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S f \M. Filaments six, thread-form, hardly differing 

 in length, inserted on a pedicel below the germ. 

 Anthers erect, pointed, furrowed. 

 Pist. Germ erect, linear, long, downy, sitting oil 

 the produced pedicel. Style very short. St'% 1A 

 headed, flat, circular. 

 Per. Sillque one-celled, two-vaived, spindle-shapedf, 

 with protuberant seeds; crowned with the perma- 

 nent style* 

 Seeds very many, roundish, nodding. Receptacle* 

 linear, often more than two. 



The whole plant, most distinctly one piece* Ro9$ 

 whitish, with scattered capillary fibres. Stem her* 

 baceous, pale green, in parts purple, hairy, cross- 

 armed, produced into a long raceme crowded at the 

 summit. Branchlets, similar to the stem, leaf-bear* 

 ing^ similar, but smaller leaves rising also from 

 their axils. Leaves fived, roundish-rhomboidal, notch- 

 ed, pointed, hairy, dark green, the lower pairs re- 

 spectively equal, the odd one much larger, strongly 

 ribbed with processes from the petiol-branchlets, 

 conjoined by the bases of the ribs, in the form 

 of a starlet ; each ray whitish and furrowed 

 within. Calyx green. Petals white. Anthers cove- 

 red with gold-coloured pollen. Pedicels purplish. 

 Bracts three'd, similar to the cauline leaves. The 

 sensible qualities of this herb seem to promise gi 

 antispasmodic virtues; it has a scent much resem- 

 bling assafastida, but comparatively delicate and ex- 

 tremely refreshing. For pronouncing this Cleome 

 the Cu'ravcUii of che ancient Indians, I have only the 



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