1817 
* ÓXALIS Pióttze. 
Piotta's Oxalis. 
DECANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 
Tus ord. OXALIDACER. (Introduction to the Natural System of Botany, 
p. 140. 
OXALIS.—Supra, vol. 15. fol. 1249. 
O. Piotte ; acaulis, petiolo planiusculo, foliolis 3 obcordatis glabris, scapo pu- 
bescente unifloro foliis longiore, sepalis integris, stylis longissimis, stigmatibus 
plumosis. 
O. Piotte. Colla Hort. Rip. p. 98. t. 1. 
A truly beautiful little half hardy, or frame perennial, 
flowering most copiously during the months of July and 
August. A little tuft does not indeed produce much appear- 
ance, but a pot filled with its dense green leaves and covered 
with the large salmon coloured flowers is a lovely object. 
Said to be a native of the Cape of Good Hope. Our 
specimens were obligingly communicated by Mrs. Marryat, 
to whom they were sent by Mrs. Palliser. That lady ob- 
tained them both from Professor Savi of Pisa and from the 
direction of other Italian Botanic Gardens. 
We believe the plant is at present in the possession of 
no one in this country except Mrs. Marryat, and those of 
her friends to: whom she has given it. 
The species seems nearly allied to O. compressa. 
* See folio 1249. 
