THALAMIFLOR/E i8i 



opposite the lateral sepals, 4 long ones in the inner 

 whorl, antero-posterior, usually with 4 glands on the 

 thalamus between the stamens opposite the sepals. 

 Ovary composed of 2 carpels, initially i-celled with 

 2 parietal placentas, subsequently rendered 2-celled by 

 a false dissepiment (replum) thrown across the ovary 

 from placenta to placenta; style short or o; ovules 

 many, campylotropous. Fruit siliqua or silicula. 

 Distributed chiefly in the temperate regions of the 

 Old World. 



The species cultivated as economic plants are the 

 different kinds of sharisha or Mustard and Rape, 

 namely, Brassica j'uncea, B. campestris, and B. 

 Napus; the different varieties of kapi, such as bandha- 

 kapi or Cabbage, cultivated for its leaves, phul-kapi 

 or Cauliflower, cultivated for its inflorescence, and 

 ol-kapi or Kohl-rabi, cultivated for its stem^these 

 being all different varieties of Brassica oleracea ; and 

 moola or Radish {Raphanus sativus). Although the 

 coloured petals and nectarial glands are undoubtedly 

 an attractive apparatus, self-pollination is of frequent 

 occurrence in this Order. 



Nat. Order 9. Capparidacece. — Herbs or shrubs, 

 erect or climbing. Leaves usually alternate, simple 

 or compound-palmate. Stipules herbaceous or spin- 

 ous or o. Flowers often showy. Sepals usually 4, 

 free or connate. Petals usually 4. Stamens 4 or 6 

 (not tetradynamous) or many, free, with long fila- 

 ments. Ovary as in Crucifercs, but usually borne 

 upon a stalk (gynophore); style short or o. Fruit 

 a capsule (siliqua) or berry. Seeds many, reniform, 

 exalbuminous. Chiefly tropical. 



The three common weeds are hurh-hurhe with 

 yellow flowers with unstalked ovary {Cleome viscosa), 

 and hurh-hurhe with ^yhite or pale-purplish flowers 



