110 CAPPAEIDACE^. (CAPER FAMILY.) 



Var. glauca, Post. Glaucous. Leaves round to round-obovate, 

 with or without prickle. Stipules small, nearly straight : Flowers as 

 in last — Banias. 



3. C galeata, Fresen. 5 ^ to 3, glabrous, glaucous, with erect 

 hrancTies. Stipules short, hooked. Leaves ovate-elliptical, .02 to .05 

 long, fleshy, often prickly at apex. Ujjj^er sepal Jielmet-sTiajjed, longer 

 than the rest. Berry obovate-oblong, .05 long, as long as its stipe — 

 Early Spring — South end of Dead Sea, and southward to Sinai and 

 Egypt. 



3. M^RUA, Forsk. M^rua 



Calyx funnel-shaped, with four, valvate, deciduous lobes. Petals 

 (in ours) 0. Torus lining bottom of calyx, prolonged to its middle ; 

 margin simple or prolonged into p^^^ qq 



a fringed disk. Stamens go , free, 

 or attaced at base to gynoj^hore. 

 Ovary stipitate, many-ovuled. 

 Berry cylindrical, torulose, trans- 

 versely 00 -celled, the cells 1 -seed- 

 ed — Unarmed shrubs with simple 

 leaves. Leaf, calyx, stipe, and fruit of M. uniflora. 



M. uniflora, Vahl. 5 Leaves oblong-elliptical, short-petioled, 

 hirtulous. .01 long. Pedicels solitary, shorter than leaves; calyx .012 

 long ; fruit velvety — Spring — Sinai and southward. 



4. CRAT-*:VA, L. Crat^va. 



Calyx 4-parted, with imbricated, deciduous lobes. Petals 4, long- 

 clawed. Torus hemispherical, lobed. Stamens 8-20 ; filaments elonga- 

 ted. Ovary long-stipitate, 1-2-celled. Berry ovate — Glabrous, thornless 

 shrubs, with 3-foliolate leaves. 



C. gynandra, L. 5- Leaflets ovate — Spring — Sulphur- 

 springs, east of Dead Sea. (Tristram). 



Order VIII. RESEDACEiE. (Mignonette Family). 



Herbs loith irregulm^^ nnsymmetrical, %'^-meroiis, small 

 jiowers^ in terminal sjnkes or racemes^ a fleshy^ hyj)ogynous, 

 one-sided dish (rarely 0) between the jpetals and the (3-40) 

 stamens^ hearing the latter — Calyx open in bud, persistent. 

 Petals variously parted, rarely entire, the upper larger. Disk 

 sessile or stipitate. Anthers introrse. Ovary sessile or stipi- 

 tate, consisting either of 3-6 connate carpels forming a 1-cell- 

 ed pod, (occasionally baccate) with parietal placentae and an 

 open or closed mouth with 3-4 teeth, or of 6 carpels connate 

 only at base forming a 6-celled capsule with basilar placentae. 

 Cotyledons incumbent. Shrubs or herbs. 



