96. 55. CAPPARIDA'CEAE. 



4. rigidiuscula Sond. Coast and Midlands. 



5. acandens Harv. Sand dunes, near the sea. 



6. suavissima Burch. Mont Aux Sources, 8,800 ft. 



7. virgata Burch. Coast to Drakensberg. Common. 



FAMILY 55— CAPPARIDACEAE. 



Trees, shrubs or herbs, often climbing. Leaves alternate. 

 Flowers usually regular. Petals wanting or free, usually 4. Ovary 

 superior, usually stalked. Ovules 4 or more, curved. Fruit a 

 capsule or berry. Seeds exendospermic. Embryo curved. 4 

 genera 17 species. 



1. Annual herbs. Fruit a dry, dehiscent, pod-like capsule. 



1 CLEOME. 

 Trees, shrubs or climbers. Fruit succulent. 2. 



2. Calyx tube distinct, persistent. 2 MAERUA. 

 Calyx tube indistinct, or wanting. 3. 



3. Receptacle produced behind into a tube or strap shaped 



appendage. Stamens usually 6 on an androphore. 



3 CADABA. 



Receptacle appendage wanting or scale-like. Androphore 



short or wanting. Stamens 8 or more. 4 CAPPARIS. 



1. CLEOME L. (Annual herbs.) 



1. monophylla L. Midlands and Drakensberg. 



2. rubella Burch. Midlands. 



2. MAERUA Forsk (including Niebubria DC.) (Mostly shrubs.) 



\. angolensis DC. 



2. rosmarinoides (Sond). Gilg and Benedict. Coastbelt 



scrub. 



3. nervosa (Hochst) Gilg and Benedict. Coastbelt scrub. 



"Matandana." 



4. triphylla Dur. & Schinz. (Niebuhria triphylla Wendl.) 



Coast and Midlands. 



5. woodii Dur. and Schinz. Inanda. 1,800 ft. Half her- 



baceous. 



6. racemulosa Gilg. and Benedict. (Boscia caffra Sond). 



Coast and Midlands. "imPunzizo." 



3. CADABA Forsk. 



natalensis Sond. Coastbelt shrub or climber. 



4. CAPPARIS L. "inQaningi." "inTshilo." 



1. toraentosa Lam. (corymbifera E.M.) Coast and Mid- 



lands. Common. 



2. woodii Gilg and Benedict. Coast. Sand dune bush. 



3. calvescens Gilg and Benedict. Tugela valley. 



4. zeyheri Turcz. Coast and Midlands. 



5. solanoides Gilg and Benedict. Little Noodsberg, 2,000 ft. 



