436 xxxii. GERANiACEiE. (Edgeworth & Hook, f.) [Oxalis. 



comlculata 



diffuse, creeping, leaves 3-foIiolate, stipules adnate to the petiole, peduncles 

 2-cc-iid. petals yellow notched. Bmss, Fl. OHent I 866 ; WaU. Cal^^^''^ 

 Jioxb. FL Ind. n. 457 ; W. & A. Prodr. 142. 0. repens, Thimh,; Wight Jc. 

 t. 18. O. pusilla, Scdisb' Roxh, Lc. • .-« - 



" Throiigiiout the warmer parts of India and CeyLon, ascending the Himalaya to 7000 



fU — DiSTKiB Cosmopolitan. • i j i fl ts 



A very varinhle weed, abundant in cultivated places, ieave^ long-petioled ; leatieis 

 ohcordate. Floioers subumbellate. JSepals obtuRe, bracts setaceous. Petals yellow, 

 obcordate. Fruiting-pediceh depressed. Capsule tomentose, subcylindnc, cells many- 

 Becded. Seeds transversely ribbed. 



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2. O. AcetoseUa, Linn.; BO. Prod. I 700 ; pilose, stemless, roots 

 creeping scaly, leaves all radical 3-foliolate leaflets broadlv obcordate, sti- 

 pules large broad membranous, peduncles 1-flowered, petals white, pofss. 

 FL Orient i. 806. 



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Jemperate Himalaya, from Kashmir, alt. 8000 ft., to Sikkiia, alt. 8-12,000 ft.— 

 DisTRTB. N.'Asia, Europe, N. Africa, N. America. . ^ -n 



Pe/io/<?«3-6in.; leaflets I'l^., obcordate, often purple beneath. Pedum cle^^^' 

 larv, slender, 2.bracteolate about the mi Idle. Flowers 4-| ir. diara. Sepals o\im^ 

 Petals obovate, white or pale-rose, veined with purple, eros«!, cohering above the cia . 

 "C<l2?«u?6 erect, cells 2-3-8eeded. >Seed8 longitudinally ribbed, ' ■•'iVj^ 



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3. O. GriffithU, Edffeuf. IkllookJ. '; pilose or villous, r'ootstock creeping, 

 leaves all radical 3-foliolate leaflets triangular retuse, stipules smaU pvaie- 



petal 



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Temperate Eastern Himalaya ; Bhotan, Griffith ; Sikkim, in woods, alt, 8-10,000 • 



J:i>.J5r; Khasia Mrs., 'alt. 5-7000 ft., i?:/^ 21 V"N;and 



Very similar to O. Ajcetosella, but the whole plant more hairy, leaflets triangular, ^^ 



Btipules small, ' ■ ' - , i ;; ; , ;,o . ^ -*- 



BZOPRVTiriMr 





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Annual rarely perennial herbs, with simple or branched stems. l«(^ _ 

 abrii ptly pinnate, fascicled or almost whorled at the top of the sie , 

 leaflets opposite, oblique ; petiole swollen at the base. Pedimcles teriuia^* 

 pedicels umbelled. Flowers small, yellow, rarely purple. Sepals 5, i»" , 



mailer. 



late, acuminate. PetaU 5. Stamem 10, filaments free, 5 outer srnau^^ 



Si]il€s 5, stigmas notched at the apex or 2- fid. Gaj^svle ovoid or o"*^^"^. - 

 „..v.,„u ...:_ _,,.,,„ i' ^^j^^g ^^ tj/^ ^^,e into 5 spreading 



^ Tropical Asia, Africa, and AmerjIJ 



Sr'ecies about 20 ; various species have sensitive leaves whicn, »"" ,j. 

 leaflets, close downwards. The flowers are dimorphous as regards in^ 

 live length of the styles and stamens. ' . . 



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1. B. sensitlvum, i)a Prodr. i. 690; leaflets 6-is pairs yw^r.^-- ]^Qjt 

 straight except the terminal tip apiculate or not. peduncles , long o^^j, 

 not clubbed at. the top; flowers shortly pedicelled.jepals usually 

 exceeding the capsule, seeds with obliquely transverse tupercieui^ 

 Jioxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 457 ; W. cfc 4".' Proc^r: 162 : Bt. T „, . , f 

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