762 OXALIDEX. 
Purplish-leaved Wood-sorrel. Fl. Oct. Nov. Clt. 1822. 
Pl. 5 foot. 
132 O. macropny’Lxa (Horn. hort. hafn. 1. p. 428.) stemless ; 
leaflets 3, obcordate, smooth ; scape bifid, rather pilose, longer 
than the leaves ; flowers drooping after expansion ; styles inter- 
mediate. 2%. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Long-leaved Wood-sorrel. Fl. Jan. Sept. Clt. 1820. Pl. 4 ft. 
133 O. Lrsyca (Viv. fi. lib. ex Spreng. syst. 2. p. 426.) 
stemless ; leaflets 3, obcordate, hairy; scape umbelliferous, 
many-flowered, longer than the leaves; flowers drooping? styles 
intermediate. Y%.G. Native of Cyrenaica. Flowers yellow ? 
Libyan Wood-sorrel. Pl. 4 foot. 
134 O? ctomera‘ta (Hook. bot. Beech. voy. p. 13.) stem- 
less ; leaves trifoliate; leaflets linear; scape twice the length of 
the elongated petioles; umbel many-flowered, capitate. YY. F. 
Native of Chili, at Coquimbo. Flowers yellow. Sepals some- 
what 3-toothed, about equal in length to the petals. Stamens 10. 
Stigmas 5. 
Glomerate Wood-sorrel. PI. 4 foot. 
135 O. corymposa (D. C. prod. 1. p. 696.) stemless; leaflets 
3, smoothish, very broad, obcordate, rounded at both sides; 
scapes bifid, branched, many-flowered. X4. S. Native of the 
islands of Bourbon and the Mauritius. Flowers double, small, 
pale-red. Scape 7-10 inches long. 
Corymbose-flowered Wood-sorrel. Pl. + to 1 foot. 
*** Leaflets 3, ovate. 
136 O. vircosa (Savig. in Lam. dict. 4. p. 685.) stemless ; 
leaflets 3, ovate; scapes many-flowered ; flowers in whorls. 2%. 
G. Native of Chili—Mol. chil. p. 110. Flowers yellow? 
Scapes 5 feet high. 
Twiggy Wood-sorrel. PI. 5 feet. 
§ 7. Simplicifolia (from simplex, simple, and folium, a leaf; 
leaves simple). D. C. prod. 1. p. 696. Plants stemless and 
caulescent. Leaves simple, pubescent ; petioles naked. Scapes 
and peduncles one or many-flowered. 
137 O. Manprocca‘na (Raddi, mem. bras. p. 21.) caulescent, 
erect, or prostrate ; leaves rosulate, somewhat ovate, acuminated, 
with the margins and middle nerve pubescent ; petioles with a 
winged margin, as well as the many-flowered peduncles, which 
are flattened; stamens shorter than the styles; cells of ovary 
l-seeded. %. S. Native of Brazil, in woods on the mountain 
called Mandiocea, near Rio Janeiro. O. alièna, Spreng. neuw. 
entd. 3. p. 58. Flowers yellow. Stigmas capitate. 
Var, a, Raddiana (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 118.) leaves exactly 
ovate, very obtuse at the base; petioles with winged margins, 
ciliated. 
Var, B, rhombifolia (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 188.) leaves rhomb- 
ovate; petioles scarcely winged, pubescent. 
Mandiocca Wood-sorrel. Pl. 4 foot. 
138 O. ova`ra (Zuce. in act. monach. 9. ex Spreng. syst. 
append. 184.) stem suffruticose, almost simple; leaves ovate, 
acutish, smooth; peduncles many-flowered ; stamens exceeding 
the styles. h.S. Native of Brazil. Flowers yellow. 
Ovate-leaved Wood-sorrel. Shrub 1 foot. 
139 O. ara‘ta (Mart. et Zucc. in act. monach. 9. ex Spreng. 
syst. append. p. 184.) stem suffruticose ; leaves ovate, acute, 
pubescent; peduncles elongated, winged, many-flowered ; styles 
exceeding the stamens in length, h.S. Native of Brazil. 
Winged-peduncled Wood-sorrel. Shrub 1 foot. 
140 O. citia ra (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 423.) caulescent ; leaves 
cordate, orbicular, obtuse, ciliated; petioles and many-flowered 
peduncles hairy ; styles longer than the stamens. Y.S. Native 
of Brazil. 
III. Oxauis. 
Ciliated-leaved Wood-sorrel. PI. 4 foot. 
141 O. vittésa ; villous ; stem shrubby, erect ; leaves simple, 
oblong-obovate, or cordate, mucronate ; petioles terete ; pedicels 
l-flowered. kh.G. Native of Mexico. Sepals acute. 
Villous Wood-sorrel. Shrub 4 foot. 
142 O. primutmrouia (Raddi, mem. bras. add. p. 21.) stem- 
less; leaves oblong, obtuse, tapering to the base ; scapes many- 
flowered, filiform, erectish. 2%.S. Native of Brazil, in woods 
on the mountain called Mandiocca, near Rio Janeiro. This is an 
intermediate plant between sections Simplicifdlia and Caprina. 
Primrose-leaved Wood-sorrel. Pl. 4 foot. 
143 O. MONoPHY'LLA (Lin. mant. 241.) stemless; leaves 
elliptical, obtuse; scape 1-flowered ; filaments smooth ; styles 
intermediate, bearing glandular hairs. Y%.G. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. Jacq. ox. no. 35.t. 79. f. 3. Thunb. ox. 
no. 1. t. 1. f. 1. Flowers about the size of those of O. aceto- 
sélla, pale-purple, with yellowish claws. Root bulbous, hairy. 
One-leaved Wood-sorrel. FI. Oct.Nov. Clt.1774. Pl. 4 ft. 
144 O. te’prpa (Jacq. ox. no. 34. t. 21.) stemless; leaves 
obovate, somewhat retuse ; scape 1-flowered; styles very long, 
and bear glandular hairs, as well as the stamens. 2.G. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers pale-purple, with yellow 
claws. Root bulbous, hairy. ° 
Pretty Wood-sorrel. Fl. Jan. Nov. Clt. 1823. Pl. 4 foot. 
145 O. rostra‘ta (Jacq. ox. no. 36, t. 22.) stemless; leaves 
obovate, retuse ; scape 1-flowered; styles very short; filaments 
bearing glandular hairs, inner ones with a beak at the top on the 
back of each, and bearing an anther at the end of the beak. 
y. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers of a lilac 
colour. 
Beaked-stamened Wood-sorrel. 
Pl. } foot. 
§ 8. Pterdpode (from rrepov, pteron, a wing, and move roòoc, 
pous podos, a foot; petioles winged). D. C. prod. 1. p. 697. 
Stemless. Leaves smooth, with 2-3 leaflets. Petioles winged. 
Scapes 1-flowered. 
146 O. crispa (Jacq. ox. no. 37. t. 23.) stemless ; leaflets 2, 
roundish-obovate, emarginate, with waved margins ; styles very 
long, and are, as well as the filaments, beset with glandular 
hairs. 2%. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers 
large, white, or pale-lilac, with yellow claws. 
Curled-leaved Wood-sorrel. Fl. Oct. Nov. Clt. 1793. Pl. 4 ft. 
147 O. terorina (Jacq. ox. no. 39. t. 25.) stemless ; leaflets 
2, elliptical, emarginate, with ciliately and cartilaginous tooth- 
letted edges; styles very long, and are, as well as the filaments, 
beset with glandular hairs. Y. G. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Flowers white, with reddish edges, and yellow 
claws. 
Hare’s-foot Wood-sorrel. Fl. Jan. Nov. Clt. 1795. Pl. 4 ft. 
148 O. astnina (Jacq. ox. no. 38. t. 24.) stemless ; leaflets 2, 
lanceolate, with cartilaginous toothletted edges; styles inter- 
Fl. Oct. Nov. Clt. 1795. 
mediate ; filaments beset with glandular hairs. Y. G. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers yellow. 
Ass’s-ear-leaved Wood-sorrel. Fl. Nov. Dec. Clt. 1792. 
Pl. 4 foot. 
149 O. rancemrouia (Jacq. ox. no. 40. t. 26.) stemless ; 
leaflets 2-3, with cartilaginous scabrous margins ; styles very 
long; filaments smooth. %.G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. Flowers yellow. 
Lance-leaved Wood-sorrel. Pi. 
4 foot. 
150 O. FABÆFÒLIA (Jacq. ox. no. 41, t. 27.) stemless ; leaflets 
3, obovate, emarginate, mucronated; styles intermediate, an 
are, as well as the filaments clothed with glandular hairs. Y- G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers yellow. 
Fl. Oct. Nov. Clt. 1795. 
