Capparideæ

Capparideæ, or CAPPARIDACEÆ, a thalaminfloral order allied to Crucifere, including about 350 known species, herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees, mostly natives of tropical and subtropical countries. Many of the species possess stimulant properties. Of this the species of Capparis furnish the most familiar example (see CAPERS); but Cleome pentaphylla (the mustard-caper) blisters the hand, and some are positively poisonous.