to be revised, and I shall give a 

 sketch of my reform of 1814, chiefly on the fru- 

 tescent kinds. I have divided the family also, 

 calling Cleomides all the G. with a dehiscent 

 capsule, the podogyne exists more or less in all. 

 The real G. Capparis with berries includes most 

 of the species having the characters of C, spinosa. 



665. Intltis Raf. (n. gr.) difl*. cal. 4fidus per- 

 sistens, pet. 4 eq. nect. 4 ovata, stam. sepe 8 po- 

 dog. inserta, stig. sess. capit. clavat. bacca uni- 

 loc. oligosperma. Friitex, foL oppos, fl, co- 

 rymhosis, 2 types. 



666. Intutis ferruginea R. Cap. doL. octan- 

 dra Jaq. fol. ovatolanc. subt. cinereis toment. co- 

 rymbis term shrub of Guyana and Antilles, 

 branches rusty, flowers white fragrant, taste 

 acrid, whence called mustard shrub. 



667. Intutis aniygdalina R. Cap. do Lam. 

 auct. fol. obi. lane, venosis, subtus squamosis ar- 

 genteis, ped. multifl. S. America. 



668. Triolanthera R. (31oc. anthj difl". cal. 

 rotate 4part. pet. 4 nervosis unguic. stam. 18-24 

 antheris trilocularis ! bacca pedic. Hoc. sem. 

 renif. Arhoreis^ foL ternatis 2 types. 



669. Triclanthera corymbosa Raf. Cappa- 

 paris magna Lour, ^c foliolis 3 lanceoL fl. co- 

 rymb, albis tree of Anam. 



670. TricL falcata R. Cap. do Lour, &c foli- 

 olis 3 ovato lane, obliquis falcatis, fl. racemosis. 

 Tree of Anam. 



671. Olofuton Raf. (n. gr.) diflf. Cap. cal. 

 5phyl. coloratus, pet. 5 obi. bacca ped. ovata 

 polysperma, 



672. Olofiitoii racemosinn Raf. Cap. can- 



