CISTALS. 142 CAPPART 
1. L. sativum Linneeus.—(GARDEN-CRESS.) : 
Lower leaves stalked, irregularly cut, lobed, pinnate ; silicles roundish 
winged, emarginate, pressed close to the rachis. Bee 
Habitat. Waste places. 
Quality. Pungent, antiscorbutic. 2 
Uses. A common vegetable, esculent when only the first leaves after germination have 
been formed, rae 
Natural Order, Capparits ; Capparidacee (V. K., p. 357.) 
Prevailing Quality. Acridity. 
Capparis. Linneus. 
Calyx 4-parted. Petals 4. Carpophore slender. Stamens 00. Berry 
with a rind, oe 
1. C. spinosa Linneus.—(Carer Busu.) Fig. 204. : ; 
Leaves roundish, blunt, or emarginate ; stipules 
spiny, curved, 
Habitat. South of Europe. : 
Quality. Antiscorbutic, stimulant, aperient. a 
Uses. Young buds as “Capers,” a well-known 
pickle ; bark of root diuretic ? 
Potantsta. Rafinesque. 
Sepals 4, spreading. Petals 4. Stamens 
8-32. Silique sessile, or with a short 
stalk. ae 
1. P. viscosa De Candolle. Cleome dode- 
candra and icosandra Linneus. 
, Hairy, glandular ; leaflets 3-5, obovate, eune 
ate, or oblong ; stamens 8-16 ; pod ses- 
sile, striated, glandular. = 
Habitat. East Indies. 
Quality. Leaves pungent, like Mustard. 
Uses. Leaves to form sinapisms ; root as & 
fuge. ‘ 
Crat&va. Linneus. 
Sepals 4. Petals 4, larger. Stamens 8-28. Berry stipitate, with a thin 
_ tind, pulpy internally. eo 
Te. gynandra Linneus.—(Gartic Pear.) iF ee 
eaves ovate, acute ; stamens 20-24, inserted on a cylindrical stipe, 10 
, than the petals. . 
_ Habitat. Jamaica. 
— Quality. Bark of root blisters like Cantharides. 
Fig. 204.-Capparis spinosa. 
