32 \i<»i,.V('i:.i;. (violkt family.) 



1. C. pungens, Willil. ClnmmypulH-sccnt ; kavcs 5 - 7-folinto, long- 

 jietiolcd ; IcatU'ts huicrolatc, lu-ute, si-rrulutc ; lowi-r Itnicis trifoliolafc, tlic uppiT 

 ones sinijtlc, conlate-ovatc ; stipules s|)inj- ; eaj)sule sniooili, shorter than the ehju- 

 gateil sti))e ; seeds ru;;ose. — Waste j)ia<'es, Florida and westward. May- 

 Angnst. Introdueed. (D — Stem 2° - 4° liijrii. Petioles nioi-e or less si)iny. 

 Flowers showy, iiuriilc, clian^^inj,' to wiiite. 



3. GYNANDROPSIS, DC. 



Petals elawcd, iinhricated or open in tlio hud. Stamens 6; tlie fdaments ad- 

 natc to the lower half of tlic elongated stipe of the ovary. Stigma sessile. 

 Capsule sillque-like, many-seeded. — Herbs with palniately 3-5-foliolute leaves, 

 and racemose hraeted tiowers. 



1. G. pentaphylla, DC. Clammy-pubescent; leaves 5-foliate,tiic lower 

 ones and bracts 3-foli()late ; leaflets obloiig-obovate, nearly entire ; flowers white, 

 open in the bud ; cujisules hispid ; seeds warty. — Waste i>laccs, Florida to 

 ^^ortI^ Carolina. Naturalized. May -August, (l^ — Stem 2° - 3° high. 



4. CAPPARIS, L. Capkk-tkki:. 

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

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

 long-stipitate. Stigma sessile. Fruit fleshy, gloijosc or silique-like, many- 

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

 stipules, and mostly showy flowers. 



1. C. Jamaicensis, Jacq Leaves oblong, cmarginatc, smooth above, 

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

 with minute scales ; flowci-s terminal, by pairs, on siiort 4-angled peduncles ; 

 sc|)als ovate, valvate in the bud, scarcely shorter than tlie oval white petals ; 

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

 torulose, downy, long-stipitate. (Colicodendron aneeps, S/utttl.) — South Flor- 

 ida. — Shrub 8°- 10° high. 



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

 glabrous like the flowers and brancbes ; peduncles 4-angicd, few-flowered ; se- 

 l)als rounded, imbricated in the bud, much shorter than the obovate white petals ; 

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

 stipitate, pulpy within. — South Florida. — Shrub 6° -8° high. 



Ordkr 14. VIOLACE.T:. (Violkt Family.) 



Herbs or .shrubs. Leaves alternate, simple, involute in the bud. Stip- 

 ules persistent. Flowers irregular, a.xillary, on bracted peduncles, nod- 

 ding. Sepals 5, persistent, imbricated in the bud. Petals 5, hypogynou.s, 

 obliquely convolute in the bud. Stamens 5, alternate with the petals, 

 connivent. Anthers adnate, introrse. Style single. Capsule 1-celled, 

 loeulieidally 3-valved, many-seeded : valves each bearing a placenta in 

 the middle. Embryo straight, in fleshy albumen. 



