CHAP. X. CAPPARIDA‘CER. CA‘’PPARIS. 313 
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App. I. Other ligneous or suffruticose Cruciacee. 
Those who wish to include in their collections all the 61 
hardy plants of Cruciacez, cultivated in the gardens, 
which are botanically considered as ligneous, will find 
them enumerated in our Hortus Britannicus. The 
principal are, Cheiranthus Cheiri, and several varieties, 
more especially C. C. fruticulosus, the wild wallflower ; 
Vesicaria utriculata; Alyssum argénteum, A. saxatile 
fig. 61.), and A. gemonénse; Jbéris sempervirens 
ig. 62.), I. saxtilis, and J. corifolia; Lepidium subulatum and L. suffru- 
ticdsum. Sisymbrium Millefolium, from the Canaries, might also, it is 
possible, stand out; and it is 
very interesting, from its finely oe Pe Dhl 72, aVyRhe 
cut leaves, a character which es EN, See g 
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1s comparatively rare in CPU 5 hea, ‘ aN po Bee Se oa 
ciaceous plants. _All the lig- gue AS VAN \\ Liye 
neous plants of this order are “Ws f-\\~ KN) AK KX \) 4 
particularly adapted for rock- AY, ) y EAT) NY ASS 
work ; and, like all low-grow- > y, ] 4 WALL » = 
ing woody plants, even when A i WAS SVWAF< ||| Xe 
grown in a common border, Zi Tees 
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each ought to be elevated on fre eI; 
A \W 
a small mound or hillock of es di ve 
stones, of sucha size as that, / BOY, A\\ Qeilye 
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the plant after three or four A\, Ry / estes vies 
years’ growth, might hang Y SI DWEr er 
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down over it on every side, so 
as completely to conceal the 
stones. 
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CHAP. X. 
OF THE HALF-HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF THE ORDER CAPPA- 
RIDA‘CER. 
DisTIncTIve Characteristics. Thalamiflorous. (H. B.) Sepals 4. Petals 4, 
cruciformly disposed. Stamens often numerous; if few never tetradyna- 
mous, or scarcely ever. Ovarium stalked upon the receptacle. Fruit either 
pod-shaped or baccate, 1-celled, very rarely 1-seeded, most frequently with many 
seeds attached to two narrow simple parietal placentae. Seeds kidney-shaped. 
Properties stimulant or tonic. (Lindley’s Introd. to N. S., and Key.) 
The only ge:us in this order, which contains any half-hardy ligneous plant, 
is Capparis. 
Genus I. 
CA’PPARIS L. Tne Carer Busn. Lin. Syst. Polyandria Monogynia. 
Derivation. From kabir, the Arabic name of the common eget 
Identification. Lin, Gen., 643.; Dec, Prod., 1. p. 245.; Don’s Mill., 1. p. 278. 
Gen. Char. Calyx 4-parted. Torus small. Fruit a silique, somewhat bac- 
cate, upon a slender stalk. 
