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Plate 76. 

 CLEOME, L., DC. 



Petala subaequalia, integerrima. Stamina 6, raro 4, saapis- 

 sime inasqualia, declinata, toro brevissimo (nonnunquam 

 glandula appendiculata) imposita ; filamentis filiformibus. 

 Capsula siliquasformis. 



Cleome, Linn. (excl. spec.) Schkuhr, Handb. t. 189. DC. Prodr. 1. 

 p. 233. Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Am. 1. p. 121. Endl. Gen. 4985. 

 Sinapistrcm, Mcench. Meth. p. 250. 

 Atalanta, Nutt. Gen. 2 p. 73. non Corr. 

 Peritoma, DC. Prodr. 1. p. 237. Nutt. in Jour. Acad. Philad. 7. p. 14. 



Calyx four-cleft or four-parted, or the sepals nearly dis- 

 tinct, somewhat persistent or deciduous (in C. serrulata and 

 C. integrifolia usually separating round the base and at 

 length hanging loose on the pedicel of the fruit). Petals 

 4, hypogynous, equal or unequal, often turned to one side, 

 entire, unguiculate or nearly sessile, imbricatcd-convolute in 

 aestivation (as in Cruciferas), deciduous. Torus above the 

 petals short, usually globular or hemispherical, inappendicu- 

 late, or sometimes bearing a gland or glandular scale between 

 the pistil and the upper sepal. Stamens 6 (rarely 4), borne 

 on the summit of the torus, free and distinct : filaments 

 filiform, more or less declined, longer than the petals : an- 

 thers fixed by the base, the cells opening introrsely and 

 longitudinally. Ovary stipitate or nearly sessile, one-celled, 

 with two parietal (anterior and posterior) placenta? : style 

 short or none : stigma obtuse. Ovules numerous and usu- 

 ally in two series on each placenta, horizontal, amphitropous. 



Capsule silique-shaped, linear or oblong, more or less 

 terete, often torulose, stipitate by the gynophore, or almost 

 sessile, one-celled, two-valved ; the membranaceous valves 

 separating from the replum formed of the persistent and fili- 

 form intervalvular placenta?. Seeds several or numerous on 



