XV. CAPPAEIDE.E. 



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Caper. 

 (Capparis spinoxi.) 



Capparis. Capparis. 



Stamen (mag.). Embryo coileil (mag.). 



Cleome. 



Fruit, entire and stripped 

 of its valves. 



Cuppani. Diagram. 



C/eonie. Diagram 



Capparis, Capparis. Capparis. Cristatella. 



Flower cut vertically. Fruit cut transversely. Seed, entire ami cut vertically (mag.). Flower cut vertically. 



or spinescent (Capparis). FLOWERS , very rarely dioecious (Apophyllum), regular 

 or sometimes sub-irregular, axillary, fascicled, solitary, or in a terminal raceme or 

 corymb. SEPALS 4-8, sometimes free, 1-2-seriate, eubequal or unequal ; sometimes 

 variously connate in a tubular calyx, sometimes closed and opening irregularly (Cleome, 

 Thylachium, Steriphoma), aestivation imbricate, or rarely valvate. PETALS usually 4, 

 rarely (Thylachium, ttoscia, Niebuhria, &c.), very rarely 2 (Cadaba, Apophyllum) or 

 8 (Tovaria), sessile or clawed, sestivation. imbricate or twisted, very rarely valvate 

 (Eitchiea), inserted on the edge of the torus. TORUS short or long, symmetrical or 

 unsymmetrical, or discoid, or prolonged behind into an appendage, or depressed, or 

 narrowed into a pedicel, or lining the bottom of the calyx, edge glandular or fringed. 

 STAMENS inserted at the base or top of the torus, usually 6, rarely 4-8 (Polanisia, 



