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ORDER XII. CAPPARIDACE^E. CAPPARIDS. 



Herbs, shrubs, or even trees, destitute of true stipules. Leaves alternate, 

 petiolate. Flowers cruciform, hypogyn-xis. Sepals 4, Petals 4, unguicu- 

 late. Stamens 6 12, or some multiple of 4, never tetradynamous, on a 

 rlik or separated from the corolla by an intemode of the torus. Ovaries 

 often stipitate, of 2 united carpels. Style united. Fruit either pod-shaped 

 an-1 dehiscent, or fleshy and indehiscent. Seeds many, reni form. Albu- 

 men 0. Embryo curved. Cotyledon foliaceous. 



j TRIBE (APPAREL. Shrubs (or trees) with baccate or drupaceous fruit. S. Fla...CAPpARis 



g TRIBF OLEOME^E. Herbs (or shrubs) with capsular 1-celled pods, (a) 



a Stamens 6, separated from the petals by an internode GTNANDROPSIS I 



a Stamens 6, not separated from the petals CI.KOME. 2 



a Stamens 832, free. Torus not developed to an internode POLANISI 4 



1. GYNANDROPSIS, DC. (Oynandria, a Linnaean class, ctyzS, ap- 

 pearance.) Sep. distinct, spreading. Stam. 6, separated from the 4 petals 

 by a slender internode of the torus. Pod linear-oblong, raised on a long 

 etipe which rises from the top of the torus. @ Lvs. digitate. Fls. racemed. 



G. pciitapliylla DC. Middle Ivs. petiolate, 5-foliate, floral and lower ones 3-foliate, 

 leaflets obovate, entire, or denticulate. Waste grounds, Va. to Ga. 2 3f. White. 



2. CLEOME, L. SPIDER FLOWER. Sep. sometimes united at base. 

 Pel. 4. Torus not developed between the petals and the stamens, which 

 are 6 4. Pod stipitate more or less. Herbs or shrubs. Lvs. simple or 

 digitate. Flowers racemed or solitaiy. (See Addenda.) 



1 C. pungens L. Stem simple, prickly : Ifts. 5 9, elliptic-lanceolate, acute; flowem 



racemed ; petals on filiform claws, half as long as the stamens. @ Gardens and fields. 

 3 4f. Flowers purple, curious. May Aug. 



2 C. SPECIOSISSIMA. Stem branched below ; Ifte. 5 7, lanceolate, acuminate ; petals aa 



long as their claws, rose-purple. Mexico. 3 4f. June Sept. 



3. POLANISIA, Raf. (Ilokv, much, artdof, unequal.) Sep. dis- 

 tinct, spreading. Pet. 4, unequal. Stam. 8 32, filaments filiform or 

 dilated at the summit. Torus not developed, minute. Pods linear, (f) 

 Strong-scented herbs, with glandular, viscid hairs. 



1 P. graveolens Raf. Viscid-pubescent; lv. ternate, lfte. elliptic-oblong; fls. axil- 



lary, solitary; stam. 8 12; caps, oblong-lanceolate, attenuate at base. Gravelly 

 shores, Vt. to Ark. If. Flowers in leafy racemes, vellowiuh-white. July. 



2 P. teuulfolla T. & G. Viscid-glandular; Ifts. 3, filiform-linear; pet. unequal oval 



on short claws ; stam. 1215 ; pod linear. Ga. Fla. 1 2f. White. 



ORDER XIII. RESEDACE^E. MIGNONETTES. 



Herbs, with alternate, entire, or pinnate leaves. Stipules minute, gland- 

 like. Flowers in racemes or spikes, small and often fragrant, 4- "-merous, 

 unsymmetrical and open in bud. Petals unequal, entire or cleft. Stamen* 

 8 20, inserted on the hypogynous, one-sided glandular disk. Ovaries sea- 



