OXALIDE Æ. 
yellow, with a short tube. `O. 
hirta 3, Willd. spec. 2. p. 705. 
a hazel-nut. 
Hirsute-stemmed Wood-sorrel. Fl. March, April. Clt. 1823. 
Pl. 4 to 3 foot. . 
84 O. MULTIFIÒRA (Jacq. ox. no. 28. t. 15.) stem erect, leafy, 
much branched ; leaflets linear wedge-shaped, blunt ; peduncles 
much longer than the leaves ; bracteoles remote from the calyx ; 
styles shorter than the outer stamens. Y%.G. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. Jacq. icon, rar. t. 472. Corolla lilac, 
sessilifolia, Lin. mant. 241. O. 
Bulb brown, about the size of 
campanulate, yellowish outside, as well as the claws. Bulb 
brown, larger than a hazel-nut. 
Many-flowered Wood-sorrel. Fl. Feb. March. Clt. 1789. 
Pl. 4 to 4 foot. 
85 O. RUBELLA (Jacq. ox. no. 29. t. 16.) stem erect, leafy, 
branched ; leaflets linear-cuneated ; peduncles much longer than 
the leaves ; bracteas rather remote from the calyx ; styles inter- 
mediate. 2/.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Corolla 
purplish, campanulate, with yellowish claws. Jacq. icon. rar. t. 
471. Sims, bot. mag. t. 1031.—Burm. afr. 71. t. 28. f. 2. 
Bulb brown, about the size of a hazel-nut. 
Reddish-flowered Wood-sorrel. Fl. Sept. Nov. 
PI. 4 foot. 
86 O. Fu'terpa (Lindl. bot. reg. 1073.) stem short, decum- 
bent, branched ; leaflets linear, sessile, acute ; peduncles much 
higher than the leaves ; bracteas approaching the calyx; styles 
very long. %.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Petals 
Clt. 1791. 
beautiful, purple. This plant is very like O. rubélla, but differs ` 
in being smooth. 
Fulgid Wood-sorrel. Fl. Sept. Nov. Pl. 4 foot. 
_87 O. ROSA`CEA (Jacq. ox. no. 30. t. 17.) stem decumbent, 
simple, leafy ; leaflets oblong, wedge-shaped ; peduncles much 
longer than the leaves; bracteas distant from the flower ; styles 
mtermediate. 2. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Sims, bot. mag. t. 1698. Plant canescent. Corolla deep red, 
but pale outside, with yellowish claws. Bulb brown, smaller than 
a hazel-nut. 
Rose-coloured-flowered Wood-sorrel. 
1793. Pl. prostrate. 
Fl. Sept. Nov. Clt. 
§5. Cauliflore (from caulis, a stem, and flos, a flower). D. C. 
prod. 1, p. 694. Stems elongated, with scattered leaves. Leaves, 
only upper ones stalked, with 3-5-leaflets. Peduncles axillary, l- 
flowered. The species of this section are very dissimilar in habit. 
Roots bulbous. 
88 O. vircr’NEa (Jacq. hort. schoenbr. 3. t. 275.) stem erect, 
leafy, a little branched ; leaves stalked ; leaflets 3, lateral ones 
oblong, middle one obovately-cuneated ; pedicels shorter than 
the leaves; styles intermediate; filaments toothless, hispid. 
%.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers white. 
Virgin Wood-sorrel. Fl. Nov. Dec. Clt. 1820. Pl. 4 foot. 
89 O. repra‘rrix (Jacq. ox. no. 33. t. 20.) stem erect, short, 
leafy ; leaves on long stalks ; leaflets 3, obovate-roundish ; pe- 
duncles longer than the leaves; styles very short; filaments 
toothed, glandular. 4%. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
owers with a pale flesh-coloured border, and yellowish tube. 
Oot creeping, emitting bulbs. 
Crawling-rooted Wood-sorrel. 
- 4 foot. . . 
90 O. INCARNATA (Lin. spec. 622.) stem erect, branched, 
Smooth, leafy; leaves stalked, several at remote distances, 1m 
Whorls ; leaflets 3, obcordate ; peduncles length of leaves ; styles 
Fl. Nov. Dec. Clt. 1795. 
very long; stamens toothed. %4. G. Native of the Cape of 
* Good Hope. Jacq. hort. vind. t. 71. O’xys- Comm. hort. l. 
P- 43. t. 22. Flowers pale flesh-coloured. Root of 2 or 3 fusi- 
orm legs. Stem weak, purple. . 
1 
III. Oxatis. 
Flesh-coloured-flowered Wood-sorrel. Fl. April, June. It. 
1739. Pl. 4 foot. 
91 O. pr'sticua (Jacq. ox. no. 31. t. 18.) ‘stem branched at 
the base, ascending, smooth, leafy ; leaves scattered, stalked : 
petioles with winged stipulas; leaflets 3, obcordate ; peduncles 
longer than the leaves ; styles intermediate ; filaments toothed. 
%.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers pale-yel- 
low, but of a dusky-yellow within. Bulb brown, an inch long, 
tapering. 
Distich-leaved Wood-sorrel. 
4 foot. 
92 O. vendsa (Sav. in Lam. dict. 4. p. 681.) stem erect, 
hairy, simple, leafy; lower leaves on short stalks, scattered, 
upper ones on long stalks, somewhat whorled ; leaflets cuneated, 
emarginate, hispid beneath; stipulas awl-shaped ; peduncles 
longer than the leaves. %. G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. ‘Corolla veined, violet, with a yellow tube. Root bulbous. 
Veiny-flowered Wood-sorrel. Fl. Oct. Nov. Pl. 4 foot. 
93 O. epractea'Ta (Sav. in Lam. dict. 4. p. 682.) stem sim- 
ple, erect, hairy, leafy at the top; leaves stalked; leaflets 3 ? 
oblong, obcordate, with the margin and rib beset with glandular 
hairs; peduncles without bracteas, length of petioles. %4. G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers yellow. This is 
probably the same as O. disticha. 
Bractless Wood-sorrel. Pl. 4 foot. . 
94 O. HETEROPHY LLA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 694.) villous ; stem 
erect, branched at the base; lower leaves sessile; leaflets 3, 
obcordate, upper ones on long stalks, with 2-parted leaflets ; 
peduncles longer than the petioles, with 2 bracteas in the middle ; 
styles very short; root fibrous. %.G. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope? Flowers purple. 
Variable-leaved Wood-sorrel. Pl. 4 foot. 
95 O. auina‘ta (Sav. in Lam. dict. 4. p. 688.) stem ascend- 
ing, leafy on the upper part, on long stalks; leaflets 5, wedge- 
shaped, somewhat emarginate ; peduncles longer than the petioles, 
with 2 bracteas on the middle of each. 2. G. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. Flowers purplish, with a yellow tube. 
Quinate-leaved Wood-sorrel. P1. 4 foot. 
Fl. Jan. Sept. Clt. 1818. Pl. 
§ 6. Caprine (from caprinus, of a goat; some species have 
bifid leaflets, which have been compared to the foot of a goat). 
D. C. prod. 1. p. 675. Stemless or with a naked stipe, furnished 
with a few leaves at the top. Scape many-flowered, rarely 1-2- 
flowered. Leaves radical, with the number of leaflets variable, 
but usually 3, mith the leaflets sessile or subsessile, obcor- 
date or subobcordate. Cells of ovary 4-12-seeded. Roots bulbous 
or tuberous. 
*- Leaflets above three. 
r 
96 O. pecapruy'LLA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p- 
238. t. 468.) stemless; leaflets 8-10, wedge-shaped, bifid at 
the apex, a little ciliated, smooth ; scapes 5-14-flowered, longer 
than the leaves ; sepals blunt, with two spots at the top of each ; 
stamens equal among themselves, but one-half longer than the 
y. G. Native of Mexico, near the rock called El 
styles. l ( 
4 Flowers violaceous, about the size of those of O. 
Penon. 
stricta. 
Ten-leafletted Wood-sorrel. Pl. } foot. l l l 
97 O. Hernave'sit (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D.C. 
prod. 1. p. 695.) stemless ; leaflets 9-11, oblong, villous ; scape 
umbelliferous, 6-flowered, longer than the leaves, Y.G. Na- 
tive of Mexico—Hern. mex. 386. f. 3. Flowers erect, pale- 
violet. 
Hernadez’s Wood-sorrel. Pl. 4 foot. 
98 O. Burma’nnt (Jacq. ox. no. 20.) stem very short, leafy 
at the top; leaflets 5-6, lanceolate, smooth ; scape umbelliferous, 
