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*4. C. CORDITOLIA Lam. (C. m'ariana J acq.). Alcaparro (Sp.-Fil.). 



A shrub about 2 m high, unarmed, the younger parts somewhat pubes- 

 cent. Leaves broadly ovate to suborbicular, soft, base, cordate, apex broad 

 and retuse, 4 to 7 cm long. Flowers large, axillarjTj solitary, long-pedi- 

 celled, the' sepals green, unequal, concave, the petals very oblique, 3 to 5 

 cm long, white,'turning purplish. Fruit somewhat club-shaped, large. (Fl. 

 Filip. pi. 179, C. mariana.) 



Paraiiaque, occasionally cultivated, fl. Sept.-Oct., and probably in other 

 months; introduced from the Marianne Islands. Marianne, Caroline, and 

 Marshalls Islands; Timor. 



2. CLEG ME Linnaeus- 

 Erect, often rank-scented herbs with digitately 3- to 9-foliolate leaves. 

 Flowers yellow, racemose. Sepals and petals 4 each. Stamens 4 or more , 

 inserted op thp '^JSiK. Ovary sessile or on a short gynophore; ovules on 



2 parietal placentas. Fruit an oblong or linear, 2-valved capsule, the valves 

 separating from the seed-bearing placentas. Seeds small, numerous, reni- 

 form. (A Latin plant name of uncertain origin.) 



Species about 80, chiefly tropical, 2 in the Philippines, both introduced. 



1. C. VISCOSA L. 



An erect, branched, annual, glandular-pubescent, somewhat rank-smelling 

 herb 0.3 lo 1 m high. Leaves 3- to 5-foliolate, the leaflets 1 to 3 cm long, 

 oblong to obovate-oblong. Flowers in leafy terminal racemes, the pedicels 1 

 cm long'or less. Petals yellow, narrowly obovate, 7 to 8 mm long. Stamens 

 12 to 20. Capsules cylindric, striate, glandular-pubescent, 4 to 7 cm long, 



3 to 4 mm in diameter, narrowed above. 



In open waste places, fl. all the year; throughout the Philippines but 

 certainly not indigenous. In all tropical countries. 



3. GYNANDROPSIS DeCandolle 



An erect, annual, glandular-pubescent or glabrous herb. Leaves digi- 

 tately 5-foliolate, long-petioled. Flowers in racemes. Sepals, and petals 4 

 each, the latter long-clawed, spreading in bud. Stamens 6, the filaments 

 adnate below to the slender gvnophore , spreading above! Ovary loQg- 

 stalked. Capsule cylindric, elongated, 2-valved, the valves separating from 

 the placentas. Seeds many, small, reniform. , (Greek "woman" and "man," 

 in reference to the filaments being adnate to the stilk of the ovary.) 



A monotypic genus, found in all tropical countries, but probably intro- 

 duced here. 



1. G. PENTAPHYLLA (L.) DC. 



An erect, branched, somewhat pubescent herb 0.4 to 1 m high, the stems 

 usually purplish. Leaflets 5, sessile or nearly so, obovate or oblong-obovate, 

 acute or obtuse, entire or slightly serrulate, 2 to 5 cm long. Racemes ter- 

 minal, elongated, glandular-pubescent, flowering at the tip, the pedicels 

 about 1.5 cm long, each subtended by a 3-foliolate bract. Sepals lanceolate, 

 green, about 4 mm long. Petals white or tinged with purple, 1 to 1.2 cm 

 long, the blades elliptic tO' obovate. Gynophore purplish, 1.5 cm long, the 

 filaments 1.5 to 1.8 cm long. Capsules cylindric, 4 to 10 cm long^ about 5 

 mm in diameter. Seeds very numerous, small. (Fl. Filip. pi. 22S.) 



In open dry grass lands, especially near the sea, Pasay, fl. all the year; 

 widely distributed in the Philippines. Tropics generally. 



