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Heliophila, N. Burm. (DC. pr. \,p. 231.) 



1. arabidides, Curt. {B. M. 14. /. 496 H. pilosa, Lam. ,— /3 incisa, DC. 



0. c. p. 233.) © C. G. H. FI. largish, blue, Feb. ; fr. March. 



2. stricta, Sims. (B. M. 52. t. 2526.) © C. G. H. Fl. small, indigo- 

 coloured, Feb. ; fr. March. 



* Schizopetalon Walkeri ; Sims. B. M. 50. t. 2379. © Chili.— S^rej). 

 tanthus obtusifolius. Hook. B. M. 61. t. 3317. Arkansa. — S. hyacin- 

 thdides, Hook. B. M. 63. t. 3516. © Texas. 



ORDER XXXVIII.— CAPPARIDACEvE, Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 61. 



THE CAPER TRIBE. 



Annual and perennial herbs, shrubs, (rarely climbing,) or trees, placed by 

 Lindl. (o. c. p. 62.) in 26 genera, and, according to DC. (pr.) amounting 

 to about 100 species for S. America, Mexico and the W. Indies ; 23 

 for Africa, excluding the south ; 11 for Arabia ; 10 for New Holland 

 and the South Sea Islands ; 4 for Persia and Iberia ; 4 for the Levant ; 4 

 for N. America ; 3 for Europe ; 3 for Madagascar ; 2 for Tauria ; 2 for 

 Timor ; 1 for Mauritius ; and 1 for China. For S. America, Sprengel, (syst.) 

 adds 5 species. S. Africa contains 20 forms, (Harvey ;) and the E. Indies 

 64. Of the latter, 1 belongs to Gynandropsis ; 4 to Cleome ; 4 to Polanisia ; 

 4 to Cratava ; 2 to Niebuhria ; 2 to Cadaba ; 46 to Capparis ; and 1 to 

 Roydsia. Of these, 2 only {Capparis nepalensis, DC. and C. obovata, 

 Buch.) have been found in the Himalayas ; the rest are all tropical. Pro- 

 perties unimportant. Capers are the flower-buds of Capparis spinosa, L., a 

 S. European shrub. 

 Gynandropsis, DC. (jjr. l,jj. 237; — W. and A. pr. \,p.'2\.) 



1. pentaphylla, DC. (o. c.p. 238 \—W. and A. I. c. \—J. Grah. Cat. B. 

 pi. p. 7. — Cleome pentaphylla, L.; — Roxb. fl. ind. 3,^. 126; — B. M. 

 40. t. 1681 i—Rheed. 9, t. 24;— Rumph. 5. t. 96./. 3.) ^^STl Kanala, 

 "tlHt'sj^s^f^^ Shada Hoorhooriya. © W. Indies. Tropical America." 

 Peninsula of India. Bengal, (Serampore,) Seharunpore, Nepal. Fl. 

 middle-sized, white, with crimson filaments, and fr. nearly the whole 

 year. Leaves eaten by the Natives in their curries ; bruised and applied 

 to the skin, they act as a rubefacient. 

 Cleome. L. {DC. pr. 1, p. 238 ,— TF. and A. pr. \,p.2\.) 



1 . monophylla, L. {DC. o. c. p. 239 ; — W. and A. I. c. ; — Roxb.fl. ind. 3, 

 p. 129 ,—J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 7.— C. cordata, DC. I. c.;—Rheed. 9, 

 /. 34; — Burm. zeyl. t. 100.) © C. G. H. Ceylon. Peninsula of India. 

 Fl. small, pale rose-coloured. In H. C. G. fl. R. and C. S. ; fr. C. S. 

 (Roxh.) 



2. heptaphylla, L. {DC. pr. 1, p. 238.) © W. Indies.— In H. C. G. fl. 

 and fr. the whole year. {Roxb.) 



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