CAPPARIDACEiE. (CAPER FAMILY.) 7~> 



2. S. Coronui'us, DC. Leaves less divided, with narrower lobes ; pods not 

 notched at the apex, tuberckd. Virginia, Pursh. Newport, Rhode Island, Bobbins, 

 &c. " (Adv. from Eu.) 



19. C A KILE, Tourn. Sba-Rocket. 



Pod short, 2-jointcd across, fleshy, the upper joint separating at maturity ; 

 each indehiscent, 1-celled and 1 -seeded, or the lower sometimes seedless. Seed 

 erect in the upper, suspended in the lower joint. Cotyledons obliquely accum- 

 bent. — Seaside fleshy annuals. Flowers purplish. (An old Arabic name.) 



1. C. Americana, Nntt. (American Sea-Rocket.) Leaves obovate, 

 sinuate and toothed; lower joint of the fruit obovoid, emarginate ; the upper 

 ovate, flattish at the apex. — Coast of the Northern States and of the Great 

 Lake-. July -Sept. — Joints nearly even and fleshy when fresh; the upper 

 oue 4-angled aud appearing more beaked when dry. 



20. RAPHANUS, L. Radish. 



Pods linear or oblong, tapering upwards, 2-jointed ; the lower joint often 

 seedless and stalk-like; the upper necklace-form by constriction between the 

 seeds, with no proper partition. Style long. Seeds spherical as in Cabbage, 

 &c. — Annuals or biennials. (The ancient Greek name from pa, quickly, and 

 cpalvu), t<> appear, alluding to the rapid germination.) 



1. R. RAPHANfsTRCM, L. (Wild Radish. Jointed Charlock.) Pods 

 necklace-form, long-beaked ; leaves lyre-shaped, rough ; petals yellow, turning 

 whitish or purplish, veiny. — A troublesome weed in fields, E. Xew England to 

 Pennsylvania. (Adv. from Eu.) 



R. SATivus, L., Garden Radish, with pink-purple or whitish flowers, and 

 thick knobby and pointed pods, with irregular fleshy partitions between the 

 seeds, occasionally becomes spontaneous for a year or two. 



Order 11. CAPPARIDACEiE. (Caper Family.) 



Herbs (when in northern regions), with cruciform flowers, but 6 or more 

 not telradynamous stamens, a 1-celled pod with 2 parietal placentce, and Jdd- 

 ney-shaped seeds. — Pod as in Crucifera?, but with no partition: seeds 

 similar, but the embryo coiled rather than folded. — Leaves alternate, 

 mostly palmately compound. — Often with the acrid or pungent qualities 

 of Cruciferae (as in capers, the flower-buds of Capparis spinosa) ; also 

 commonly bitter and nauseous. Represented within our limits only by 



1. POLANISIA, Raf. Polanisia. 



Sepals 4. Petals 4, with claws, notched at the apex. Stamens 8-32, un- 

 equal. Receptacle not elongated, bearing a gland behind the base of the ovary. 

 Pod linear or oblong, veiny, turgid, many-seeded. — Fetid annuals, with glan- 

 dular or clammy hairs. Flowers in leafy racemes. (Name from noKvs, many, 

 and aviaos, unequal, points in which the genus differs iu its stamens from 

 Cleome.) 



