CAPPARIDACÉES. 173 
GENERA 
IL CLEOMEÆ. 
1. Cleome L. — Flores regulares v. rarius subirregulares, 4-meri ; 
calyce dentato v. partito, persistente v. deciduo, rarius basi circum- 
cisso, valvato v. leviter imbricato. Petala 4, æqualia v. inæqualia, 
sessilla v. unguiculata, integra v. dentata rariusve laciniata (Crista- 
lella). Receptaculum basi convexum v. leviter concavum (Isomeris), 
Supra perlanthium nudum v. postice in appendicem forma varium pro- 
ductum. Stamina h,5, v.sæpius 6, æqualia v. sub-4-dynamia, rarius 8-0 
(Polanisia), libera, toro elongato cylindraceo supra perianthium v. paulo 
altius, nunc altissime (Gynandropsis), inserta ; filamentis liberis, sæpe de- 
clivatis ; omnibus v. pluribus, rarius 4 (Dactylæna) antheriferis, nune sub 
anthera inflatis (PAysostemon); cæteris anantheris; antheris introrsis, 
2-locularibus, 2-rimosis. Germen stipitatum v. rarius subsessile, elon- 
Satum v. rarius subovatum, nune breve trapezoideum (C/eomella) ; pla- 
cenlis 2, parietalibus, antico posticoque, rarius 3-c ; ovulis paucis 
V. S&pius æ , ‘subanatropis v. campylotropis ; stylo elongato v. sæpius 
Sligmate subsessili sessilive; micropyle supera. Capsula membranacea 
Y. inflata vesiculosave, coriacea (Zsomeris), eylindrica v. compressa, nune 
brevis ovoidea +. lageniformis trapezoideave (CZeomella), glabra v. glan- 
dulosa, nune echinata. Semina pauca v. Sæpius  , reniformia, glabra 
Y. Scrobiculata, aspera lanuginosave ; embryonis nune albuminosi , 
arcuali, induplicati v. convoluti, cotyledonibus incumbentibus ; radicula 
CONICa supera. — Herbæ, sæpe annuæ, suffrutices v. rarius arbusculæ, 
S&pe glandulosæ graveolentes; foliis simplicibus v. digitatim 3-5-7- 
9-foliolatis ; stipulis O0, v. parvis herbaceis, nunc spinescentibus ; flori- 
bus solitariis y. plerumque racemosis; racemis simphecibus v. ramosis, 
