32 THALAMlFLOIiiE, 



2. (?) Raphanus lanceolatus. PVest India Radish. 



Pods bilocular veiitricose smooth, beak subtetrago- 

 nal, leaves lanceolate, those of the stem subdentate at 

 the apex. 



Willd. III. 562._Z)e Cand. Si/si. II. 669. 



HAB. Plantain-Garden-River bay. 



FTj. February — May. 



Herbaceous, a foot or more in height, erect : branches smooth, 

 angulose, striated : leaves alternate, petiolate, lanceolate, round- 

 ed at the apex ; those of the stem subdentate, of the branches 

 entire; attenuated at the base, nerveless. Raceme terminal. 

 Pedicels short, terete. Calyx 4-fid ; divisions blunt. Petals 

 4, roundish, clawed. Stamens 6 ; anthers greenish-yellow. 

 Style thickened towards tlie ovary : stigma truncated with the 

 edge reflected. Silique upwards of an inch in length, bilocular, 

 contracted between the seeds, tetragonal and beaked towards 

 the extremity. 



ORDER XII. CAPPARIDEtE. 



Calycme sepals 4, either distinct, equal, or unequal ; 

 or cohering in a tube with the limb variable. Petals 

 4, cruciate, usually unguiculate and unequal. Sta- 

 mens generally perigynous, very seldom tetradyna- 

 mous, most frequently some high multiple of a qua- 

 ternary number, definite, or indefinite. Disk hemi- 

 spherical or elongated, generally glanduliferous. Ovary 

 stalked : style none or filiform. Fruit either pod- 

 shaped and dehiscent, or berried, 1 -eel led, very rarely 

 1 -seeded, most frequently with 2 polyspermous pla- 

 centas. Seeds generally reniform, exalbuminous : em- 

 bryo incurved : cotyledons leafy, flattish. 



Herbaceous plants, shrubs, and even trees, without true sti- 

 pules, but sometimes with spines in their place : leaves alter- 

 nate, simple or palmate. — The CAPPARiDEiE resemble the pre- 

 ceding Order, in i-espect to the properties possessed by many of 

 the species. The Capers are stimulant, antiscorbutic, and 

 aperient ; the bark of some of them is diuretic ; and several 

 species of Cleome have the pungent taste of mustard. We 



