

238 GERANIACE^:. 



basi cuneata , integerrima , reticulato- venosa, tcnuitcr mcmbranacea, supra adprcsso-puberula, subtus pubes- 



centiactpaIlidiora,ciIiata,subKqualia,i8-aoIincasIata, i7-i81ineas longa. Petiolx i 1-12-pollicarcs, pilosi. 



Scapi multi-(subi6-)flori, subia-pollicarcs, glabri. Flores umbellati , magnitudinc floris Oxalidis stricta;; 



pcdicellis filiformibus, glabriusculis, subscmipollicaribus, basi bracteatis ; bractcis iuvolucrantibus , fusces- 



centibus. Calyx profundc quinqucpartitus, virescens, glaber, tenuiter membranaceus , persistens ; foliolis 



oblongis, obtusis, nervosis, apicc macula notatis, parum inaiqualibus; macula giandulosa , crocca, apice 



rotundata, basi 4-8-Iobata. Corolla pentapetala, hypogyna, glabra, alba, teuuiter membranacea , calyce 



Iriplo longior; petalis subcuncatis, apicc rotundatis, unguiculatis, supra basim colucrcntibus , flabcllato- 



ncrvosis, aiqualibus. Stauina decem, hypogyna, altcrna brcviora. Filamenta capillacco-linearia , glabrius- 



cula, infcrne dilatata ct connata. Antiier* subrotunda:, basi cmarginatic, biloculares, glabrx*. Ovarilm 



oblongum, sulcato-quinquelobum , quinqueloculare, glabrum. Ovula 5-6 in quolibet loculo, axi affixa. 



iiniscriata, pcndula, ovata. Styli quinque, elongati , stamina multo superautcs, capillacei , erecti , pubcs- 



centes. Stic.mata dilatata. Cafslla Janccolata, peutagona , sulcato-quinqueloba, quinquelocularis , ad 



basim calyce cincta , apice rostrato-attenuata stylisquc termiuata, tenuiter membranacea, diaphana, 



virescens, glabra , 5-6 lineas longa ; loculis subhcxaspermis, dorso longitudinalitcr dchiscentibus. Semina 



subrotundo-clliptica , acuta, tuberculato-asperata, fusca, glabra, magnitudinc graui papavcris, ariliala. 



Arillus membranaceus, scmcn uudiquc involvcns, tardius hinc fissus ct solubilis. Eubryo in axi cndospcrmii 



carnosi, rcctus, inversus. Cotyledones subrotundo-elliptica;, plano-convcxic. Kadiclla supcra , hilum 



spcctans, tcrcs, obtusiuscula, longitudine cotyledonuin. 



Jj. ) Folia dimtata. 



7. OXALIS decaphylla. j" Tab. CCCCLXVIII. 



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O. acaulis; bulbis solitariis; foliis digilatis; foliolis 8- 10, cuneatis, apice bitidis, subciliatis, 

 glabris; scapis 5-i^Aoris; foliolis calycinis obtusis, apice bimaculatis; staminibus Stylos 

 du]>lo supcrantibus. 



Crescit in planitie Mexicana. prope rupem El Pehon, alt. 1170 hex. Ifc Floret 

 Aprili. 



Bulbls subrotundo-ovatus , maguitudine ccrasi, basi iibrosus ; squamis imbricatis, striato-uervosis, mem- 

 branaceis, fuscescentibus, glabris, marginc villosis. Folia radicalia complura, longe pctiolata, digitata. 

 Foliola (Jig. \.) 8 aut 9 (decem ex Bonpl. ), brcvissime petiolata, cuneata, apice bifida , lobis obtusis et 

 patulis, integerrima, venosa, tcnuiter membrauacca, subciliata, glabra , laitc viridia, utroquc marginc pur- 

 purascentia (ex Bonpl.); juniora utrinquc glauccsccnti-viridia. Petiolus filiformis, tcres, glabriusculus. 

 24-5-polIicaris, basi dilatatus (stipulis duabus aduatis), supra basim articulatus. Scapi 2 aut 5 , filiformcs. 

 glabri, 3-5-pollicares, 5- i/f-flori. Flores (Jig. 2.) pedicellati, umbcllali, bractcis compluribus parris 

 involucrati, magnitudinc floris Oxalidis strictas ; pedicellis 3-5 lincas longis , giabris. Calyx profundc 

 quinqucpartitus, tcnuiter membranaceus, vircscens, glaber; foliolis (jig. 3.) oblongis, obtusis, planis, 

 nervosis, apice bimaculatis ; duobus aut tribus parum angustioribus; maculis glaudulosis, croceis , apice 

 acutis. basi bifidis. Corolla pcntapetala, hypogyna, infundibuliformis. violacea, glabra , calycc quadruplo 

 longior; pctalis (Jig- 4«) ina-quilateris, obovato-cuneatis, apicc rotundatis, unguiculatis, supra basim 

 cohairentibus, flabellato-nervosis, a?qualibus. Stamina {Jig. 5.) dcccm , hypogyna; quinque alterna parum 

 longiora, corolla duplo triplove brcviora. Filamenta capillacco-Iinearia, infernc mcmbranacea et connata.. 



