a3G geraniacejE. 





3. OXALIS debius. "f 







O. acaulis- bulbis cajspitosis; foliis ternatis; foliolis subrotundis, profunde croarginatis , 

 subtus puberulis; scapis sexfloris, biiidis petiolisque pilosis; laciniis calycinis obtusiusculis , 

 apicc macula notatis; stylis stamina duplo supcrantibus. 



Crescit inter La Venta Grande et urbem Caracas , alt. 55o hex. njj Floret Januario. 



Radix ramosa. BctBi crcbcrrimi, ca>spitoso-conferti, ovati, acuminati , magnitudine grani cannabis; 

 squamis bulbi imbricatis, ovatis , costato-nervatis, ferrugineis, ciliatis. Folia omnia radicalia, longissime 

 petiolata, tcrnata. Foliola brcvissime petiolata, subrotunda, apice profunde cmarginata, basi acutiuscula, 

 integcrrima, reticulato-venosa, tenuiter membrauacea, supra glabra ct laste viridia , subtus puberula et 

 pallidiora, subiequalia, 9-10 lincas lata, 8 lineas longa ; latcralia basi parum obliqua. Petiolus 6-8 lineas 

 longus, pilosus ; petioli proprii pubcscentes. Scapds suboctopollicaris , usquc ad tertiam partcm bifidus 

 (tertiapartc, ima, unus , inde bifidus) ramique pilosiusculi , apice triflori. Bracte^ dua:, suboppositaj, 

 ad divisionem scapi, subovata:, marginc ciliato-pilosie, fusccsccntcs, sesquilincam lougffi. Flores pediccllati , 

 magnitudine floris Oxalidis Acetoscllae ; pedicellis 7-9 lineas longis, pilosiusculis , basi bracteatis; bracteis 

 parvis, piloso-ciliatis. Calyx profunde quinquepartitns, tcnuitcr membranaccus, glaber, viridis, persistcns; 

 foliolis ncrvosis, apicc obtusiusculis et macula instructis , ina;qualibus ; tribus oblongis, duobus lanceolatis; 

 macula glandulosa, cordato-biloba , crocea. Corolla pcntapetala , infundibuliformis, glabra, tenuiter 

 mcmbranacea, violacea, calyce triplo longior; petalis laterc eolunrcntibus, in;cquilatcris, cuneatis, apicc 

 rotundatis, basi unguiculatis, flabellato-uervosis, ccqualibus. Stamina decem, hypogyna, subffiqualia, ealycc 

 duplo brcviora. Filauenta capillacca, basi membranacea ct connata, glabra. Anther.e subrotundo-ovatai, 

 basi cmarginata: , biloculares, glabra:. Ovarium oblongum, sulcato-quinquelobum, glabrum. Styli quinque. 

 puberuli, stamina duplo supcrantcs. Stigmata subcapitata. Fructus haud suppetunt. 



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/j. OVVLIS sciikadeiuana. *f" 



O. acaulis; bulbo solitario (?) ; foliis ternatis; foliolis latc subrotundo-obovatis, einargi- 

 natis, glabris; petiolis pilosiusculis 5 scapis glabris, 9- n-floris; foliis calycinis obtusis, apice 

 niacula notatis ; stylis stamina breviora subiequantibus. 



Crescitin monte Quindiu, alt. i3oo hex. % Floret Octobri. 



Herba acaulis. FoUA radicalia, erebra, longe pctiolata, ternata. Foliolasubsessilia, late subrotundo-obovata, 

 apice emarginata, basi aculiuscula , integerrima, reticulato-venosa, tcnuiter mcmbranacca, glabra, Iffite 

 viridia, subtus pallidiora; intermedium 10 lineas latum, septcm lincas longum ; lateralia vix minora. 

 Petiolus fdiformis pilosiusculus, subtripollicaris, basi dilatatus, supra basim articulatus ; basi pcrsistcute. 

 oblonga, mcmbranacea, fcrruginca, trincrvia, margine villosa , tres lineas longa , squama.-formi. Scapi 

 filiformcs, glabri . nudi, apicc mulu-(<)-i 1-) flori, subsexpollicares. Flores pedicellati , subumbellati. 

 magnitudinc floris Oxalidis stricta: ; pedicellis glabris, 5-5 lineas longis. Calyx profunde quinquepartitus, 

 tenuitcr membranaceus, glaber, viresccns ; foliolis lineari-oblongis, obtusis , apice macula glandulosa 

 crocea notatis, planis, nervosis; duobus parum latioribus. Corolla pentapetala, hypogyna, infundibuli- 

 formis, tenuiter membranacea, glabra, violacea, calyce duplo longior; petalis subcuncatis, unguiculatis, 

 supra basim cobxrentibus, superne Hberis, apice rotundalis, ;cquaiibus. Stamina. decem , bypogyna ; quin- 

 que altcrna rcliquis duplo longion, calycem subaiquantia. Filame.nta capillaceo-iincaria , inferne mem- 



