20 



6 Brassica, Linv. 

 strigosa, B.C. 



7 Senebiera, Poir 

 didyma, Pers. 



A. 



8 Lepidium, Linn. 

 capense, Thb. 



A. 



ORDER XII. CAPPARIDE^. 

 This Order is best known from its including Capparis spinosu, 

 from whose flower buds the Capers of commerce are prepared. The 

 fruits and bark of some other species of the family have been used 

 medicinally in the countries where they are indigenous, and none of 

 them possess any poisonous properties. Number of species about 300 



(Ex. Caper ; Wildboschout.) 

 Fruit a dry dehiscent pod-like capsule 1 



Fruit a fleshy in dehiscent berry 2 



1 Torus small, inconspicuous. Cleome. 



2 Calyx tube persistent. Limb deciduous, torus long. 



Berry ovoid. Niebuhria. 



2 Calyx tube persistent. Limb deciduous, torus long. 



Berry elongate. Maerua. 



2 Calyx tube absent, sepals deciduous. 



3 Torus long, slender. Stamens 6. Cadaba. 



3 Torus hemispherical. Stamens 8 or more. Petals 4. Capparis. 

 8 Torus short, glandular: Stamens 12-20. Petals 0. BosciA. 



List of Species. 



4 Oadaba, Forsk. 



3 



1 Oleome, Linn. 

 monophylla, Linn 

 rubella, Bwch. 



2 Niebuhria, D.C. 

 rosmarinoides, Sond. 

 triphylla, Wtndl. 

 Woodii, Oliv. 



3 Maerua, Forsk. 

 angolensis. 

 nervosa, 



A. 



AB. 



B. 



Oil 



natalensis, Sond. 



5 Capparis, Fomk. 

 citrifolia, Lam. 

 corymbifera, E.M. 

 Gueinzii, Sond. 

 Zeyheri, Turcz. 



sp. (J. M. Wood, 4438) 



6 Bosoia, Lamk. 

 caffra, Sond. 



A. 



A. 

 A. 

 A. 

 A. 

 C 



ORDER XIII. RESEDACE.^. 



Two plants only of this small family have any practical or com- 

 ' mercial value. They are Reseda lutea, wdiich yields a yeUow dye, and 

 R. odorata, the common Mignionette. The roots of some of the species 

 are acrid. One species only has, so far, been found in Natal. Number 

 of species al)out 60, which number, according to the Genera Plantanim, 

 might be considerably reduced. 



A decumbent plant with linear leaves. Oligomeris. 



1 Oligomeris, Camhess. 

 Dregeana, Presl. F 



