Creo, . CAPPARIDEJE. 21 
: ORDER XL—CAPPARIDEJE. Juss. 
Sepals 4. Petals 4, cruciate, usually unguiculate and unequal, hypo- 
gynous, sometimes wanting. Stamens hypogynous, 4, 6, or indefinite, 
but in general some high multiple of 4. Torus hemispherical or elon- 
gated, often bearing glands. Ovary stalked : style 1, filiform, or some- 
times none. Fruit unilocular, siliquæform, or fleshy and indehiscent, 
rarely l-seeded, usually with two polyspermous placentæ at the margin 
of the valves or carpels. Seeds generally reniform, with a thickened 
testa. Albumen none. Embryo incurved: cotyledons foliaceous, some- 
what flat.— Leaves alternate, stalked, undivided, or palmate. Stipules 
none, or spinescent. 
TRIBE I.—CLEOMEJE. DC. 
Fruit truly capsular; valves somewhat membranaceous, dehiscent.—Herbaceous 
or very rarely suffrutescent plants. 
I. GYNANDROPSIS. DC. 
- Calyx of four spreading sepals. Petals 4. Torus linear, elongated. Sta- 
mens 6: the lower part of the filaments united with the torus its whole 
length ; upper part free. Siliqua stalked within the calyx from the top of 
the torus. ; 
The filaments bei dnate to the torus, present the same appearance as if six 
free stamens originated froth ‘the top of the | viguiedi hd at a distance from the 
calyx. The African and Indian species have an open estivation, the petals being 
open in the bud, and never at any period covering the stamens. 
67. (1) G. pentaphylla (DC.:) stem more or less covered with glandular 
Pe Mni dk S Be 5-foliolate, lower and floral leaves peer 
late: leaflets obovate, puberulous, quite entire or slightly serrulated.—DC. ! 
prod. 1. p. 238; Wail.! L. n. 6964 ; Wight! cat. n. 73.—G. affinis, Blume.— 
Cleome pentaphylla, Linn. ; Spr. syst. 2. p. 121.—Rumph. Amb. 5. t. 96. f. 3. 
— Common. : : 
Cultivated specimens, from which De Candolle formed his specific character, 
are almost glabrous ; but the stems of those from India are covered with short 
ndular hairs, often intermixed with longer ones; whence G. heterotricha 
* appears in no respect to differ as a species. 
II. CLEOME. Linn. ; Gertn. fr. 1. t. 76. 
_ Calyx of four spreading sepals. Petals 4. Torus short, nearly hemisphe- 
tical. Stamens 6, or rarely only 4. Siliqua stalked within the calyx, or 
almost Sessile. stalk to 
The Indi ies hi he t ery minute, and the theca: or 
the trait gee vga bare the 1 iy Wanting, bat is sometimes slightly pen 
. 68. (1) C. monophylla (Linn. :) herbaceous, pubescent; leaves simple, E. 
Cir Sica obtuse or slightly cordate at the base: peduncles E r E 
siliqua puberulous, terete, striated, acute at the base, but almost quite s "i a 
^cuminated with the subulate style: torus inconspicuous.—DC. de coh 
1,2995 Spr. syst, 2. p. 123; Wall. ! L n. 6965 ; Wight ! eat. n. 14— C. cor- 
E "s » Burch ; DC. prod. 1. p. 239.—Rheed. Mal. 9. t. 34; Burm. vu. t. 100. 
, 69. (2) c. tenella (Linn. :) herbaceous, glabrous: leaves trifoliolate ; leaflets 
linear, twice the ees of Ls petiole - flowers hexandrous ; siliqua sessile, 
