S5 VIOLACE^E. (violet FAMILY.) 



1. C. pungens, "Willd. Clammy-pubcsccnt ; leaves 5 - 7-foliatc, long- 

 pctioled ; leaflets lanceolate, acute, scrrukitc ; lower livacts trifoliolate, the upi)er 

 ones simple, cordate-ovate ; stipules spiny ; capsule smooth, siiorter than the elon- 

 gated stipe ; seeds rugose. — Waste places, Florida and westward. May- 

 August. Introduced. (I) — Stem 2° - 4° high. Petioles more or less spiny. 

 Flowers showy, purple, changing to wliite. 



3. GYNANDROPSIS, DC. 



Petals clawed, imbricated or open in the bud. Stamens 6 ; the filaments ad- 

 nate to the lower half of the elongated stipe of tiic ovary. Stigma sessile. 

 Capsule siliquc-likc, many-seeded. — Herbs with palmately 3 - 5-foliolate leaves, 

 and racemose bracted flowers. 



1. G. pentaphylla, DC. Clammy-pubcsccnt; leaves 5-foliate, the lower 

 ones and bracts 3-foliolate ; leaflets oblong-obovate, nearly entire ; flowers white, 

 open in the bud ; capsules hispid ; seeds warty. — Waste places, Florida to 

 North Carolina. Naturalized. May -August, (l) — Stem 2° - 3° high. 



4. CAPPARIS, L. Caper-tree. 

 Sepals partly united, imbricated or valvatc in the bud, often glandular at the 

 base. Petals imbricated in the bud. Stamens numerous. Toms small. Ovary 

 long-stipitate. Stigma sessile. Fruit fleshy, globose or silicjue-like, many- 

 seeded. — Shrubs or trees, with simple entire coriaceous leaves, spiny or adnate 

 stipules, and mostly showy flowers. 



1. C. Jazuaicensis, Jacq Leaves oblong, cmarginate, smooth al)ovo, 

 the lower surface, like the flowers and flattened branches, dotted and covered 

 with minute scales ; flowers terminal, by pairs, on short 4-anglcd peduncles ; 

 sepals ovate, valvatc in the bud, scarcely shorter than the oval white petals ; 

 filaments 20-24, long, villous at the base; capsule long (6'- 8'), cylindrical, 

 torulosc, downy, long-stipitate. (Colicodendron anceps, Shutll.) — South Flor- 

 ida. — Shrub 8°- 10° high. 



2. C. cynophallophora, L. Leaves oblong, obtuse, reticulate-veined, 

 glabrous like the flowers and branches ; peduncles 4-angled, few-flowered ; se- 

 pals rounded, imbricated in tlic bud, much shorter than the obovato wliito petals ; 

 filaments very long (2'), smooth ; capsule (C'-8' long) smooth, torulose, short- 

 stipitate, pulpy within. — South Florida. — Shrub C°-8° high. 



Order It. VIOLACE7K. (Violet Family.) 



Ilcrlw or shrul)S. Loaves alternate, siin])U', involute in the Imd. Sli|v 

 nles |>crsistent. Flowers irregular, axillary, on brai Ud peduncles, ncxl- 

 (ling. Sepals 5, persistent, imbricated in the bud. Petals 5, liypogynous, 

 obli(|U(;iy convolute in the bud. Stamens 5, alternate with the jjctals, 

 (ronnivent. Anthers a<lnatc, introrse. Style sinfjle. Capsule l-<-eUed, 

 locnlicidally .*)-valved, many-seeded: valves each bearing a placenta in 

 the middle. Embryo straight, in llesliy albumen. 



