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CAPPARID4CW. caper Family. 
Fruit a capsule; plants herbaceous. Leaves paimately compound, 
Filaments united below with the gynophore; flowers rose- 
purple , showy. 
1. Cynandropsis. 
Filaments free from the gynophore; flowers greenish white 
or pinkish, inconspicuous. . ..2. Cle t o. Re A 
Fruit baccate; plants shrubs or trees. 
Leaves composed of 3 leaflets. . . 3 « Crataeva. 
Leaves simple, entire. ..... • *••♦*** • 
'fha^onus* #teriphoma is represented in Panama. xhe 
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Xary or in terminal corymbs or racemes, and have 4 to 8 
sepals, 4 petals, and few or many stamens. The ovary is 
sessile or borne upon a long stall- or gynophore. The fruit 
is many-seeded, dry or fleshy. 
1 . GYHAhDROPBI S DC . 
The only Central American species, G. ao.oc.iosa U-. B. r.) 
DC., baa been collected at Gatunoillo. .It is a large annual 
with long leafy race, es of showy flowers. The name "alelfa" 
is given to it in Salvador and Honduras; in Salvador it is 
called "alheljL," "barba del rey," "volantinea, H and w fl©r de 
mayo.” 
