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low, as large as a pear, garlic-scented. Brazil. C. excelsa, tree 4° in 

 diara., wood valuable. Madagascar. C. Nurvdla, berries edible, acid. 

 Tree, sacred ; planted in graveyards. Society Isles, Malabar. 2. 

 C^pparis, Caper. Pet. 4. Sta. oo. Pis. wbite, showy. Ova. stipi- 

 tate. Berry pungent, peppery ; unripe berries and fl.-buds pickled in 

 vinegar. Shrubs 4°-12° high; stip. spiny. 120 spec, both worlds. 

 C. spinbsa, Common C. ; bramble-like, on walls. Pig. 177. Mediter- 

 ranean States; the "Syssop that springeth out of the wall;" stems 

 used in sprinkling the Passover blood on Hebrew door-posts ; also be- 

 lieved to be the "reed" that held the sponge dipped in vinegar and 

 offered in derision to Christ. C. jamaicensis, 12° high; "W. Ind., S. 

 JPia. C. acuminata, B. Ind. 3. Morisonia. Pet. 4. Sta. ai. Fls. 

 white. Ova. stipitate. Berry succulent. 4 spec, trees, W. Ind., S. 

 Am. Tribe 3. Boll 1-celled, usually siliquose. Herbs or small 

 shrubs. 9 gen., 104 spec, both worlds. 1. Gynandrbpsis. Pet. 4. 

 Sta. 6, on the long stipe of the ova. ; below the ova., far above the pet. 

 Pis. white. 10 spec, 0, both worlds. G. pentaphplla. Lfts. 6. Stem 

 simple, 2°-3° high. Trop., both worlds ; reaching through Gulf States 

 to N. C. and Ga. 8. Cleome. Pet. 4. Sta. 6. Ova. stipitate. Fls. 

 pink, purple, yellow, white ; racemed. 70 spec. Am., Egypt, Arabia. 



0. C. pwngens, Spider Flower, pet. long-clawed. 2°-4° high. 

 Lfts. 7-9. S. Am. ; wild in S. U. S. Sev. elegant spec, Nebraska 

 to Cal. 3. Isomeris, monotypic. Pet. 4. Sta. 6. Ova. stipitate. 

 Pis. yellow; no claws. I. arbbrea, shrub; ill-scented. Cal. 4. 

 Polamsia. Sep. 4. Pet. 4, clawed; sta. 8-32. Ova. sessile. Fls. 

 racemed, yellow, red, pink, often showy. 0, low j Ivs. digitate. 14 

 spec, warm regions, Asia, Am., Af. P. gr-aveolens, fls. small, yellow. 

 Conn, to Ky., W. to Colorado, New Mex. 



Ord. 151. Cruciferse.— Pis. § , racemed, rarely sol. ; white, yellow, 

 purple; rarely blue, pink. Sep. 4. Pet. 4, usually equal, arranged 

 crosswise ; rarely 0. Sta. 6, tetradynamous ; rarely 2-4-xi ; anth. 

 rarely 1-celled. Carpels 2, connate, rarely 3-4. Ov. oo-few-sol. 

 Sty. simple ; stig. 2, or united in 1. Silique or silicula, dehisc. or not. 

 Sds. mucilaginous, campytetropous. Emb. oily; curved, rarely 

 straight. Perisperm usually 0. Lvs. simple (rarely compound), alt., 

 rarely opp. ; entire or cut ; usually exstip. Herbs, rarely Shrubs, juice 

 watery, pungent. Generally distributed, both worlds ; most abundant 

 in cold and temperate regions, especially in Eur. 172 gen., 1200 spec. 

 10 Tribes ; types given : 



Tribe 1. Silique long, 1-celled, indehiscent ; or lomentaeeous and 

 dehiso. 9 gen., 26 spec, Eur., Asia, Af. 1. Raphanus. 6 spec, 

 Eur., Asia. R. sathms, Radish. Fls. violet or white. (g). 

 Egypt; probably a cultivated form of R. Raphanistrum, Wild K., 

 fls. yellow ; Levant. R. cauddtus, silique 1° long, edible when un- 

 ripe. Ind. Tribe 2. Silique transversely 2-jointed ; short or long ; 

 always upright or nearly so. 11 gen., 40 spec ; Old World ; 1 Am. 



1. C^kile. Silique 2-1-seeded, fleshy. Pis. lilac. Fleshy seaside 

 herbs, 0. C. maritima, Sba-Rockbt, Gt. Brit. C. americdna, N. 

 Atlantic States, U. S., and Great Lakes. 2. Cr&mbe. 16 spec, Old 

 World. C. maritima, Sea Kale, Q|.; fls. white, honey-scented; lvs. 

 fleshy, gray, glaucous, edible. Coasts, Gt. Brit. C. tatdrica, rt. large, 

 edible, called Tartar Bread. Sandy plains, Hungary. Tribe 3. Silicle 

 (rarely silique) indehisc ; no joint : often bony ; 1- rarely 2-4-celled ; 



