216 A FLORA OF MANILA 
*4. C. CORDIFOLIA Lam. (C. mariana Jacq.). Aleaparro (Sp.-Fil.). 
A shrub about 2 m high, unarmed, the younger parts somewhat pubes- 
cent. Leaves broadly ovate to suborbicular, soft, base cordate, apex broad 
and retuse, 4 to 7 cm long. Flowers large, axillary, solitary, long-pedi- 
celled, the sepals green, unequal, concave, the petals very oblique, 3 to 5 
cm long, white, turning purplish. Fruit somewhat club-shaped, large. (FI. 
Filip. pl. 179, C. mariana.) 
Paranaque, occasionally cultivated, fl. Sept._Oct., and probably in other 
months; introduced from the Marianne Islands. Marianne, Caroline, and 
Marshalls Islands; Timor. 
2. CLEOME Linnaeus 
Erect, often rank-scented herbs with digitately 3- to 9-foliolate leaves. 
Flowers yellow, racemose. Sepals and petals 4 each. Stamens 4 or more, 
inserted on the disk. Ovary sessile or on a short gynophore; ovules on 
2 parietal placentas. Fruit an oblong or linear, 2-valved capsule, the valves 
separating from the seed-bearing placentas. Seeds small, numerous, reni- 
form. (A Latin plant name of uncertain origin.) 
Species about 80, chiefly tropical, 2 in the Philippines, both introduced. 
1. C. viscosa L. 
An erect, branched, annual, glandular-pubescent, somewhat rank-smelling 
herb 0.3 to 1 m high. Leaves 3- to 5-foliolate, the leaflets 1 to 3 cm long, 
oblong to obovate-oblong. Flowers in leafy terminal racemes, the pedicels 1 
em long or less. Petals yellow, narrowly obovate, 7 to 8mm long. Stamens 
12 to 20. Capsules cylindric, striate, glandular-pubescent, 4 to 7 cm long, 
3 to 4 mm in diameter, narrowed above. 
In open waste places, fi. all the year; throughout the Philippines but 
certainly not indigenous. In all tropical countries. 
3. GYNANDROPSIS DeCandolle 
An erect, annual, glandular-pubescent or glabrous herb. Leaves digi- 
tately 5-foliolate, long-petioled. Flowers in racemes. Sepals and petals 4 
each, the latter long-clawed, spreading in bud. Stamens 6, the filaments 
adnate below to the slender gynophore, spreading above. Ovary long- 
stalked. Capsule cylindric, elongated, 2-valved, the valves separating from 
the placentas. Seeds many, small, reniform. (Greek “woman” and “man,” 
in reference to the filaments being adnate to the stalk of the ovary.) 
A monotypic genus, found in all tropical countries, but probably intro- 
duced here. 
1. G. PENTAPHYLLA (L.) DC. 
An erect, branched, somewhat pubescent herb 0.4 to 1 m high, the stems 
usually purplish. Leaflets 5, sessile or nearly so, obovate or oblong-obovate, 
acute or obtuse, entire or slightly serrulate, 2 to 5 cm long. Racemes ter- 
minal, elongated, glandular-pubescent, flowering at the tip, the pedicels 
about 1.5 cm long, each subtended by a 3-foliolate bract. Sepals lanceolate, 
green, about 4 mm long. Petals white or tinged with purple, 1 to 1.2 cm 
long, the blades elliptic to obovate. Gynophore purplish, 1.5 cm long, the 
filaments 1.5 to 1.8 ecm long. Capsules cylindric, 4 to 10 cm long, about 5 
mm in diameter. Seeds very numerous, small. (FI. Filip. pl. 223.) 
In open dry grass lands, especially near the sea, Pasay, fl. all the year; 
widely distributed in the Philippines. Tropics generally. 
