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754 OXALIDEZ. 
leaves pilose; lateral leaflets roundish, emarginate, middle one 
obovate, blunt; styles shorter than the outer stamens. kh. S. 
Native of Caraccas and Brazil. P. divaricata, Mart. Flowers 
small, spreading, yellow. 
Var. B, Humbóldtii (D. C. prod. 1. p. 690.) styles twice as 
long as the stamens. kh. S. Native of South America. O. 
pentantha, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 247. Flowers 
spreading, yellow. Probably a distinct species. 
Five-flowered Wood-sorrel. Shrub 14 foot. 
2 O. psorateoines (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 
246. t. 470.) stem erect, leafy; branches downy; peduncles 
longer than the petioles, bifid at the apex, 6-8-flowered; leaves 
downy, silky or silvery beneath ; calyxes downy, hairy; styles 
intermediate. h.S. Native of South America, near Santa-Fé 
de Bogota? Flowers yellow. 
Psoralea-like Wood-sorrel. Shrub 4 to 1 foot. 
3 O. PLumie‘ri (Jacq. ox. no. 3.) stem erect, leafy ; peduncles 
umbelliferous, 4-6-flowered, length of leaves; leaflets entire, 
ovate, bluntish. h.S. Native of South America, particularly 
in the Caribbee Islands, Guiana, and La Vera Cruz. Lindl. bot. 
reg. t. 810. O. frutéscens, Lin. spec. 624.—Plum. ed. Burm. t. 
218. f. 1. Flowers yellow. Capsules smooth. 
Plumier’s Wood-sorrel. Fl. year. Clt. 1769. Shrub 14 foot. 
_ 4 O. News (D.C. prod. 1. p. 690.) stem erect, leafy ; pedun- 
cles umbelliferous, 4-flowered, length of leaves ; leaflets villous, 
lateral ones oval, emarginate, middle one ovate-lanceolate ; styles 
intermediate. bh. S. Native of Mexico about Acapulca. 
Flowers yellow. This is apparently an intermediate species be- 
tween the two preceding. 
Nees’s Wood-sorrel. Shrub 14 foot. 
5 O. Barrerie‘ri (Jacq. ox. no. 4. t. 3.) stem erect, branched, 
leafy ; peduncles bifid, racemose, length of leaves ; leaflets ovate- 
lanceolate; styles length of inner stamens. h.S. Native of 
Guiana, Brazil, and the Caraccas. P. campéstris, Mart.—Barrel. 
icon. t, 1169, Petals ofa pale flesh-colour, with the 3 superior 
ones marked with yellow at the base. Stem, petioles, and 
peduncles hairy. Stigmas capitate. 
Barrelier’s Wood-sorrel. Fl. May, Nov. Clt. 1796. Sh. 1-2 ft. 
_ 6 O. Pavoni; stem erect; leaflets obovately-roundish, pu- 
bescent ; pedicels dichotomous, about the length of the leaves ; 
cells of ovary many-seeded. h. S. Native of Peru. (v. s. 
herb. Lamb.) Flowers yellow. 
Pavon’s Wood-sorrel. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
7 O. LEsrepEzoipes; hairy; lateral leaflets nearly sessile, 
obovately-lanceolate, all pendulous ; peduncles axillary, rather 
longer than the petioles; flowers capitate, crowded. h. S. 
Native of Peru. (v. s. herb. Lamb.) Flowers yellow. 
Lespedeza-like Wood-sorrel. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
8 O. nepysariròLIA (Raddi. mem. bras. add. p. 22.) stem 
erect, leafy; peduncles terminal, few-flowered; leaflets ovate, 
acute at both ends, and are, as well as the petioles, hairy. h ? 
5. Dative of Brazil in grassy places, near Rio Janeiro. Flowers 
yeliow. 
Hedysarum-leaved Wood-sorrel. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
9 O. nepysaroives (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p 
247.) stem leafy, smooth ; peduncles bifid at the apex, many- 
flowered ; leaflets ovate-oblong, emarginate, smooth, rather glau- 
cous beneath, lateral ones smallest, remote ; calyxes smooth. 
h. S. Native of South America on the Andes about Quito, 
and at Santa-Fe de Bogota in cold and temperate places. Flowers 
pale-pink ? This species is nearly allied to O. Barreliéri. 
Hedysarum-like Wood-sorrel. ` Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
10 O. crav'ca (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 247. 
t. 471.) stem leafy, smooth; peduncles bifid at the apex, 7-9- 
flowered, length of leaves; leaflets ciliated, smooth, glaucous, 
lateral ones roundish, remote, terminal one elliptic-ovate; sepals 
III. Oxatis. 
smooth, each marked with a spot at the apex; styles inter- 
mediate. h.S. Native of South America in shady places, on 
the banks of the river Amazon, not far from Tomependa. Flowers 
white. : 
Glaucous Wood-sorrel. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
11 O. Borse’nsis (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 
247.) stem leafy, smooth ; peduncles bifid at the apex, many- 
flowered, length of petioles; leaflets rounded at the apex, 
smooth, glaucous, lateral ones obovate-elliptical, remote, ter- 
minal one somewhat obovate-elliptical ; sepals puberulous, spot- 
less. h. S. Native of South America, on the banks of the 
river Orinoco, in shady humid places, near St. Borja. Flowers 
yellow. 
Borja Wood-sorrel. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
12 O. axcustiròLIa (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 9. p. 
247.) stem leafy, smoothish; peduncles 3-4-flowered, longer 
than the petioles; leaflets oblong-linear, smooth, glaucous, 
lateral ones smaller, remote ; calyx smooth, spotless. h. S. 
Native of New Spain, on the western declivities near La Venta 
del Peregrino. Flowers yellow. 
Narrow-leaved Wood-sorrel. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
13 O. cytisoipes (Mart. et Zucc. in act. acad. monach, 9. ex 
Spreng. syst. append. 186.) branches tomentose ; leaflets ovate, 
tapering to both ends, hoary-villous ; peduncles many-flowered, 
exceeding the leaves in length; styles longer than the stamens. 
h.S. Native of Brazil. Flowers yellow. 
Cytisus-like Wood-sorrel. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
14 O. pensirdr1a (Mart. l. c.) stem twiggy, densely clothed 
with leaves ; leaflets obcordately 2-lobed, hairy ; peduncles elon- 
gated, usually 8-flowered ; styles exceeding the stamens. R. S. 
Native of Brazil. Flowers yellow. 
Dense-leaved Wood-sorrel. Shrub 1 foot. 
15 O. RHOMBIFÒLIA (Jacq. ox. no. 2. t. 2.) stem erect, 
branched, leafy ; peduncles umbelliferous, 3-flowered, length of 
leaves ; leaflets pubescent, ovate-rhomboid, sessile ; styles longer 
than the stamens. h.S. Native of Caraccas. Flowers yellow. 
Inner filaments hispid. 
Rhomb-leaved Wood-sorrel. Shrub 14 foot. 
16 O. rHo’MBgo-ova'ta (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 108.) stem 
suffruticose, nearly simple, leafy; leaves spreading, trifoliate ; 
leaflets large, stalked, rhomb-ovate, acuminated, ciliated, m 
mediate one much larger, and on a longer petiole; peduncies 
shortly 2-cleft at the apex, many-flowered ; stamens all longer 
than the pistils ; cellsof ovary 1-seeded. h. S. Native of Bry 
zil, in the provinces of Minas Geraes‘and Rio Janeiro. Petals 
yellow, emarginate. Stigmas capitate.’ fe: 
Rhomb-ovate-leafletted Wood-sorrel. Fl. Oct. Shrub 1 to? ‘ 
17 O. rosetta‘ra (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 109. t. 22.) near 
stemless, suffruticose ; leaves rosellate, trifoliate; leaflets uneqv ’ 
intermediate one ovate, acutish, stalked, lateral ones wee 
smaller, ovate, obtuse at the apex, very blunt and oblique at de 
base; peduncles filiform,.2-cleft, many-flowered ; calyx hisp! A 
stamens all shorter than the pistil ; cells of ovary 5-seeded. Rh: a 
Native of Brazil in the province of Minas Geraes. O. pubêr 
la, Mart. Petals yellow. Stigmas capitate. 
Rosellate-leaved Wood-sorrel. Fl. June. 
18 O. inst'prpa (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 109.) st 
simple, pubescent, leafy at the apex; leaves trifoliate ; 
unequally stalked, lanceolate-oblong, acuminated, rather parry’ 
pubescent beneath ; peduncles axillary, 2-cleft, many-flowen 0- 
cells of ovary l-seeded. h.S. Native of Brazil in t lobed. 
vince of Rio Janeiro. Petals yellow. Stigmas capitate, 2-lo 
Insipid Wood-sorrel. Fl. Oct. Shrub 1 foot. leaflets 
19 O. FruTE’scens (Ruiz et Pav. mss. in herb. Lamb.) e e 
3, middle leaflet on a long footstalk, ovate, tapermg n e” 
apex, all hairy beneath; peduncles many-flowered, abou 
Shrub + foot. 
stem shrubby, 
leaflets 
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