54 Capparidee—C leome. 
showy, white, yellow, or purple. The etymology of the word 
is obscure. 
1. C. spinosa (fig. 
40).—This is a hand- 
some shrub from South 
America, remarkable 
for the length and 
persistence of its sta- 
mens. Petals rosy pink, 
all directed upwards. A 
tender species. 
2. C. rosea.—A beau- 
tiful annual about 18 
inches high. Leaves 
glabrous, petiolate, 3- 
to 5-foliolate, with the 
uppermost simple; leaf- 
lets lanceolate. Flowers 
bright rose, in termi- 
nal bracteate racemes. 
South America. 
3. C. speciosissuma. 
y —Near the last, but 
oN xy with 5- to 7-foliolate 
a " hairy leaves and larger 
violet-red flowers. 
Mexico. 
Fig. 40. Cleome spinosa. (} nat, size.) 
Orver XI—RESEDACEZ. 
Annual or perennial herbs, rarely shrubby. Leaves scat- 
tered or fasciculated, simple, trifid or pinnate; stipules minute, 
glandular. Flowers hermaphrodite, small, dull-coloured, race- 
mose, or spicate. Calyx persistent, 4- to 7-partite, equal or un- 
equal, lobes imbricated. Petals 4 to 7, rarely 2 or none, 
hypogynous, deeply lobed or laciniate. Torus dilated upwards. 
Stamens 10 to 40, inserted within the torus. Capsule sessile 
or stalked, indehiscent, open at the top in three lobes. Seeds 
numerous, reniform, exalbuminous. Most of the species be- 
longing to this family are from the Mediterranean region. 
