DICOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS 99 
downy, with forked hairs. Flowers small, white, in numerous 
terminal racemes. Petals obovate, entire, twice as long as 
the sepals. Filaments enlarged below. Pod round, com- 
pressed. Seeds 1 in each cell.* 
1. L. maritima, Desy. Sweet Atyssum. Stem weak, diffuse, 
ascending, minutely downy. Lower leaves narrowed into a petiole, 
the upper sessile. Racemes erect, many-flowered. Flowers fra- 
grant, pedicels ascending. Pod often pointed. Common in culti- 
vation and often run wild.* 
XII. MATTHIOLA, R. Br. 
Herbaceous or shrubby oriental plants, covered with a down 
composed of star-shaped hairs. Flowers in showy racemes 
of many colors, ranging from white to crimson. Stigmas 
large and spreading. Pods nearly cylindrical, except for a 
prominent midrib on each valve. — 
1. M. incana, Br. Common Stock, GILLYFLOWER. Biennial or 
perennial, with somewhat woody stems. Cultivated in greenhouses 
and gardens. 
40. CAPPARIDACEZ. Caper FAMILY. 
Herbs (when growing in cool temperate regions), with bit- 
ter or nauseous juice. Leaves alternate, usually palmately 
compound. Flowers often irregular, usually perfect. Sepals 
4-8. Petals 4 or wanting. Stamens 6 or more. Ovary and 
pod 1-celled, with 2 rows of ovules. Seeds kidney-shaped. 
I. POLANISIA, Raf. 
Ill-smelling annual plants covered with glandular or 
clammy hairs. Sepals distinct, spreading. Petals with 
claws, notched at the tip. Stamens 8—32, of various lengths. 
Receptacle not lengthened, Pod linear or oblong, rather 
large, many-seeded. 
1. P. graveolens, Raf. A very strong-scented, leafy, branching 
herb, 6-15 in. high. Leaves with 3 oblong leaflets. Flowers small, 
pinkish and yellowish-white, in the axils of leafy bracts, in terminal 
racemes. Stamens 8-12, not much longer than the petals. Pod 
about 2 in. long, slightly stalked. Gravelly banks. 
