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CAPPARIDE.E. J uss 
CLEO ME. Linn. 
Calyx quadripartitus, deciduus. Corolla tetrapetala, secunda. Stamina 
sex, rarius plura aut pauciora, declinata. Ovarium stipitatum. Stigma 
sessile. Siliqua unilocularis, bivalvis, polysperma; placentae filiformes, 
valvis interpositae, demum liberae. 
Herbae aut frutices, rarissime arbusculi, plerumque graveolentia. Folia 
simplicia aut saepius ternata vel digitata. Flores terminales, racemosi, 
bracteati, rarius axillares, solitarii. Corollae albae, carneae, violaceae aut 
flavae. 
1. CLEOME GUYANNENSIS. 
C. herbacea; glabra; foliis simplicibus, filiformi-linearibus, sessilibus; floribus axillaribus, 
solitariis, hexandris (?). 
Cleome guyannensis. Aubl. Guy. 2. p. 6 ^ 5 . t. 273. ( auct. herb. Juss .) Sp.pl. ed. Tf^. 3 . 
p. 570. 
Crescit prope Cariclictna, ad ripam Orinoci. o Floret Majo. 
Herba septem-aut octopollicaris. Radix ramosa. Caulis erectus, superne ramosus, teres, glaber; ramis 
sparsis, angulatis, filiformibus, subfastigiatis, patulis, glabris. Folia sparsa, sessilia, filiformi-linearia, acuta, 
integerrima, enervia, glabra, 8-9 lineas longa. Flores axillares, solitarii, pedunculati, magnitudine floris 
Arenariae trinervise; pedicellis capillaceis, glabris, 4 lineas longis. Calyx quadripartitus; laciniis linearibus, 
acuminatis, glabris, aequalibus. Petala quatuor, lutea (ex. Humb.), oblongo-lanceolata, calycem superantia. 
Stamina 8 , corollam subsequantia, quorum 4 alterna sterilia, glandulifera (ex Humb.). Anther.® lineares. 
Ovarium lineare, compressum, stipitatum, glabrum. Stigma subsessile, capitatum. Siliqua linearis, acumi¬ 
nato- subulata, suturis parallele compressa, laevis, viridis, glabra, unilocularis, oligosperma, 4~5 lineas 
longa, lineae lata; placentis capillaceis, persistentibus. Semina subrotunda, subechinato-scabra, cinerea. 
2 . CLEOME POLYGAMA. 
C. herbacea; glaberrima; inermis; foliis ternatis; foliolis lanceolatis, acuminato-mucronatis, 
argute denticulatis, intermedio majore; floribus hexandris. 
Cleome polygama. Linn. [auct. Decand.) Sp. pl. ed. TV. 3 . p. 565 . 
Sinapistrum indicum triphyllum, flore carneo, non spinosum. Sloan. Jam. 1. t. 124 .f 1. 
Crescit in convalli fluminis Magdalence , prope Badillas (Nova Granata ); item in litore 
Mexicano , prope Campeche. 0 ? Floret Majo. 
Herba erecta, ramosa, bi- aut tripedalis, glaberrima (ex Bonpl.). Folia alterna, longe petiolata, ternata ; 
foliola lanceolata, acuminata, mucronata, basi acuta, subintegerrima, denticulis minutis argutis instructa, 
reticulato-venosa, venis primariis subparallelis, nervo medio subtus prominente, membranacea, glabra, laete 
viridia ; intermedium brevissime petiolatum, subtripollicare, 8-9 lineas longum; lateralia sessilia, subbipolli- 
caria. Petioli sesqui-aut bipollicares, canaliculati, glabri. Racemi terminales, sex-aut octopollicares. Flores 
sparsi, longe pedicellati, bracteati, magnitudine floris Cardaminis pratensis; bracteis minutissimis, capil¬ 
laceo-sub ulatis. Pedicelli flliformes, 4-5 lineas longi, fructiferi paulo longiores rhachisque glabra. Calyx 
quadripartitus, glaber; laciniis lanceolatis, acutis, subciliato-denticulatis, aequalibus, corolla triplo brevio¬ 
ribus, virescentibus. Petala 4, oblonga, obtusa, basi angustata, subunguiculata, alba, glabra, aequalia. 
