756. 
longer than the pistils; styles hispid; cells of ovary 1-seeded. 
h. S. Native of Brazil, not far from Rio Janeiro, in woods 
at a place called Mato. Petals yellow. Stigmas capitate. 
Bupleurum-leaved Wood-sorrel. Shrub 4 foot. 
§ 3. Corniculate (from corniculatus, horned; shape of pods). 
D.C. prod. 1. p. 691. Stems not bulbous at base, herbaceous, 
rarely suffruticose, leafy. Peduncles 2 or many-flonered, rarely 
1-flowered. Leaves trifoliate ; leaflets sessile or subsessile, usually 
obcordate. l 
* Stems erect. 
37 O. repuncuta'ris (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 5. p. 239.) 
stem simple, fleshy, leafy; peduncles very long, trifid at apex, 
many-flowered ; leaflets roundish, or ovate-elliptical, pubescent 
beneath ; styles intermediate. %. S. Native of South Ame- 
rica on the mountains about Quito, in temperate places near 
Mira, and in the valley of the river Chambo. Peduncles 7 or 8 
inches long. Flowers orange or copper-coloured. Roots fibrous. 
. Long-peduncled Wood-sorrel. PI. $ foot. 
38 O. ra'xa (Hook. bot. Beech. voy. p. 13.) stem simple, 
leafy, short; leaflets broad, obcordate, ciliated, with a few 
hairs above, but densely clothed beneath; petioles pilose ; pe- 
duncles pilose, twice the length of the petioles, bearing a loose 
panicle of flowers at the apex ; sepals pilose, very narrow-lan- 
ceolate. 4. F. Native of Chili at Conception. 
Loose-panicled Wocd-sorrel. PI. + foot. 
39 O. pusr’scens (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 
239.) stem erect, branched at the base, clothed with soft pubes- 
cence; peduicles bifid at the apex, many-flowered, longer than 
the petioles ; leaflets roundish-obovate, emarginate, pubescent on 
both surfaces, as well as the calyxes and petioles; styles longer, 
or equal in length to the stamens. X4. G. Native of Peru on 
the mountains. Root fibrous. Flowers yellow? Peduncles 3 
or 4 inches long. 
Pubescent Wood-sorrel. Pl. 4 foot. 
40 O. LEPTOPHY'LLA; shrubby, erect, hairy ; lateral leaf- 
lets distant, sessile, lanceolate, and emarginate, middle one 
lanceolate, on a long petiole ; peduncles axillary, 1-2-flowered, 
about the length of the leaves. h. F. Native of Chili. 
O. radicans, Ruiz et Pav. mss. in herb. Lamb. Root creeping. 
Slender-leaved Wood-sorrel. Pl. 4 foot. 
41 O. crena‘ra (Jacq. ox. no. 7.) stem erect, leafy ; pedun- 
cles umbelliferous, 5-6-flowered, longer than the leaves; leaflets 
obovate; petals crenated. ©. F. Native of Peru.—Feuill. 
per. 3. p. 49. t. 24. Flowers yellow, striped with purple. This 
plant is cultivated about Lima in gardens, and is used as sorrel. 
Root spindle-shaped. . i 
Crenated-petalled Wood-sorrel. P1. 2 feet. 
42 O. perE NNANs (Haw. misc. 181.) stem erect, leafy, flex- 
uous ; peduncles 2-3-flowered, rather longer than the petioles ; 
leaflets obcordately 2-lobed, ciliated ; styles a little longer than 
the inner stamens. X}. G. Native of New Holland. Flowers 
fulvous outside, yellow inside. 
Perennial Wood-sorrel. Fl. May, Sept. Clt.? Pl. 2 feet. 
43 O. verTIcILLAa ra (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. 
prod. 1. p. 691.) stem erect, simple, smooth ; leaves 3 or 4 in 
a whorl; leaflets obcordate ; peduncles 2-3-flowered, length of 
petioles. Y.G. Native of Mexico? Cultivated in the gardens 
of St. Angelo. Flowers yellow. 
Whorled-leaved Wood-sorre]. P1. 1 foot. 
44 O. DiLLE'NI (Jacq. ox. no. 8.) stem erect, leafy, rather 
hairy; peduncles umbelliferous, usually twin, 5-6-fowered, 
longer than the leaves; leaflets obcordate ; petals emarginate ; 
styles longer than the stamens. ©. H. Native of Carolina. 
O. florida, Sal. prod. 322.—Dill. elth. 2. t. 221. Flowers yellow, 
OXALIDEÆ. 
III. Oxatis. 
a little larger than those of O. stricta, with which it is generally 
confounded. 
Dillenius’s Wood-sorrel. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1798. Pl. 3 ft. 
45 O:srricra (Lin. spec. 624.) stem erect, leafy ; peduncles 
umbelliferous, 2-6-flowered, rather’ shorter than the leaves; 
leaflets obcordate ; petals entire; styles about the length of the 
inner stamens. 2/.H. Native of North America in cultivated 
grounds, from Pennsylvania to Carolina. Jacq. oxal. no. 9. t. 
4, O. ambígua, Sal. in Lin. trans. 2. p. 242. t. 23. f. 4. Root 
creeping. Flowers yellow, about the size of those of O. corni- 
culdta. Browne says this plant is also a native of Jamaica ; he 
recommends it as a pleasant cooler and diuretic, and says that 
it was formerly administered in inflammatory cases, but has 
been little used since the more agreeable acid fruit-trees have 
been so much cultivated in the West Indies. Plant hairy. 
Strict Wood-sorrel. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 1658. Pl. 4 foot. 
46 O. rorrudsa (Lindl. bot. reg. 1249.) stem fleshy, scaly ; 
leaflets linear, obtuse, pilose beneath; flowers umbellate ; 
pedicels and petioles twisted, fleshy. 2%. G. Native of Chili. 
Petals yellow, usually bordered with red. Styles and stamens 
equal. Ovary many-seeded. 
Twisted Wood-sorrel. Fl. June. Clt. 1826. Pl. 4 foot. 
47 O. Haenxea‘na (Spreng. syst. app. p. 186.) stem erect, 
leafy ; leaflets obovate, emarginate, smooth; peduncles bifid, 
many-flowered, racemose, longer than the leaves; styles shorter 
than the stamens. 4%? G. Native of Peru. O. melilotoides, 
Zucear. in act. monac. ex Spreng. Flowers yellow? This plant 
probably belongs to section 1. Hedysaroidee. 
Haenk’s Wood-sorrel. — P1..14 foot. 
48 O. Arraca‘’cHa; leaves trifoliate; leaflets praemose, on 
long footstalks ; stipulas large ; peduncles few-flowered. h.G. 
Native of Chili. Petals yellow, small. 
Arracacha Wood-sorrel. Fl. Sept. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
49 O. conorniza (Jacq. ox. no. 6.) stem erect, leafy ; 
peduncles longer than the leaves, 2-flowered ; leaflets obcordate ; 
roots turbinate. 2%. S. Native of Paraguay in South Ame- 
rica in the vast plains to the northward of the River Plate.— 
Feuill. per. 2. p. 723. t. 24. Flowers large, yellow. 
Cone-rooted Wood-sorrel. P1. 2 foot. 
50 O. rdsea (Jacq. ox. no. 5.) stem erect, fleshy, leafy ; 
peduncles bifid, corymbosely-racemose at the apex, 4-times 
longer than the leaves; leaflets obcordate. Y. F. Native of 
Chili in moist places about Conception. Feuill. obs. 2. p. 23. 
O. racemosa, Savig. in Lam. dict. 4. p. 684. O. floribunda, 
Lindl. bot. reg. 1123. but not of Lehm. Petals rose-coloured, 
crenated at the apex. Styles longer than the stamens. 
Var. B; flowers smaller; petals hardly lined, red, entire at 
the apex. Sims, bot. mag, 2415. Clt 
Rose-coloured-flowered Wood-sorrel. ' 
1823. Pl. 4 to 1 foot. . + 
51 O. casprtésa (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 122.) stem suffruti- 
cose, very short, leafy; leaves tufted ; leaflets unequally ani 
shortly stalked, obcordate, ciliated ; petioles rather dilated n 
the base, pilose; peduncles pubescent, 1-flowered, longer tha 
the leaves ; stamens all shorter than the styles, which are vey 
long, joined together beyond the middle; cells of ovary he 
seeded. kh. S. Native of Brazil in the southern part © hes 
province of St. Paul. Stems erect or ascending, hardly “ all 
high. Petals yellow, entire, or emarginate. Stigmas sma" 
capitate. 
Tufted Wood-sorrel. Fl. Jan. Shrub 3 inches. K 
52 O. nispipa (Zucc. et Mart. act. mon. 9. ex Spreng: ye 
append. p. 186.) stem erect, very short; leaflets obovate, jn ó 
ginate, hispid, as well as the stem; peduncles equal in lengt ss 
the leaves, usually 3-flowered ; styles shorter than the stam 
4? S.. Native of Brazil. Flowers yellow. 
Fl. Mar. April. 
