ever, with some care among the branches we detect here and 
there the triple foliage of the Woodsorrel at the ends of some 
of those blades, and so we learn that they too are flattened 
leafstalks, made into substitutes for the leaves which drop off. 
Other species of this singular race of Woodsorrels occur 
in Brazil, but I am not aware of their having been found 
elsewhere. That before us inhabits the woods about Rio 
Janeiro, where it is by no means uncommon. For the speci- 
men from which the accompanying drawing was taken | am 
indebted to His Grace the Duke of Northumberland. 
Fig. 1. represents the stamens, and stigmata of the ovary 
enclosed within the tube of the former. 
The habit is very different from the tuberous herbaceous 
kinds. It requires a higher temperature than the greenhouse, 
and is commonly grown in the moist stove. The soil should 
consist of equal parts of peat, leaf-mould, and loam. It is 
propagated by cuttings, or by a careful division of the roots. 
When seeds can be procured they should be sown in light soil 
on a gentle hot-bed. . 
