Capparideae. 



Conspectus of tiu Formosa* 



(1) Herbs. Fruits capsular. - , 



Shrubs or t; 

 1 Toros -liort, often produced backwards into an appendix. 



-v.meus 4-6, free ................................... Cleome. 1 



T<rns short. Stamens $--s. , tree, but sometimes not an- 



theriferous ........................................ Pdanisia. 2 



miens on the gynophore. Petals open in bud ....... Oytuatdropsis. 3 



sepals 4. '2-seriate, imbricate ........................... Capparis. 4 



' - : . i pen in bu<l .................................. Crate'ca. 5 



1. Cleome LINN. 



Cleome puilgens Wnxi*. ; u-ult. i HENKY Li^t PI Formos. p. 18; 

 ALvrsuM. et HAY ATA Enum. PI. Formos. p. '2-"). 



HAB. It is recorded fiv>m IVsc-adores by ATr. Y. TASHir.-") ; but I Imve 

 not y^t s- -n .! specimen of it. 



2. Polftnisifi UAFIX. 



Polanisia viscosa 1">C. Prodr. I. p. 24-2 ; BENTH. Fl. Hongk. p. 1 s : 

 MAXIM, ii Mel. Bio!. XII. .188(3. p. 419; FORBES et HE.M>L. Ind. Fl. Si 

 I. p. 50 : HEXUY List PL Fovaios. p. 18 ; ITO et MAI^"AT. Tent. Fl. Lutch. 

 ILL Jo:ira. Sci. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo XII. p. :->('") : MAISUM. et HAYATA 

 Euum. PI. Formo-?. p. % 2~>. 



I J <l:tnisia icosanrlra Wr.fnr et Ai;x. ; WI^HT lo. PI. Ind. Or. t. '2. 



Cleome icosanim et vitcosa LINX. Sp. PI. ed-2, p. 93S ; LOUR. Fl. 

 Cochiuch. ed-WiLLD. p. 483. 



HAD. South Caj>e, and many other Lx-ali" 

 . Wid-ly diffuse 1 in Av.trm r.^ions. 



