Gynandrojjsis 



CAPPARIDACEiE 



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3. GYNANDROPSIS DC. 



Annual herbs. Leaves 3-7-foliolate. Racemes leafy. Sepals 

 spreading, deciduous. Petals obovate, clawed, imbricate or open. 

 RecejDtacle hemispherical at the base, and produced in the middle 

 into a stalk-like process (gynophore) to which the filaments of 

 the six stamens are united. Filaments free above. Ovary 

 stalked. Fruit a stalked elongated capsule. 



Species about 10, natives of the tropics. 



Bracts 3-foliolate. Petals about 1 cm. 1 1. G. pentaiihylla. 



Bracts simple. Petals 2*5-3 cm. 1 2. G. speciosa. 



1. G. pentaphylla DC. Prodr. i. 238 (1824) ; leaflets 5 (the 

 lowest leaves with 3) ; bracts 3-foliolate ; petals about 1 cm. 1. 



A, Portion of flowering branch x ?. 



B, Flower X 3. 



C, Ovary cut lengthwise X i. 



Fig. 95. Gynandropsis pentaphylla DC. 



D, Seed X 7. 



E, Ditto, cut lengthwise x 7. 

 (After A. Gray.) 



A. Gr. Gen. 180 /. 78 ; EichJ. in FI. Bras. xiii. pt. 1, 261, t. 58, 

 /. III. ; Urh. Syinh. Ant. iv. 252. Cleome pentaphylla L. Sp. PI. 

 ed. 2, 938 (1763); Jarq. Hart. Vindoh. t. 24; Bot. .1%. 1681; 

 Grii<eh. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 15. Sinapistrum indicum penta})hyllum 

 &c. Sloane Cat. 80 & Hi.st. i. 104. Gynandropsis palmipes DC. 

 loc. cit. (1824); Deless. Ic. Sel. Hi. t. 1. (Fig. 95.) Type in 

 Herb. Linn. 



