14 CAPPARIDACEAE. [Gynandropsis. 
a stalk or gynophore of nearly 11/2‘. Seeds obovoid, coiled, tuberculate. — 
C. spinosa, Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beech. p. 78. — Walp. Rel. Meyen. p. 251. 
In the low lands of all islands here and there, but by no means common, eee 
in the Teac ea od of «taro» ponds — Oahu! Manoa, Kalihi!. Nat. na «Tliohu» 
and «Hon 
2. GYNANDROPSIS, DC. 
Sepals 4, deciduous. Petals 4, unguiculate, imbricate or open in the 
bud. Torus prolonged into a filiform gynophore or stalk which carries the 
ovary. Stamens 6, all antheriferous and equal, the filaments in their 
lower half connate around the gynophore in a monadelphous column, but 
free above. Ovary many-ovuled, with 2 placentas. Style short or elongate, 
with a 2-lobed stigma. Capsule and seeds, leaves and inflorescence as 
in Cleome. 
About 10 species, chiefly of S. America and Africa. 
vl. G. pentaphylla, DC. Prod. I, 238, — A fetid, viscous-hairy annual, 
about 1 ft. high. Leaflets 5, on a petiole of 2—3‘, obovate, acuminate, 
entire, the terminal one 1!/2— 2/2’ long, ciliate at the margins. Floral 
leaves or bracts small, 6— 2“, trifoliolate with obtuse leaflets. Pedicels 
9—12". Sepals lj, acute. Petals 4—5, with long claws, open in the 
bud, pale purple. Staminal column about 6”, the gynophore lengthening 
to 9—10”. Stigma ae Capsule linear-compressed, 3—4’ long. 
Seeds cyclical, tuberculat 
Common on roadsides near Honolulu, also in parts of Kauai! Made its on Peace 
rance in 1857. — A native of Africa, but naturalized in many tropical countri 
3. CAPPARIS, L. 
Sepals 4. Petals 4, imbricate in the bud. Stamens 8 to many, free, 
inserted on the torus, filiform. Ovary stalked, many-ovuled, with 2 pla- 
centas. Stigma sessile. Fruit pulpy, indehiscent. — Shrubs or climbers, 
rarely trees. Leaves undivided. Stipules subulate or spinous. 
apie 120 species, distributed over the warm regions of both Worlds, but absent from 
- America. 
1. C. Sandwichiana, DC. Prod. I, 245. — A straggling shrub, 2—3 ft. 
high, glabrous, unarmed. Stipules none. Leaves oblong, entire, rounded 
at both ends or sometimes subcordate at the base, 1t/2—2’ & 1—1}/2', 
on petioles of 6—8. Flowers large and white, axillary, single, the stout 
peduncle about 2‘ long, without bracts. Sepals imbricate, ovate, concave, 
unequal, the inner ones saccate, 1‘ long. Petals about 2° long, obovate, 
unequal. Stamens indefinite, exserted. Berry oblong, 11/2—2!/2/ long by 
‘/2' in width, raised on a curved stalk of 2—3’. Seeds reniform, imbedded 
in an orange-colored fetid pulp. — Bot. Beech. p. 59. — Gaud. Bot. 
Bon. tab. 55. — Gray, Bot. U. S. E. E. p. 69, — Mrs. Sinclair, pl. 42. 
