168 XI. CAPPARiDEiE. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 



TeibeI. ClebmesB. Herbs. Fruit ca-psnla,!. 



Stamens eessile on the disk. Petals imbricate in bud . . . 1. Cleome. 

 Stamens on the gynophore. Petals open in bud 2- Ixynamdkopsis. 



Teibe II. Cappareffi. Shrubs or trees. FruU berried or capsular. 



Calyx tube lined by the disk, lobes valyate. 



fttals 0. Fruit ovoid 3. Niebbheia. 



Petals 4. Fruit moniliform 4. MiERUA. 



Sepal's 4, open in bud. Disk hemispheric 5. Orat^eva. 



Sepals 4, 2-Beriate, imbricate, or 2 outer valvate. 



Stamens 4-6, inserted high on the gynophore 6. Gadaba. 



Stamens 8-oo , inserted at the base of the gynophore . . 7. Oappaeis. 



'Sepals 6, 2-seriate. Ovary S-ceUed ; styles 3 8. Kotdsia. 



1. CXiEODZE, Linn. 



Herbs. Leaves simple or digitately 3-9-foliolate. Flowers racemed, yellow 

 rose or purple. Sepals 4, spreading. Petals 4, regular or ascending. Stamens 

 4r-8, sessile on the disk. Otoj-j/ sessile or with a short gynophore: style 

 short or ; ovules many, on 2 parietal placentas. Capsule oblong or hnear, 

 valves 2 separating from the seed-bearing placentas. Seeds reniform.— 

 DiSTEDB. Species about 80, chiefly tropical 



0. heptaphyUa, L., a W. Indian species, is cultivated in India ; it is a, tall hairy 

 ■viscid annual, with prickly stems, 7 leaflets, large purple flowers, and a long gynophore. 



* Leaves simple. 



1. C. mon'opliylla, Linn. ; DC.Prodr. i. 239 ; leaves oblong-lanceolate 

 puberulous penninerved, bracts petiolate, stamens 6. Wall. Gat. 6965 ; 



W. & A. Proch: 21 ; RoA Fl. Ind. iii. 129 ; Thwaites Enum. 14 ; Oliv. Fl. 

 Trop. Afric. I 76. C. cordata, BO. l-c. — £urm. Zeyl. t. 100, f. 3. 



Western Peninsula from BeBab and the Cohcak to CEyLON, in fields and waste 

 places. — DiSTEiB. Tropical Africa. 



Stem 1-2 ft., erect, branched. Leaves 1-2 in., base rounded or cordate. Flmoers 

 i-1 in. long, dull purple ; racemes elongating in fruit. Petals long-clawed, ascending. 

 Capsules 2-4 in.^ Striate, subsessile or shortly stalked. Seeds rugose. 



2. C. papulosa, Stevd. Nomend. ed. 2, i. 382 ; hairy, often glandular, 

 leaves ovate-cordate obtuse strigoSe papillose penninerved, bracts small, 

 sessile, stamens 6. Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afric. L 76 ; Edgev). I.e. vi. 184. C. gra^ 

 cilis, Edgew. m Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xvi. 1212. 



Arid districts of Sihdh and Westekn Pdnjab. — Disteie. Abyssinia, Kordofanr- 

 Arabia. 



. Stem 6-12 in., erect, branched, strong scented. Leaves \-\\ in., lower iong-petioM, 

 upper subsessile. Flowers very small, pinkish at length dirty yellow ; racemes elon- 

 gate in fruit ; bracts oblong, upper pedicels ebraoteate. Capsules 1-1 J in., subsessile, 

 very slender, finely striate. Seeds glabrous, granulate. 



3. C. quinquenervia, DC. Prodr. i. 239 : viscid, leaves suborbicular 

 palmately 5-nerved softly pubescent, bracts leafy, stamens 4 or 6. T. Anders, 

 vn, Journ. Linn. Soc. v. Suppl.d; Griff. Itin. J^of. 3*23, n. 1261. C.Noreana, 

 £oiss. Fl. Orient, 



Arid districts of Sindh and Westeen Punjab, Griffith, Sec. — Distbib. AffghanistaD, 

 . Persia, Arabia. 



Stem 6-12 in., erect; branches spreading from the base, rigid woody, strongly 



