CAPPARIDE.E. IV. CLEOME. 



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pilose ; bracteas ovate ; petals length of pedicels ; pedicel of 

 fruit long. Q. H. Native of Mexico about Xalapa. Like C. 

 rbsea, but differs in the leaves being pilose, not smooth, and they 

 are never trifoliate ; the flowers are larger and the pedicels 

 shorter. Flowers beautiful rose-coloured. 



Very shervy Cleome. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1829. PL 1| foot. 



16 C. PURPU V REA (D C. prod. 1. p. 238.) herbaceous, un- 

 armed, smooth ; leaves trifoliate, floral and upper ones simple, 

 ciliated ; ovary smooth, twice the length of the stipe. O- S. 

 Native of Peru. Flowers purplish. Perhaps this plant belongs 

 to the following section. 



Purp/e-flowered Cleome. PI. 1-j foot. 



17 C. NUMMULA'RIA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 239.) herbaceous, un- 

 armed, pubescent ; upper leaves simple, stalked, orbicular ; ovary 

 covered with glandular pubescence ; silique at length smooth, 

 longer than the stipe. Native of Brasil. Flowers white or red- 

 dish. The lower part of the plant is unknown. 



Moneywort-leaved Cleome. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



SECT. II. SILIQUA'RIA (from siliqua, a long pod ; pods long). 

 D. C. prod. 1. p. 239. Torus small. Stipe of ovary short or 

 wanting. All the species that should be included in this section 

 are said by Mr. Brown to be indigenous to north Africa and 

 middle Asia. 



1 . Leaves simple. 



18 C. MONOPHY'LLA (Lin. spec. 940.) herbaceous, pubes- 

 cent ; leaves simple, stalked, lanceolate, blunt at the base ; si- 

 lique puberulous, almost sessile. O- H. Native of Malabar and 

 Ceylon. Flowers yellow, anthers greenish-blue. 



Var. a, Malab&rica (D. C. 1. c.). Rheed. hort. mal. 9. t. 34. 

 Var. ft, Zeylanka (D. C. 1. c.). Burm. zeyl. 1. 100. f. 2. 

 One-leaved Cleome. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1759. PL | to 1 ft. 



19 C. CORDA'TA (Burch. cat. n. 2374.) sub-herbaceous, pu- 

 bescent ; leaves simple, on short stalks, lanceolate, cordate at 

 the base ; silique puberulous, almost sessile. O ' H. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers yellow ; anthers pale. 

 Perhaps sufficiently distinct from Cleome monophylla. 



Cordate-leaved Cleome. Fl. June, July. "PI. 1 foot. 



20 C. GLAU'CA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 239.) herbaceous, smooth, 

 glaucous ; leaves stalked, ovate, floral ones elliptical ; siliques 

 pendulous, smooth, on short stipes ; seeds hairy. )/ . G. Native 

 of Arabia. Flowers yellow. 



Glaucous Cleome. Fl. June, July. PI. 1 foot. 



21 C. GLAUCE'SCENS (D. C. prod. 1. p. 239.) herbaceous, 

 smooth, glaucous ; leaves stalked, ovate, floral ones elliptical ; 

 siliques pendulous, striated, on short stipes ; seeds smooth. 

 "0,. . H. Native of Syria between Bagdad and Mossul. Flowers 

 yellowish. 



Glaucescent Cleome. PI. -| to 1 foot. 



22 C. euiNQUENE'RviA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 239.) herbaceous, 

 rather pubescent, glaucous ; leaves stalked, cordate, 5 -nerved, 

 fltfral ones very small ; silique sessile, oval-oblong, glandular, 

 rough ; seeds smooth. ? H. Native of Persia. Flowers 

 yellow. 



Five-nerved-leaved Cleome. PL 1 foot. 



23 C. SCAPO'SA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 239.) herbaceous ; leaves 

 almost radical, stalked, roundish-ovate, strigosely-pilose ; scape 

 naked, rough ; bracteas small ; siliques erect, sessile, smooth. 

 I/? H. Native of Egypt. Stamens 4? Habit of a species of 

 Carddmine. Flowers yellow. 



Scaped Cleome. PL -| foot. 



24 C. DROSERIFO'LIA (Del. fl. eg. t. 36. f. 2.) shrubby, stri- 

 gosely-pilose ; leaves stalked, obovately- orbicular, 3-nerved, beset 

 with glandular hairs; siliques sessile, oblong, hispid with hairs 

 which are glandular at top. Jj . G. Native of Egypt. Rori- 



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dula, Forsk.aeg. 35. Rorida, Ram. et Schulz. syst. 3. p. 13. 

 Flowers tetrandrous, yellow, with a violet base. 

 Sun- dew-leaved Cleome. PL -J- foot. 



25 C. RAFHANOI'DES (D. C. syst. 2. p. 662.) herbaceous, 

 somewhat hispid at the top ; leaves lanceolate-linear, acuminated, 

 runcinate at the base ; silique almost sessile, terete, smooth, 

 pointed with the style. O? S. Native of Guinea. Raphanus 

 pilosus, Willd. spec. 3. p. 562. Clebme longifolia, Vahl. herb. 

 Wormskioldia heterophylla, Thonn. in herb. Vahl. Hairs long, 

 rusty. Flowers yellow. 



Radish-like Cleome. Fl. June, July. PL 2 foot. 



26 C.GuiANE'Nsis(Aubl. guian. 2.t. 273.) herbaceous, smooth, 

 erect ; leaves linear, floral ones longer than the pedicels ; siliques 

 almost sessile, smooth. O- S. Native of Guiana. Flowers 

 yellow ; petals oblong-lanceolate. 



Guiana Cleome. PI. 1 foot. 



27 C. FROCU'MBENS (Jacq. amer. t. 120.) herbaceous, smooth, 

 procumbent ; leaves lanceolate-linear, floral ones a little shorter 

 than the pedicel ; siliques sessile, terete, somewhat torulose. 

 I/ . S. Native of the West India islands. Jacq. amer. t. 120. 

 Sloane, jam. t. 123. Flowers dark yellow ; anthers blackish. 



Procumbent Cleome. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1798. PL f ft. 



2. Leaves with 3-5-7 leaflets. 



28 C, TENE'LLA (Lin. fil. suppl. 300.) herbaceous, smooth ; 

 leaves trifoliate ; leaflets linear, twice the length of the petiole ; 

 flowers hexandrous ; siliques slender, sessile. Q . S. Native 

 of the East Indies. Leaflets 4 or 5 lines long. Flowers yellow. 



Slender-podded Cleome. PL ^ foot. 



29 C. TETRA'NDRA (Banks herb.) herbaceous, smooth ; leaves 

 trifoliate ; leaflets linear, 3-times longer than the petiole ; flowers 

 tetrandrous; siliques sessile, slender. O-H. Native of New 

 Holland. Leaflets 2 or 3 lines long. Flowers yellow ? 



Tetrandrous Cleome. PL 1 foot. 



30 C. MULTICAU'LIS (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. ined.) herbaceous, 

 smooth ; leaves all sessile, trifoliate ; leaflets oblong-linear, blunt- 

 ish ; flowers hexandrous ; siliques on very short stipes. Q. H. 

 Native of Mexico. Flowers yellow. 



Many-stemmed Cleome. PI. 1 foot. 



31 C. VIOLA* CEA (Lin. spec. 940.) herbaceous, clothed with 

 glandular pubescence ; leaves trifoliate ; leaflets and upper leaves 

 linear ; siliques sessile, puberulous, deflexed, linear, acuminated 

 with the short style. O- H. Native of Portugal in sandy 

 places. Schkuhr. handb. t. 189. f. b. exclusive of the synonym 

 of Gaert. Flowers violaceous or purple, and spotted with yellow. 



Fiolaceous-Rowered Cleome. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1776. PL 1 ft. 



32 C. DEFLE'XA (D. C. prod. 1 . p. 240.) herbaceous, covered 

 with glandular pubescence ; leaves trifoliate ; leaflets and upper 

 leaves oblong-linear ; siliques sessile, deflexed, smooth, acumi- 

 nated. O- S. Native of Peru or Portugal. Very like C. vio~ 

 lacea and probably only a variety of it. Flowers purplish. 



Deflexed-podded Cleome. PL 1 foot. 



33 C. DILLENIA'NA (B.C. prod. 1. p. 240.) herbaceous, co- 

 vered with glandular pubescence ; leaves trifoliate ; leaflets 

 oblong-linear, length of petiole ; siliques oblong-linear, almost 

 sessile, deflexed, pubescent, pointed with the style. O- H. 

 Native of the Levant. Dill. elth. t. 266. C. ornithopodioides 

 of authors, exclusive of the synonym of Buxbaum. Flowers 

 small, pale-yellow, with saffron-coloured anthers. 



Dillenius's Cleome. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1732. PL 1 to 2 ft. 



34 C. ARA BICA (Lin. spec. 939.) herbaceous, covered with 

 glandular pubescence ; leaves trifoliate ; leaflets oblong ; siliques 

 oblong, deflexed, almost sessile, puberulous ; seeds hairy. O-H. 

 Native of sandy places from Arabia to Mauritania. Lin. fil. dec. t. 

 8. Siliquaria glandulosa, Forsk. descr. 78. Flowers white with 

 yellow veins, and tinged with purple at the top. Filaments yellow. 



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