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CAPPARIDE^E. IV. CLEOME. 



Arabian Cleome. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1794. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



35 C. IBE'RICA (B.C. prod. 1. p. 210.) herbaceous, covered 

 with glandular pubescence ; leaves trifoliate, on short petioles ; 

 siliques on short stipes, puberulous, somewhat pendulous, toru- 

 lose, scarcely longer than the pedicels of the flowers. O H. 

 Native of Iberia about Tiflis. Cleome ornithopodioides Iberica, 

 Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 130. Flowers yellowish. 



Iberian Cleome. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1820. PI. $ to 1 foot. 



36 C. VIRGA'TA (Stev. in litt.) herbaceous, covered with glan- 

 dular pubescence ; leaves trifoliate, on short petioles ; leaflets 

 oblong-linear ; siliques on short stipes, puberulous, somewhat 

 pendulous, torulose, three times longer than the pedicels. O-H. 

 Native of the north of Persia. Buxb. cent. 1 . t. 9. f. 2. Flowers 

 yellowish, with saffron anthers. 



Twiggy Cleome. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. PI. 1 foot. 



37 C. BRACHYCA'RPA (Vahl. ined.) suffruticose ; younger plants 

 glandular, adult ones smooth ; leaves trifoliate, on short petioles ; 

 leaflets oval-oblong, thick ; siliques sessile, ovate, terete, bearing 

 the style. 3/ . F. Native of Arabia. Cleome ornithopodioides, 

 Forsk. fl. arab. no. 402. Flowers yellowish. 



Short-podded Cleome. PI. 1 foot. 



38 C. FOLIOLOI SA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 240.) herbaceous, smooth, 

 glaucous ; leaves almost sessile, trifoliate ; leaflets and upper 

 leaves almost orbicular ; siliques almost sessile, oblong-linear, 

 beset with glandular hairs. O-H. Native of Persia. Flowers 

 whitish, or rather yellowish. 



Leafy Cleome. PL 1 foot. 



39 C. CANE'SCENS (Stev. ined.) herbaceous, glaucescent, some- 

 what strigosely-pubescent ; leaves 3-4-foliate ; leaflets and upper 

 leaves oblong-linear ; siliques stipitate, puberulous, erectish, 

 torulose, equal in length with the pedicels of flowers. () H. 

 Native of southern Tauria. Flowers yellowish. 



Canescent Cleome. PL 1 foot. 



40 C. PARVIFLORA (R. Br. in Salt's abyss. 65.) herbaceous, 

 covered with glandular pubescence ; leaves 4-foliate ; leaflets and 

 upper leaves elliptical-ovate ; siliques sessile, oblong, covered 

 with glandular pubescence, bearing the style, somewhat shorter 

 than the pedicels. Q. H. Native of Abyssinia. Flowers 

 yellowish. Petioles as well as nerves prickly. 



Small-flowered Cleome. Fl. June, July. PL 1 foot. 



41 C. A'SPERA (Keen. ined. et D. C. prod. 1. p. 241.) herba- 

 ceous, clothed with rough hairs ; leaves trifoliate ; leaflets ob- 

 long ; siliques sessile, terete, smooth, acuminated with the style. 

 .Q. H. Native of Coromandel. Habit of Polanisia felina, but 

 the flowers are hexandrous. Flowers yellowish. 



Rough Cleome. PL 1 foot. 



42 C. FLA'VA (Banks, herb, et D. C. prod. 1. p. 241.) herba- 

 ceous, covered with glandular pubescence, somewhat glaucous ; 

 lower leaves quinate ; upper ones ternate ; leaflets oblong ; 

 siliques sessile, striated, clothed with glandular pubescence. 

 0. H. Native of New Holland. Flowers yellow. 



!Wfoi)-flowered Cleome. PL 1 foot. 



43 C. RUTIDOSPE'RMA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 241.) herbaceous, 

 smooth ; leaves all trifoliate ; leaflets oval-oblong ; siliques 

 smooth, stipitate, elongated, pointed. Q, H. Native of To- 

 bago ? Habit of Gynandropsis triphylla, but the torus is not 

 elongated. Flowers whitish. 



Rough-seeded Cleome. PI. 1 foot. 



44 C. POLY'GAMA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 241.) herbaceous, 

 smooth ; leaves stalked, lower ones simple, the rest trifoliate ; 

 leaflets ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, somewhat serrulated ; sili- 

 ques almost sessile, terete, smooth. O- S. Native of the West 

 India Islands. Flowers white, with purple stamens ; anthers yellow. 



Var. a, C. polygama, Lin. spec. 939. Sloane, jam. t. 124. f. 1. 

 Far. (3, C. serrata, Lin. spec. 939. Jacq. amer. ed. pict. t. 

 262. f. 73. a leaf. Flowers white. 



Polygamous Cleome. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1 824. PL 1 to 2 ft. 



45 C. ACULEA'TA (Lin. syst. 3. p. 232.) herbaceous, smooth ; 

 stipulas spinescent ; leaves trifoliate, floral ones ovate ; siliques 

 somewhat stipitate, terete, torulose, smooth. Q. S. Native of 

 South America, in sandy places. Flowers white. 



.Pnc%-stipuled Cleome. Fl. July. Clt. 1817. PL 1 to 2 ft. 



46 C. HOUSTONI (R. Br. in hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 131.) 

 herbaceous, clothed with glandular down ; stipulas and petioles 

 spinescent ; leaves ternate or quinate ; floral ones oval-oblong ; 

 siliques on short stipes, clothed with glandular down. O- H. 

 Native of Jamaica. Mart. dec. t. 45. Flowers white. 



Houston's Cleome. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1730. PL 1 to 1^ foot. 



47 C. HUMBO'IDTII (D. C. prod. 1. p. 141.) herbaceous, 

 smooth ; petioles long, prickly ; leaves ternate or quinate, floral 

 ones ovate, on short stalks, shorter than the pedicels ; siliques 

 stipitate, smooth, pointed with the style. Native of South 

 America. Cleome parviflora, Humb. Bonpl. and Kth. nov. gen. 

 5. p. 83. not of R. Br. Flowers white. 



Humboldfs Cleome. Fl. Ju. July. PL 1 to 1| foot. 



48 C. DIFFU'SA (Banks, herb. et. D. C. prod. 1. p. 241.) 

 herbaceous, smoothish, diffuse ; stipulas spinescent ; leaves trifo- 

 liate, floral ones ovate, shorter than the pedicels ; siliques oblong- 

 linear, 6-times longer than the stipe. . O-S. Native about Rio 

 Janeiro, in Brazil. Flowers white. 



Diffuse Cleome. Fl. Ju. Jul. -Clt. 1823. PL 1 foot long. 



49 C. AFFI'NIS (D. C. prod. 1. p. 241.) herbaceous, smooth- 

 ish, diffuse, unarmed ; leaves trifoliate, floral ones ovate, shorter 

 than the pedicels ; siliques oblong-linear, 10-times longer than 

 the stipe. O- S. Native of Brazil, at Rio Janeiro. Very like 

 C. diffusa. Flowers whitish. 



Allied Cleome. Fl. Ju. Jul. PL 1 foot. 



50 C. RUBE'LLA (Burch. cat. no. 2025. trav. 1. p. 543.) her- 

 baceous, covered with glandular pubescence ; leaves with 5 -linear, 

 smooth, glaucous leaflets ; siliques sessile, smooth, pubescent. 

 O- H. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers reddish. 



Reddish-Rowered Cleome. PL 1 foot. 



51 C. ANGUsiiFO v LiA(Forsk. segyp.p.120.) herbaceous, smooth, 

 dotted at the top ; lower leaves with 7 leaflets, upper ones tri- 

 foliate ; leaflets linear filiform ; siliques stipitate, pendulous. 

 Q. H. Native of Arabia Felix. Cleome filifolia, Vahl. symb. 

 1. p. 48. Flowers with yellow petals, and violet and yellow 

 anthers and filaments. 



Narron-leaved Cleome. PL 1 foot. 



f Species not sufficiently knonin. 



52 C. PARADO'XA (R. Br. in Salt's abyss, p. 65.) suffruti- 

 cose at the base, smooth ; herbaceous at the top and scabrous with 

 glandular hairs ; leaves ternate, or quinate ; leaflets glaucous, ob- 

 long-linear, much shorter than the muricated petiole. Tj . S. 

 Native of Abyssinia. Flowers whitish ? 



Paradoxical Cleome. Fl. June, July. PL 1 foot. 



53 C. CUNEIFO'LIA (Muhl. from Nut. gen. amer. 2. p. 73.) 

 herbaceous, smooth ; leaves simple, cuneated, retuse ; siliques 

 stipitate. . H. Native of Georgia, in North America. Flow- 

 ers white ; filaments 6, long, capillary. 



Wedge-leaved Cleome. Fl. June, July. PL 1 foot. 



54 C? ARBOREA (Schrad in Goett. anz. 1821, p. 707.) un- 

 armed, polyandrous ; stamens seated near the base of the stipe 

 of the ovary ; leaves ovate, acuminated. T? . S. Native of 

 Paraiba, in Brasil. A tree, with small yellow flowers. Perhaps 

 a species of Polanisia. 



Tree Cleome. Tree 30 feet. 



Cult. The shrubby species of Cleome thrive best in a rich light 

 soil, and ripened cuttings root freely under a hand-glass, in a mo- 

 derate heat ; but as most of the species seed freely, this will be 



