Papaveraceae; Capparidaceae; Cruciferae 



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stems rather stout, often reddish, terete, 40-60 cm. long; 

 leaves usually petiolate, broadly ovate-deltoid, 10-25 cm. long 

 and as wide, 2- to 3-ternate, the leaflets incised to parted; ra- 

 cemes 5-10 cm. long, many-flowered; flowers 15-25 mm. long, 

 the spur short; capsules broadly linear, 25-35 mm. long, 3-4 

 mm. wide, torulose; seeds in one series, densely papillose with 



short-cylindric tubercles. Mar.-June. Honshu (Chugoku 



Distr.), Shikoku, Kyushu. s. Korea. 



Var. japonica (Fr. & Sav.) Ohwi. C. wiljordii var. ja- 

 ponica Fr. & Sav.; C. pallida var. platycarpa Maxim, ex Palib., 

 pro parte; C. platycarpa (Maxim.) Makino Ki-keman. 



Capsules narrowly lanceolate, scarcely torulose; seeds in two 



series or nearly two series. Apr.-May. Thickets and thin 



woods in lowlands, especially near the sea; Honshu (Kanto 



Distr. and wcstw.), Shikoku, Kyushu; rather common. 



Ryukyus. 

 Var. brachystyla (Koidz.) Ohwi. C. brachystyla Koidz. 



MuNiN-Ki-KEM/\N. Closcly rcscmbles the preceding 



variety; capsules lanceolate, 2-3 cm. long, 4-5 mm. wide, not 



torulose; seeds with short conical tubercles. Honshu (Izu 



Isls.). Bonins and Ryukyus. 



6. PTERIDOPHYLLUM Sieb. & Zucc. Osabagusa Zoku 



Stemless perennial herbs with short radier thick rhizomes; leaves radical, pectinate, deep green, petiolate; scapes simple, naked, 

 erect; racemes solitary, terminal; flowers nodding, rather small, the pedicels sohtary or ternate; sepals 2, deciduous, small; petals 

 4, white, deciduous, equal, obliquely ascending, oblong; stamens 4, free, the filaments short, erect, the anthers linear; ovary 

 1-locular; styles slender, the stigma bifid; capsules obovate-globose, 2-valved, 2-seeded. A single species, in Japan. 



1. Pteridophyllum racemosum Sieb. & Zucc. Osaba- 

 gusa. Nearly glabrous perennial herb; leaves pectinate, 

 broadly oblanceolate in outline, 10-20 cm. long, 2.5-3 cm. 

 wide, obtuse, gradually narrowed below, the segments many, 

 spreading, linear-oblong, about 3 mm. wide, short-toothed, 

 sparsely hispid above, slightiy auriculate on upper side near 

 base; scapes erect, 15-25 cm. long; racemes loose, 5-15 cm. 



long, the pedicels slender, solitary to ternate, 10-15 mm. long, 

 spreading; sepals 2, broadly ovate, 1-1.2 mm. long; petals 

 about 5 mm. long; anthers linear, 2-2.2 mm. long; capsules 

 obovoid, about 3.5 mm. across and as long; style 2.5-3 mm. 

 long; seeds ellipsoidal, 1.5 mm long. June-Aug. Conifer- 

 ous woods; Honshu (centr. and n. distr.) ; rare. 



Fam. 91. CAPPARIDACEAE Fuch6-so Ka Caper Family 



Herbs or woody plants; leaves simple or palmately compound, 3- to 9-foliolate, alternate, rarely opposite; stipules 2 or absent, 

 often becoming spiny; inflorescence racemose or corymbose; flowers actinomorphic, usually bisexual; sepals 4, sometimes 

 connate; petals 4, 2, or absent; stamens 4 or more, the disc often much elongate; ovary stipitate or sessile, usually l-locular, 



the placentae parietal; carpels 2 or more; fruit a capsule or berry. About 35 genera, with about 500 species, mainly tropical and 



warm-temperate. 



1. CRATAEVA L. Gyoboku Zoku 



Glabrous trees or shrubs with lenticellate branches; leaves 3-foliolate, petiolate; flowers in corymbs, showy, often polygamous; 

 calyx 4-parted, the segments imbricate in bud, deciduous; petals 4, long-clawed, not overlapped in bud; receptacle hemispherical, 

 lobed; stamens 8-20, inserted on the margin of receptacle, the filaments filiform, elongate; ovary ovoid, long-stipitate, 1- to 



2-locular, the placentae 2, parietal; ovules many; stigma sessile, discoid; fruit a globose or ovoid berry; seeds few or many. Few 



species, in the Tropics. 



1. Crataeva religiosa Forst. C. falcata DC. Gyo- 

 boku. Small tree with pale lenticellate gray-brown branches; 

 leaves long-petioiate, the leaflets rather thin, ovate to narrowly 

 so, 6-10 cm. long, 2-5 cm. wide, usually acuminate, entire, 

 glaucescent beneath; inflorescence a terminal corymb, tlie 

 flowers large, pale yellow, the pedicels about 3 cm. long; petals 



ovate, clawed, 15-20 mm. long; stamens exserted, about 4 cm. 

 long; ovary narrowly ovoid, 4-5 mm. long, the stipe nearly 

 as long as the pedicel; berry fleshy, nodding, about 2.5 cm. 



long. June-July. Near the sea; Kyushu (s. distr.). 



s. China, India, Malaysia to Australia, and Africa. 



Fam. 98. CRUCIFERAE Abura-na Ka (Juji Ka) Mustard Family 



Mostly herbs; leaves cauline or radical, alternate, simple to pinnate; stipules absent; flowers in racemes, sometimes solitary in 

 leaf-axils, rarely bracteate; sepals 4, deciduous; petals 4 or absent, clawed, deciduous; stamens 6 (rarely 4), tctradynamous, in 

 2 series; disc with 2, 4, or 6 glands; ovary 2-locular, with parietal placentae; style usually persistent, simple, the stigma discoid, 

 sometimes bifid; fruit a silique or silicle, rarely indehiscent and jointed; seeds without endosperm; cotyledons large, incumbent 

 or accumbent. About 200 genera, with about 2,000 species, mostly in temperate regions and high latitudes of both hemispheres. 



1.^. Hairs simple, not branched, without glands, or hairs absent. 



2 A. Capsule a flattened long-stipitatc silique; stamens longer than the petals 1. Macropodium 



2B. Capsules sessile or nearly so, not distinctly stipitate at the base; stamens not longer than the petals. 

 i.\. Capsules indehiscent. 



4A. Capsules 1 -seeded, flat; flowers yellow 2. lsa:is 



4B. Capsules few-seeded, torulose; flowers white or rose-purple 3. Raphanus 



