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OXALIDEÆ. 
length of the common petiole, and are, as well as the stem and 
branches, hairy. b.S. Native of Peru. Flowers yellow. 
Frutescent Wood-sorrel. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
- 20 O. srira ris (Ruiz et Pav. mss. in herb. Lamb.) stem 
hairy ; leaflets 3, all sessile, wedge-shaped, preemorse ; peduncles 
very long, hairy ; umbels bifid ; flowers secund ; capsule many- 
seeded ; stigmas capitate. h.S. Native of Peru. 
Spiral Wood-sorrel. Shrub 1 foot. 
21 O. casantrorta (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 110.) pubescent ; 
stem shrubby, leafy ; leaflets unequally stalked, ovate-lanceo- 
late, acuminated, acute, pubescent above, villous beneath; pe- 
duncles longer than the petioles, bifid ; flowers racemose; sta- 
' mens all longer than the pistils ; cells of capsule 1-2-seeded. 
hb. S. Native of Brazil in the province of Rio Janeiro. Petals 
Il. Oxanis. 755 
of Brazil in the province of Rio Janeiro, on the banks of the river 
Parahyba among rocks, not far from Villa Uba. 
Stigmas capitate. 
Rock Wood-sorre). Fl. Feb. Oct. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
28 O. pi'stans (St. Hil. f. bras. 1. p. 115.) stems suffruti- 
cose, ascending, leafy ; leaves in fascicled-whor)s at intervals ; 
leaflets unequally stalked, obovate, obtuse, somewhat emar- 
ginate, villous, ciliated; peduncles umbelliferous ; larger sta- 
mens a little longer than the pistils; cells of ovary 3-seeded. 
kh. S. Native of Brazil in the province of Minas Geraes. 
Petals yellow. Stigmas hardly capitate, bifid. 
Distant-leaved Wood-sorre]. Fl. July. Shrub ascending. 
29 O. corpa‘ra (St. Hil. pl. usu. bras. t. 45. f. bras. 1. p. 
115.) ‘stem suffruticose, leafy ; leaflets cordate, with pube- 
Petals yellow. 
rulous margins, lateral ones sessile, intermediate one stalked ; 
peduncles axillary, flattened, pubescent, subbifid, umbelliferous ; 
cells of ovary 5-seeded. .S. Native of Brazil in the pro- 
vince of Goyaz. Petals yellow. Styles intermediate. 
Cordate-leafletted Wood-sorrel. FI. June. Shrub 1 foot. 
30 O. Fu'Lva (St. Hil. pl. usu. bras. t. 44. fl. bras. 1. p. 115.) 
stem suffruticose, leafy, very hairy; leaflets obovately-orbi- 
cular, unequally stalked, very obtuse, villous, ciliated, lateral 
ones sessile, intermediate one stalked; peduncles subbifid, um- 
belliferous ; umbels involucrated; stamens all longer than the 
pistils ; cells of ovary 2-seeded. h.S. Native of Brazil in 
the province of Minas Geraes. Petals yellow. 
Fulvous-flowered wood-sorrel. FI. year. Shrub 1 foot. 
31 O. campe’stris (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 116.) stem suffru- 
ticose, nearly simple ; leaves scattered, small, nearly erect, hairy ; 
leaflets 3, obcordate, intermediate one stalked, lateral ones ses- 
sile ; peduncles axillary, longer than the leaves, usually exceed- 
ing the stems, bifid, umbelliferous ; petals obcordate ; stamens 
all longer than the pistils; cells of ovary l-seeded. R.S. 
Native of Brazil in the province of Minas Geraes. Petals 
golden-yellow. Stigmas capitate. 
Var. B, violacea (St. Hil. 1. c.) leaves violaceous and less 
hairy. . 
Field Wood-sorrel. Fl. May, Oct. Shrub 4 foot. 
32 O. STENOPHY'LLA (Zucc. in act. acad. monach. 9. 
Spreng. syst. append. p. 186.) stem simple, suffruticose ; leaflets 
linear, acutish, hairy ; peduncles terminal, solitary, elongated, 
many-flowered ; styles longer than the stamens. h.S. Native 
rose-coloured, yellow at the base. Stigmas capitate, 2-parted. 
Pigeon-pea-leaved Wood-sorrel. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
22 O. se‘pium (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 111.) stem suffruticose, 
leafy ; leaves solitary, and appearing in whorls; leaflets un- 
equally stalked, ovate, bluntish, smooth; petioles rather pilose ; 
peduncles bifid; flowers racemose ; calyxes obtuse, quite 
smooth; stamens all longer than the pistils; ovary 15-sceded. 
h. S. Native of Brazil in hedges near Rio Janeiro. Petals 
yellow. Stigmas capitate. 
Hedge Wood-sorrel. Shrub 2 feet. 
23 O. umprati’cona (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 111.) stem suf- 
fruticose, leafy, pubescent ; leaflets unequally stalked, rhomb- 
ovate, obtuse, emarginate, acute at the base, with the margins 
and middle nerve hardly puberulous, soft ; peduncles shorter than 
the leaves, 2-cleft, umbelliferous, pubescent; petals emarginate ; 
cells of ovary 1-seeded. h.S. Native of Brazil in the pro- 
vinces of Minas Geraes and Rio Janeiro. Petals yellow or 
whitish. Stigmas capitate. Like O. Plumiéri. 
Shaded Wood-sorrel. Fl. Feb. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
24 O. mexinoror pes (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 112.) stem suf- 
fruticose, erect, rather pilose; leaflets unequally stalked, ovate, 
obtuse, pilose on both surfaces ; peduncles bifid, much longer 
than the leaves ; flowers racemose ; stamens all longer than the 
Pistils ; cells of ovary 2-seeded. h. S. Native of Brazil in 
the province of Minas Geraes. Petals yellow. Stigmas capitate. 
Melilot-like Wood-sorrel. Shrub 1 foot. 
25 O. rvupnorsroipes (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 113.) stem 
suffruticose, pubescent, clammy; leaflets unequally stalked, ; ; Zer t 
smooth, obtuse, usually retuse, lower ones ovate, the rest linear; of Brazil. O. linearis, Zucc. in act. acad. monach. vol. 9. 
peduncles bifid, 7-flowered ; styles intermediate ; cells of ovary Narron-leafletted Wood-sorrel. Shrub 1 foot. 
one Peel a crane wallow aes 7 the Tate, 2 nes § 2. Subaphýllæ. Petioles dilated, flat, but nearly leafless. 
Euphorbia-like Wood-sorrel. Shrub 1 foot. 
O. nicre'scens (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 113.) stem suffruti- 
Cose, leafy, flattened at the apex, rather pilose ; leaflets un- 
equally stalked, very smooth, lower ones ovate or ovate-oblong, 
“pper ones oblong, uppermost ones usually linear ; petioles pu- 
€scent above ; peduncles bifid; flowers racemose ; cells of ovary 
3-seeded. h.S. Native of Brazil. in that part of the province 
of Minas Geraes called Minas Novas. Roots black, horizontal. 
argins of leaflets usually blackish. Petals orange-yellow. 
tigmas capitate. Styles intermediate. 
Var. B, linearifdlia (St. Hil. 1. c.) stem 4 inches high ; leaflets 
Pil linear, narrow, channelled, with the middle nerve usually 
ose, 
Blackish-leaved Wood-sorrel. Fl. May, Sept. Shrub 4 to 
oot, 
a 27 O. saxa’titts (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 114.) stem shrubby, 
leafy ; leaves in whorls, trifoliate; leaflets unequally stalked, 
small, obovately-orbicular, very obtuse ; peduncles nearly equal 
m length with the leaves, shortly bifid, 5-flowered ; stamens all 
°nger than the pistils ; cells of ovary l-seeded. h. S. Native 
ex 
33 O. LEPTÓPODES ;_ petioles dilated, linear, sometimes termi- 
nated by a small leaflet; peduncles long; umbels bifid. h. S. 
Native of Peru. (v. s. in herb. Lamb.) 
Narrow-petioled Wood-sorrel. Shrub 3 foot. 
34 O. rruticdsa (Radi. mem. ital. vol. 18. p.401.) stem 
suffruticose, branched ; petioles dilated, flat, lanceolate-linear, 
acute at both ends, nearly leafless; peduncles axillary, very 
short, bifid; pedicels subfasciculate; stamens all longer than 
the pistils; cells of ovary 1-seeded. h. 5. Native of Brazil 
in woods near Rio Janeiro. Petals yellow. Stigmas capitate. 
Shrubby Wood-sorrel. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
35 O. saticirormis (Mik. ex Spreng. syst. append. 184.) 
stem much branched; branches twiggy; petioles leafy, scat- 
tered; peduncles elongated, bifid, racemose ; styles very short. 
h. S. Native of Brazil. Flowers yellow. 
Willow-formed Wood-sorrel. Shrub } foot. 
36 O. BurLevriroxia (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 117.) stem suf- 
fruticose, Simple, densely leafy at the apex ; petioles usually 
leafless, dilated, flat, oblong-lanceolate, acute, tapering at the 
base ; peduncles axillary, flattened, bifid ; stamens smooth, much 
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