Crucifercz sEthionema. 5 3 



1. ^E. coridifolium. A dwarf hardy plant, shrubby below, 

 with erect stems 6 to 8 inches high. Leaves linear^ glaucous. 

 Flowers small, rosy lilac, in terminal dense rounded racemes. 

 A very pretty plant, native of Palestine, flowering in June and 

 July. 



2. JE. jucunda. Similar to the above, and from the same 

 country, and probably only a variety of it. It is of smaller 

 stature, and the flowers have more of a carmine tinge in them. 



OEDER X.-CAPPARIDEJE. 



Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Leaves usually alternate sometimes 

 digitate ; stipules usually present, and occasionally spinescent. 

 Sepals 4, rarely more. Petals 4, very seldom more, rarely none. 

 Stamens often many, and when few never tetradynamous. Ovary 

 1 -celled, with several placentas, often on a long stalk. Seeds 

 numerous. Albumen none or very thin. A large order, in- 

 habiting the warmer and tropical regions of both hemispheres. 



1. OlPPABIS. 



A genus of about 120 species, chiefly tropical. The follow- 

 ing is the only one seen in cultivation in the open air in 

 this country, and that is tender. The name is of Arabic 

 origin. 



1. G. spinosa. Caper-bush. A half-hardy deciduous spiny 

 straggling shrub with simple leaves and white flowers tinged 

 with pink. Sepals and petals 4 ; stamens numerous. The 

 fruit is a berry, elevated on a long stalk, containing numerous 

 seeds. The flower-buds are the Capers of our tables. This 

 is occasionally grown as a curiosity. It is a native of the 

 Mediterranean region. 



2. CLE6ME. 



This is a very large genus of the warmer and tropical regions, 

 containing some shrubby and many annual species of some 

 beauty, a few of which are cultivated. The distinctive cha- 

 racters of the genus are : sepals and petals 4, stamens 6, and 

 a 1-celled capsular fruit with many seeds. Leaves simple, or 

 digitately 3- to 7-foliolate. Flowers solitary or racemose^ 



