XVII. CAPPAKIDACE.E. 



I. CLEOME SEEIES. 



Cleome 1 (figs. 166-173) has regular hermaphrodite flowers with a 

 conical receptacle. On this are inserted four sepals, free or united 



Cleome spinosa. 



Fig. 166. 

 Flowering branch (A). 



to a variable extent, valvate (fig. 168) or subimbricate in the 



1 L., Gen., n. 826.— J., Gen., 243. — Gjkbtn., Suppl., iv. 4 ; III., t. 567.— DC, Prodr., i. 

 Fruct., i. 368, t. 76,— Lamk., Diet., iv. 316 ; 238.— Spach, Suit, a Buffon, vi. 309.— Endl., 



