CAPPABIDACEAS. 171 



GENERA. 



T. CLEOME^J. 



1. Cleome L. — Flowers regular or more rarely sub-irregular, 

 4-merous ; calyx dentate or partite, persistent or deciduous, more 

 rarely circumcissile at base, valvate or slightly imbricate. Petals 4, 

 equal or unequal, sessile or unguiculate, entire or dentate, or more 

 rarely laciniate (Cristatettd). Receptacle convex or slightly concave 

 (Isomeris) at base, naked above the perianth, or produced behind into 

 an appendage of variable form. Stamens 4, 5, or usually 6, equal or 

 sub-4-dynamous, more rarely 8-co (Polanisia), free, inserted on the 

 elongated cylindrical receptacle immediately above the perianth, or a 

 little higher, or very high (G 'ynandropsis) ; filaments free, often 

 declinate ; all or many, or more rarely 1 (Dactyltena) antheriferous, 

 sometimes subinflated beneath anthers ; the rest antherless ; 

 anthers introrse, 2-celled, 2-rimose. Grermen stipitate, or more 

 rarely subsessile, elongated, or more rarely subovate, or shortly 

 trapezoid (Cleomclla) ; placentas 2, parietal, anterior and posterior, 

 more rarely 3-qo ; ovules few, or usually go, subanatropous or campy- 

 lotropous ; stigma on elongated style, or more frequently subsessile or 

 sessile ; micropyle superior. Capsule membranous or inflated, or 

 bladder-like coriaceous (Isomeris), cylindrical or compressed, or shortly 

 ovoid or flask-shaped, or trapezoidal {Cleomclla), glabrous or glandu- 

 lar, or prickly. Seeds few, more frequently co, reniform, glabrous, 

 or scrobiculate rough or woolly ; embryo sometimes albuminous, 

 bowed, induplicate or convolute ; cotyledons incumbent ; radicle 

 conical superior. — Herbs, often annual, undershrubs, or more 

 rarely small trees, often glandular stinking ; leaves simple, or digi- 

 tately 3-5-7— 9-foliolate; stipules 0, or small herbaceous, or spi- 

 nescent ; flowers solitary, or generally racemose ; racemes simple or 

 branched, bracteate or leafy (All Tropical and Subtropical, rarely 

 Temperate regions). See p. 144. 



2. Wislizenia Engelm. — Flowers 4-merous ; sepals short imbri- 



