HI.] 



CAPPARIDA CE^E. 



being suppressed : the two-valved fruit {siliqua) dehiscing 

 from below, upwards. In Radish [Raphanus) the siliqua is 

 indehiscent, and in Brassica it is often three-celled. 



Fig. 106. Vertical section of flower of a Crucifer, enlarged. 



Fig. 108. Capsule (siliqua) of a Crucifer ; 

 Fig. 107. Tetradynamous stamens and the valves separating from below 



pistil of a Crucifer. upwards. 



9. Natural Order, CapparidacecB. — The Caper Family. 

 Herbs or shrubs with alternate, often divided leaves. 



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