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OXALIS tenera. 
Delicate Oxalis. 
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DECANDRIA PENTAGY NIA. 
Nat. ord. OXALIDER. 
OXALIS. Supra, vol. 2. fol. 117. 
O. foliolis obcordatis glabris, scapo flaccido levi sub-bifloro, stylis stamina 
omnia superantibus. Sprengel, syst. veg. 2. 424. 
Herbula, foliis numerosis, parvis, scapo brevioribus. Foliola patentia 
v. reflexa, ternata, alte obcordata, glabra, suprà atro-olivacea, infra puberula, 
rubro suffusa. Scapus triuncialis, erectus, medio bibracteolatus, bracteolis 
oppositis. Pedunculus villosus. Calyx glaberrimus, immaculatus, sepalis 
subulatis. Petala lutea, retusa. Styli tubo breviores, staminibus longiores, 
erecti, 
Roots of this were sent to the Horticultural Society, 
from Porto Alegre, in Brazil, by Mr. Sellow, and flowered 
in a stove, in May 1826. We have no doubt that it is the 
O. tenera described by Sprengel, although that Botanist 
describes the scapes as being flaccid. He would naturally 
be led into such a mistake by his dried specimens. 
A little plant, with numerous small leaves, shorter than 
the scapes. Leaflets spreading or reflexed, ternate, deeply 
obcordate, smooth, above dark olive-green, beneath a little 
downy, and tinged with red. Scape about 3 inches high, 
erect, with two opposite bracteole in the middle. Peduncle 
villous. Calyx very smooth, destitute, of spots, with subu- 
late sepals. Petals yellow, retuse. Styles shorter than 
the tube, longer than the stamens, erect. EC 
