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OXALIS fulgida. 
Crimson Oxalis. 
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DECANDRIA PENTAGY NIA. 
Nat. ord. OXALIDEZÆ. 
OXALIS. Supra, vol. 2. fol. 117. 
4. Sessilifoliee, caulibus basi bulbosis elongatis sparse foliosis, foliis sessilibus 
3-foliolatis villosis non. glanduliferis, pedunculis. axillaribus unifloris. 
Decand. prodr. 1. 693. 
O. fulgida; caule brevi decumbente subramoso folioso, foliolis linearibus 
acutis, pedunculis folia multo superantibus, bracteolis calyci approxi- 
matis, stylis longissimis. 
We do not know where the drawing of this pretty 
species was made; it having lain in our portfolio many 
ears, and the memoranda relating to it having been lost. 
t differs from O. rosacea and rubella in the great length of 
its styles, in its dwarfish habit, and in the narrowness of 
its leaves. 
Undoubtedly a native of the Cape of Good Hope, where 
the various species class with the greatest pests of the culti- 
vator, springing up and choking his crops as malignant 
weeds. The leaves of all the kinds are a good substitute 
for sorrel. 
This may possibly be the female of Oxalis rubella; but 
till it shall have been certainly proved that there are males 
and females of this genus, differing in the respective length 
of their styles, as for example, Oxalis sanguinea and 
laburnifolia, and O. macrostylis and tubiflora of Jacquin, 
it is necessary to record this as a distinct species. Ii 
