Cleomt. CAPI'AKIDACKyE. IS.'J 



4. CLECME, L. (Name, of unexplaiueil dorivutiou, used in the fourth 

 century for Bouie mustard-like jilaut, taken up by Linna-us for this genus wlnek 

 Tournefort called Sinajristrum.) — Syst. Nat. ed. 1, Ilort. ("lifl". oil, «fc Gen. no. 

 550; R. Br., &c. Cleome, Gi/nandropsis, & Pvrlluinu, DC. I'nxlr. : ' " ' '-' 

 — Largely tropical or subtropical, ours all annuals. 



§ 1. Gynandropsis, Schult. Torus enlarged at base, not appen<l:iy< il, pro- 

 longed from the centre into a more or less st;ilk-like column which bears the 

 stamens on its summit, and then into a filiform stipe of the ovary : cajjsule linear : 

 petals slender-unguiculate. — Syst. vii. 23. Gynandropsis, DC. 1. c 'I'M; Gray, 

 Gen. 111. i. t. 78. Cleome^ Gymnufjonia &, iGyudndropsis, R. Br. in Denli. iV; 

 Clapp. App. 220-223. 



C. PENTAPHi-LLA, L. Viscid-pubcsceiit, or leaves glabratc : leaflets 3 to 7, mostly 5, oliovate : 

 flower-buds not closed, the petals and stamens growiuj? largely after the calyx is open: 

 petals white or tinged with rose, quarter to half inili long: .«taniiniferou8 portion of the 

 torus a filiform rohunu, of nearly the length of the petals, a^ long as the pedicel, and aliout 

 the length of the stipe of tlie (at first glanduiar-Iiispidulous) capsule: seed.s roughened. — 

 Spec. ed. 2, ii. 938 {i/ijnandni in cd. 1) ; Sims, 15ot. Mag. t. 1681 ; Griseb. Fl. W. Ind. 15. 

 C. heplaphjjlla , Audubon, Birds of Am. t. 379, not L. Gynandropsis pisntup/n/lla, DC. 

 Prodr. i. 238 (with G. triphijlhi & G. pd/mijirs) ; Gray, Gen. 111. i. t. 78. <J. }>idmipfs,l)c\iia.^. 

 Ic. Sel. iii. t. 1. — Sparingly introduced into waste grounds, Georgia to Louisiana; fl. sum- 

 mer. (Nat. from Trop. Am., but originally of Did World.) 



§ 2. EuCLEOME. Torus little or not at all columnar below the stamens, but 

 commonly thickened, and bearing a glandular projection behind the ovary : this 

 in all ours raised on a slender stipe or carpophore. — Cleome, Benth. «Si Hook., 

 Eichler, &c. 



* Large-flowered, introduced from Tropical America, escaped from cultivation. Habit . f 

 C. (Gi/nandropsis) speciosa, HBK. 

 C. sriN6sA, Jacq. Viscid-pubescent, strong-scented, 3 or 4 feet high : a pair of 8tij)ular 

 short spines under the petiole of most leaves (in the tropics not rarely some little prickles 

 on the petiole also) : leaflets 5 to 7, oblong-lanceolate; bract.- mostly simple: flower.« rose- 

 jiurple varying to white : petals cimimonly an inch and stamens 2 or 3 inches, and .Htijie of 

 the linear capsule about 2 inches in length: style hardly any. — (Mill. ?) Jac(|. Enum. 

 PI. Carib. 26; L. Spec. ed. 2, ii. 939; Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 1640. C. itlnujens, Willd. Hurt 

 Berol. t. 18; Chapm. Fl. 32. — Waste ground, N. Carolina to Louisiana, and in ball;i>i 

 ground northward ; or occasionally escaped from gardens. (Nat. from Trop. Am.) 

 ♦ * Comparatively small-flowered, indigenous : petals indistinctly if at all tuiguicnlate. 

 -t— Calyx 4-cleft, tardily deciduous, mostly by circumci.sion at base: capsule 10-30-8eeded: 

 leaves petioled. — Atalantu, Nutt. Gcu. ii. 73, not Corr. Peritowa, DC. Prodr. i. 237; 

 Nutt. Jour. Acad. Philad. vii. 14. 

 C. integrifolia, Torr. & Gray. Glabrous, 2 or 3 feet high: leaves 3-fuliolate; leaflets 

 from lanceolate to obovate-oblong, entire, rarely with a few denticulations: bracts mainly 

 simple, oblong-lauceohite to hnear : raceme dense : ]k tals 3-to<ithed, r<.so-oolor (randy white) : 

 ap].endage to torus conspicuous, flat : .stipe about the length of the pedicel, shorter th:m the 

 jKiidulous capsule; this .sometimes linear, terete and torulose. over 2 inches long. !«omctinies 

 variously shorter, elongated-oblong, compressed : seeds inostl«^umerous. 8miH)th. — F"!. i. 

 122; Gray, Am. Jour. Sci. ser. 2, xxxiii. 404. C s,'rni/at(iJ^^Ti^h, Fl. ii. 441 : Torr. & 

 Gray,Fl.i. 121,afalse and misleading name. C. (Atalantu) sirntl.iin, Nutt. Gen. ii. 7:» ; the 

 leaflets are not even " obsoletely subserrulate." C. tn'phi/l/a, .lames in Long Exp., uoi L. 

 Peritoma serrulatum, DC. 1. c. P. inteijri/oHa, Nutt. Jour. Acad. Phihid. vii. 14. —Along 

 stream-'* in saline soil, on the plains, Sa,sk:itchew:in and Dakota to Colorado and New Mexico. 

 west to borders of Oregon, Nevada, and W. Arizona. Becoming natui.ali/.ed in MLisiiuippi 

 Valley. 



