Capjmris. KESEDAe'K.E. Ib7 



scar as in IVislizenia, the pericarp in time decayiu}^ away from the more indurated Kee<l. — 

 . Desert of tiie borders of S. E. California and S. W. Nevada, on tlie Ainagoza River, l-'rtmunt, 

 April 28. 



8. ATAMlSQUEA, Miors. (A Chiliau naim-.) — Trav. Chil. ii. .v_"' a 

 'J'rans. Liuu. Sue. xxi. 1, t. 1. — Single geograplii<;ully dissevered specie.'^. 



A. emarginata, Mikus, l. c. Slimh or small tree, lepidote-eanescent, with !<pirii >• ■ m 

 spreading branelies : k-aves sliort-petioied, entire, lini'ar or olilong-lim-ar, relnse, inch or m) 

 long: flowers solitary in the axils or terminating hranchlets : jjeduncle about tlie It-ngili of 

 the calyx: fruit over (|uarter inch long. — Hrew. & Wats. Bot. Ciilif. i. 50; Wats. I'nx'. 

 Am. Acad. xx. 354.1 — Arid district, N. W. Sonora, Mexico, not far from the U. S. Imjuu-. 

 dary, Th. Coulter, Priugle, Dnnulajee. (Lower Calif., Mendoza, Chili.) 



9. CAPPARIS, Touru. (Ancieut Greek aud Latin name of the CajnT- 

 plant, C. spinosa.) — Large and diversified tropical genus, simple-leaved shrubs 

 or trees, of which two W. Indian (unarmed) species have extended to Florida. — 

 Inst. 261, t. 139 ; L. Gen. no. 437. 



C. Jamaicensis, Jacq. Shrub or shrubby tree, with minutely lepiilote and yellowish hcrlt- 

 age : leaves soon smooth and shining above, coriaceous, elliptical, retuse : flowers corymlm-se, 

 wliite or whitish : sepals ctpnil and valvate : stamens 20 to .30, inch and a half long : fruit 

 siliquiform, coriaceous, a span to a foot long, torose, lepidote-canescent. — Knnni. I'l. Carib- 

 23, & Stirp. Am. 160, t. 101 ; Eiciil. Fl. Bras. xiii. pt. 1, 270, t. 64, f. 2; Ch:ipm. Fl. 32 -i 

 C emarginata, A. Rich. Fl. Cub. 78, t. 9. C. cj/noijhallophora, L. Spec. ed. 1, i. 504. C. lirei/- 

 nia, & C. siliijuosa (excl. syn.), L. Spec. ed. 2, i. 721. Brei/nia arborescens, &c., P. Browne, 

 Jam. 246. — Thickets, Key West, aud probably ou the mainland, S. Florida. (W. lud. to 

 Hrazil.) 



C. cynophallophora, L. Smooth and glabrous slirub, with long and spreading branches : 

 leaves coriaceous, sliining above, veiny, from elongated-oblong to broadly oval, retuse, com- 

 monly a gland in the axil : peduncles few-flowered : sepals imbricated : stamens nearly 2 

 inches long : fruit a span or so in length, linear, but thickish and knobby, more fleshy, 

 usually about twice the length of the stipe. — Spec. ed. 2, i. 721 ; Jacq. 1. c. 1 58, t. 98 ; Griscb. 

 Fl. V7. Ind. 18; Chapm. 1. c. ; Eichl. 1. c. 282, t. 63. Bref/nia frutirosa,&.c.,\'. Browne, Jjim. 

 246, t. 27. Ci/nnphiil/op/ioni.'i, &c., Pink. Aim. 126, t. 172, f. 4. — Low tliickets, Key West 

 and Indian River, S. Florida. 'Trop. Am.» 



Order XII. RESEDACEiE. 



By A. Or AY. 



Herbs with watery and bland juice, alternate leaves, hermaphrodite irregular 

 and mostly uusymmetrical flowers in terminal racemes or spikes, open in the bud ; 

 stamens always more numerous than the petals : carpels 2 to G, usually united 

 below into a one-celled ovary with parietal placentae bearing several or numerous 

 campylotropous or amphitropous ovules, which become reniform seeds filled by 

 the incumbently coiled or arcuate embryo. Stipules none or gland-like. Cal_\ x 

 herbaceous, more or less irregular, of 4 to 7 or rarely 8 sepals. Petals 2 to C>, 

 usually laciniate or dentate. Stamens 3 to 40, borne on the base of the calyx or 

 on a dilated nectariferous and oblique disk, declined or unilateral. At least the 

 tips of the carpels distinct, not produced into evident styles, introrsely stigmato.'sc. 



1 Add Brandctjee, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. sen 2, ii. 128. 



2 Add Sargent, .-^ilva, i. 33, t. 19. 



