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branacea et connata, longiora pubescentia. Antherje subrotundo-rcniformes, biloculares, glabr<c. 0' 



oblongum, sulcato-quinquelobum, quinqueloculare, glabrum; ovula 3 in quolibet loculo, axi centrali 

 affixa, uniseriata, pendula, ovata. Styli quinque, glabri, stamina breviora suba>quantes, divergentes, 

 Stigmata subcapitata. Frcctcs dcsidcratur. 









5. OXALIS latifolia. f Tab. CCCCLXVII. 



O. acaulis; bulbo solitario; foliis ternatis; foliolis lalis, subdeltoideis , emarginato- bilobis , 

 ciliatis, glabris; petiolis puberulis; scapis 6-7-IIoris; foliolis calycinis obtusiusculis, apice 



s, apn 

 macula notatis; stylis starnina breviora superantibus. 



Crescit prope Campeche Mexicanorum. % 



Bclbcs ovatus, basi fibrosus ; squamis imbricatis, ovatis, acutis, nervosis, mcmbranaceis , ciliatis, glabris, 

 fuscis, nitentibus. Folia nonnulla, radicalia, longissime peliolata, ternata. Foliola brevissime petiolata, 

 latc dehoidea , cmarginato-subbiloba , lobis divcrgentibus et rotundatis, basi acuta , reticulato-subquin- 

 tuplincrvia, membranacea, ciliata, utrinquc glabra, la:te viridia, subtus pallidiora, subajqualia, 19-20 lineas 

 lata, 10-12 lincas longa. Petiolcs puberulus, subsexpollicaris. Scapi 1 auta, filiformes, pubcruli, nudi . 

 apice 6- 7-flori, 6-8-pollioares. Flores (Jig. 1.) pcdiccllati , umbellati , parum minores quam in prxcedente; 

 pcdicellis (i-9 lineas longis, glabriusculis, basi bractcatis; bracteis involucrantibus, oblongis, acutiusculis, 

 fuscescentibus , ciliatis, lineam Iongis. Calyx (Jig. 2.) profundc quinquepartitus , membranaceus, glaber, 

 viridis, persistens; foliolis (Jig. 5. 4.) oblongis, planiusculis , nervosis, apice obtusiusculis, ibique macula 

 notatis; duobus aut tribus paulo minoribus. Macula glandulosa, reniformi-biloba , lobis emarginatis, 

 crocca. Corolla pentapctala, hypogyna, infundibuliformis, tenuissime mcmbranacea, glabra, violacea. 

 calyce duplo longior; petalis (Jig. 5.) obliquc obovato- cuneatis , apice rotundatis, breviter unguiculatis , 

 margine cohaircntibus, basi apiceque liberis , flabellato-nervosis , aiqualibus. Stamina (fig. 7.) 12-16 et 

 plura', hypogyna, vix exserta, tria (aut plura) reliquis triplo breviora. Filahenta caojllaceo-linearia, ciliata, 

 brcviora glabra, basi in tubum mcmbranaccum connata; summus tubus externe lobulis compluribus, 

 rotundatis, basi filamcntorum adprcssis auctus. Antiier* (Jig> 6.) subrotundo-reniformcs , biJoculares, 

 longitudinaliter internc dchiscentes, glabra;, flavidie. Ovaricm (Jig. 8.) liberum, oblongum, quinquelocu- 

 lare , sulcato-quinquelobum. glabrum ; loculis subtctraspcrmis. Ovula elliptica, axi affixa (Jig. 9.), uni- 

 seriata, pendula. Styli quinquc, stamina breviora paulo superantes, glabri. Stigmata obtusa. Frcctcs 

 haud vidi 



6. OXALIS MACROPHYIXA. £ 











O. acaulis; bulbis csespitosis ; foliis ternatis; foliolis subrotundo-obovatis, profunde emar- 

 ginatis, ciliatis, supra puberulis, subtus pubescentibus; petiolis pilosis; scapis multifloris ; 

 foliolis calycinis obtusis, apice macula notatis; stylis stamina superantibus. 



Crescit in umbrosis humidis montis Cocollar, alt. 4 00 hex. (Provincia Novtr- Anda- 

 lusice-) flh Floret Septembri. 



Radix bulbosa ; bulbi crcberrimi, caispitoso- conglomcrati , ovati, acuti, magnitudine grani cannabis; 

 squamis imbricatis, ovatis, acutis , concavis, costato-trinerviis, ferrugincis, glabris, margine villosis. Folia 

 radicalia, longe petiolata, tcrnata. Foliola subsessilia, subrotundo-obovata, apice profunde emarginata, 



