12 CAPPARIDACEAE 



subulate, short, mostly shorter than tube; petals reddish purple, sometimes pinkish 

 or white, 3 to 5 linos long; capsule linear, sometimes torulose, 1 to 2i/4 inches long; 

 pedicel about equaling stipe, pedicel and stipe together nearly to fully as long as 

 capsule. 



Vallej's or flats, 5 to 2200 feet: rare in Southern California. Arizona to Wash- 

 ington and east to the Rocky Mts. June-July. 



Locs. — San. Diego, "Indian Reservation," Orndt in 1883; Claremont (Bull. S. Cal. Acad. 

 24:49) ; Pt. Sur, K. Brandcgce ; Barstow (Bull. S. Cal. Acad. 14:15) ; Tulare Lake region, ace. 

 Kenned}'. These, the only kno-\\ni collections in California, probably represent waifs or casual 

 introductions. 



Eefs. — Cleome serrulata Pursh, Fl. 441 (1814), type loc. "on the banks of the Missouri," 

 Leicis; T. & G. Fl. 1:121 (1838); Pax, Bot. Jahrb. 14:293 (1892); Jepson, Man. 407 (1925). 

 Peritoma serrulatum DC. Prod. 1:237 (1824). C. integrifoUa T. & G. FL 1:122 (1838) ; Gray, 

 Am. Jour. Sci. ser. 2, 33:404 (1862). Peritoma integrifoUa Nutt. Jour. Acad. Phila. 7:14 (1834). 



2. C. lutea Hook. Gold Cleome. Similar in habit to C. serrulata; herbage 

 glabrous; leaflets 3 to 5, oblong or oblong-oblanceolate, mucronate, mostly % to 1^2 

 inches long; calyx-lobes triangular-acute to lanceolate, longer than tube; petals 

 golden yellow, 3 lines long; capsule linear, V2 to IV2 inches long, of about the same 

 length as stipe and pedicel together; stipe about equaling pedicel. 



Sandy flats in the deserts or arid interior, 4000 to 5000 feet : Inyo and Mono 

 Cos. North to Washington and east to Colorado. May- Aug. 



Locs. — Independence, Jepson 909; Bishop, Inyo Co., Almeda Nordylce; Deep Spring Valley, 

 Purpus 5812; Bridgeport, Mono Co., Congdon; also at Downey, Los Angeles Co. (Abrams, Fl. 

 Los Ang. 181), as a waif. Nev. : Sodaville, Esmeralda Co., Shockley 662. 



Eefs.— Cleome lutea Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:70, t. 25 (1833), "banks of the Columbia; and 

 in the valleys of the Blue Mts.", Douglas; Lindl. Bot. Reg. 27 :t. 67 (1841) ; Jepson, Man. 407 

 (1925). Peritoma luteum Raf. Sylva Tellur. 112 (1838). 



3. C. platycarpa Torr. Stink-clover. Stem erect, viscid-pubescent, i/4 to 2 

 feet high; leaflets 3, oval or oblong, ^/j to 1 inch long; bracts oval or oblong, petioled; 

 flowering raceme dense; sepals subulate; petals golden yellow, ovatish-oblong, 3 to 

 3i/'2 lines long; capsule turgid, oval or oblong, 8 to 12-seeded, ^2 to 1 inch long, the 

 stipe mostly a little shorter. 



Dry gravelly or sand}'- clays, 2700 to 5000 feet : Butte Co. to Siskiyou and Modoc 

 Cos. Oregon ; western Nevada. June- Aug. 



Locs. — Butte Co., E. M. Austin; Likely, Modoc Co., C. C. Bruce; Adin, Linda Dodd; Alturas, 

 L. S. Smith 925 (with soft white hairs and stiffish spreading purplish hairs intermixed) ; Liberty, 

 Modoc Co., F. Stephens; Shasta Valley, Butler 1335 ; Yreka, Greene 845. Verdi, Nov., Sonne 452. 



Refs. — Cleome platycarpa Torr. Phanerogamia of Pacific Coast of N. Am. 235, t. 2 (1874), 

 type loc. Klamath River, n. Cal.; Jepson, Man. 407 (1925). 



4. C. sparsifolia Wats. Stem erect, branching, Y2 to 2 feet high, glabrous, 

 sparsely leaved; petioles % to 1% inches long; leaflets 3, obovate to cuneate, 2 to 

 5 lines long; racemes few-flowered; flowers 3 to 4 lines long; sepals denticulate; 

 pedicels 1 to 3 lines long; petals spatulate, greenish-purple with white margins, 5 

 lines long, with nectar-bearing scale at base; stamens not longer than petals; cap- 

 sule linear, % to l^l inches long; stipe II/2 oi" 2 lines long. 



Clayey soil, 3000 to 6450 feet : Inyo and Mono Cos. Also western Nevada. May- 

 June. 



Locs. — Keeler, J. Grinnell; Mono Lake, Peirson 10,761. Nevada: Peacock's Ldg., Winne- 

 mucca Lake, K. Brandegee; Rhodes, Esmeralda Co., ShocTcley 360. 



Refs. — Cleome sparsifolia Wats. Bot. King 32, pi. 5 (1871), type loc. Ragtown, Churchill 

 Co., Nev., Watson 133; Jepson, Man. 408 (1925). 



