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O X A L I S verficolor. 



Striped-flowered Wood-fin v el. 



D E C A N DR I A Penlagynia. 



Gen. Char. Calyx five-leaved, ftfafc united l>v their claw-. I 

 pcntJgoiui, luirfliri^ .n its angles. 



Section 3. //utri lernale. Stem a 



Srtc. Chak. Stem erect, generally fimplc. Howcr-flalki finglc Dowered. Leaves 

 icnuic, cloftercd ; leaflets linear, < allous on the undci h<l<- .u the tip. 



Sv». OxaluverfiroW. h»n. $h « at 1. lit . tJ. 1. f>«. ThuKbtr^, D.J/.v*(>, . \ 19 

 .**. /few. AW. I', a. ii|. QaUMsg.L 155. 



O. hulhofa, trifoha, folitt linear ibui.ubiulu, Bore extant rnbrO, mtirnc cameo. Itwm, Mr. fa. 

 *. a 7 ./. 1. bid. 



CaMrr Af filtnli/uUy m totleth m I n ^in 4 M* /ocrf ^ mtunbun, aX tht Caft 0/ ftwi «j^, *? 

 /Ac uUtn*lti Prcjtfe* Tk ua ber 6 and lit. .Spamunm. It fLmnt abundantly m lie hol-hou/a *f 

 Chelfta Garden in I he winter, u 



Roor bulbous ovate, folid. white within, elofcly inverted with .1 manifold, firm, brawn, ftnooih 

 external covering ; throwing out from ilk bale fcvcral very Qendcr, sigiag, and much bnncbed 



Sum Hilary from » li bulb, ariftnu from its bafc within rix- brown rotting, croft, > fpui Iii-Ii, 

 ii«niy Staple, rarely producing in * cultivated flatc one « two bKral branches, round, nearly 

 (mooth. 4 little xjgsag; very (lender and white at ilk- lu! 1 . . , s .. 



Lsavu temiirul, very thick fcl, on long foodUl !. IMc, linear, 



obtufc (or ratter ourow wcdfdhjpedj, emufi ; . neaib - linle 



hairy, and marked with two (bull prominent dfeen-yellow gland* very near loch extremity. 

 Fect-flalki thrcad-fhaped. liiehtly downy, forocwhal flattened on the upper hie. <nd having an 

 indiftinn kind of joint near the. bale. Stimuli none. 



r'to».«.ii.ii.i terminal anions the leave*, numerous. Cleft, fimplc, finglc (lowered, 4 little 

 h*ig< r than die leave, HiraHhed with a joint near die bale, lib ills, but more 



evident, round, pile, lli-hily .iowtiy. with fpreadinji horizontal bun, R two, 4 Utile be- 



yond ll>c middle of each hWer-lhll, nearly oj^wlite, prcflcd to tl*C Italk, final], UnccoUtr, 

 acute. led, fmootli. 



