CHAP. X. 



CAPPARlDA^CEyE. CA'PPAIUS. 



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App. I. Other ligneous or siiffruticose Crucidcece. 

 Those who wish to include in their collections all the 

 hardy plants of Cruciacese, cultivated in the gardens, 

 which are botanically considered as ligneous, will find 

 them enumerated in our Hortus Britannicus. The 

 principal are, Cheiranthus Ckeiri, and several varieties, 

 more especially C. C. fruticuldsus, the wild wallflower; 

 Vesicaria utriculata ; Jlyssum argenteum, A. saxatile 

 (7%. 61.), and A. gemonense ; Tberis sempervirens 

 (7%. 62,), 1. saxatilis, and /. corifdlia; Lepldium subulatum and L. sufFru- 

 ticosura. Sisymbrium ikfillefolium, fi'om the Canaries, might also, it is 

 possible, stand out ; and it is 

 very interesting, from its finely 

 cut leaves, a character which 

 is comparatively rare in cru- 

 ciaceous plants. All the lig- 

 neous plants of this order are 

 particularly adapted for rock- 

 work ; and, like all low-grow- 

 ing woody plants, even when 

 grown in a common border, 

 each ought to be elevated on 

 a small mound or hillock of 

 stones, of such a size as that, 

 the plant after three or four 

 years' growth, might hang 

 down over it on every side, so 

 as completely to conceal the 

 stones. 



CHAP. X. 



OF THE HALF-HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF THE ORDER CAPPA- 



RIDA'CEiE. 



Distinctive Characteristics. Thalamiflorous. {H. B.) Sepals 4. Petals 4, 

 cruciformly disposed. Stamens often numerous ; if few never tetradyna- 

 mous, or scarcely ever. Ovarium stalked upon the receptacle. Fruit either 

 pod-shaped or baccate, l-celled,very rarely 1-seeded, most frequently with many 

 seeds attached to two narrow simple parietal placentas. Seeds kidne3'^-shaped. 

 Properties stimulant or tonic. {Lindley's Introd, to N. S., and Kei/.) 



The only genus in this order, which contains any half-hardy ligneous plant, 

 is Capparis. 



Genus L 



CA'PPARIS L. The Caper Bush. Lin. Si/st. Polyandria Monogynia. 



Derivation. From kabir, the Arabic name of the common caper. 

 Identification. Lin. Gen., 643. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 245. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 278. 



Gen. Char. Calyx 4-parted. Torus small. Fruit a silique, somewhat bac- 

 cate, upon a slender stalk. 



