Cructfere—-ct: thionema. o4 
1. &. coridifolium.—aA dwarf hardy plant, shrubby below, 
with erect stems 6 to 8 inches high. Leaves linear, glaucous. 
Flowers small, rosy lilac, in terminal dense rounded racemes. 
e very pretty plant, native of Palestine, flowering in June and 
uly. 
2. Ai. juctinda. —Similar to the above, and from the same 
country, and probably only a variety of it. It is of smaller 
stature, and the flowers have more of a carmine tinge in them. 
Orprr X.—_CAPPA RIDE. 
Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Leaves usually alternate sometimes 
digitate ; stipules usually present, and occasionally spinescent. 
Sepals 4, rarely more. Petals 4, very seldom more, rarely none. 
Stamens often many, and when few never tetradynamous. Ovary 
l1-celled, with several placentas, often on a long stalk. Seeds 
numerous. Albumen none or very thin. A large order, in- 
habiting the warmer and tropical regions of both hemispheres. 
1. CAPPARIS. 
A genus of about 120 species, chiefly tropical. The follow- 
ing is the only one seen in cultivation in the open air in 
this country, and that is tender. The name is of Arabic 
origin. 
1. C. spinésa. Caper-bush.—A half-hardy deciduous spiny 
straggling shrub with simple leaves and white flowers tinged 
with pink. Sepals and petals 4; stamens numerous. The 
fruit is a berry, elevated on a long stalk, containing numerous 
seeds. The flower-buds are the Capers of our tables. This 
is occasionally grown as a curiosity. It is a native of the 
Mediterranean region. 
2. CLEOME. 
This is a very large genus of the warmer and tropical regions, 
containing some shrubby and many annual species of some 
beauty, a few of which are cultivated. The distinctive cha- 
racters of the genus are: sepals and petals 4, stamens 6, and 
a l-celled capsular fruit with many seeds. Leaves simple, or 
digitately 3- to 7-foliolate. Flowers solitary or racemose, 
