2i8 Plants and their Ways in South Africa 



different lines ; the cabbage stores its food in the leaves, the turnip in the 

 root, and cauliflower in the flowers. 



Order Capparide^. 



This order resembles the Cruciferae in the 4 sepals in 

 2 whorls. Four petals. The stamens are sometimes 6 as 



Fig. 215 — Cadabajimcca. 



in Cruciferie, but vary from 4 to many. The ovary is 

 formed of 2 carpels meeting at their edges with parietal 

 placentation, but there is no false partition or replum. The 

 order may be recognized by the long stalk or gynophore which 

 extends the ovary beyond the perianth. The stamens also 



