764 
Cape of Good Hope. Corolla pale-yellow. Leaves blood- 
coloured beneath and spotted with white, and the veins are 
white above. 
Sulphur-coloured-flowered Wood-sorrel. F1. 1795. Pl. 4 ft. 
166 O. Breviscapa (Jacq. ox. no. 72. t. 58.) stemless, pu- 
berulous ; leaves roundish ; petioles flattish; pedicels one-half 
shorter than the leaves, with 2 bracteas beneath the middle ; 
styles intermediate; filaments glandular. Y. G. Native of 
the Cape of Good Hope. Corolla white, with a yellow bottom. 
Leaves red beneath and dotted. 
Short-scaped Wood-sorrel. Pl. 4 foot. 
167 O. sreciosa (Willd. spec. 2. p. 779.) stemless ; pube- 
rulous; leaflets roundish; scapes about equal in length to the 
petioles, with 2 bracteas under the middle; styles very long, 
bearing simple and glandular hairs mixed, as well as the fila- 
ments. 2%.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Var. a, purpùrea (Lin. spec. 621.) leaves blood-coloured 
beneath; corollas rose-purple. O. specidsa, Jacq. ox. no. 74. 
t. 60. 
Var. B, sugillata (Jacq. ox. no. 75. t. 61.) adult leaves livid 
beneath as well as on the margins above ; corollas white, but 
flesh-coloured outside. 
Var. y, rigidula (Jacq. ox. no. 73. t. 59.) leaves green on 
both surfaces ; corollas white, with a yellow bottom. 
Sheny Wood-sorrel. Fl. Sept. Nov. Clt. 1690. Pl. 4 ft. 
168 O. varta’eiits (Jacq. ox. no. 67.) stemless, puberulous ; 
leaflets roundish, middle one cuneated at the base; pedicels 
equal or longer than the leaves, with 2 bracteas under the 
middle; styles very short; filaments with glandular hairs. 
XY. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Var. a, longiscapa (D.C. prod. 1. p. 699.) scape twice as 
long as leaves; corolla white, or somewhat flesh-coloured. 
Jacq. ox. t. 52. 
Var. B, rubra (Jacq. ox. t. 53.) scapes a little longer than the 
leaves; corolla rose-purple. 
Var. y, grandiflora (Jacq. ox. no. 68. t. 54.) scapes length of 
petioles; corolla large, white ; leaves blood-coloured beneath. 
Var, 6, Simsii (D. C. prod. 1. p. 699.) scapes length of pe- 
tioles ; corolla large, white; leaves green on both surfaces. 
Sims, bot. mag. t. 1683. This, with var. y, will probably con- 
stitute a distinct species. 
Variable Wood-sorrel. Fl. Oct. Dec. Cit. 1795. Pl. + ft. 
169 O. purru'rea (Willd. spec. 2. p. 778.) stemless ; pube- 
rulous ; leaflets roundish, wedge-shaped ; scapes longer than 
the leaves, with 2 bracteas under the middle; styles interme- 
diate ; filaments with glandular hairs. ¥%.G. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. Jacq. ox. no. 70. t. 56. Flowers purple. 
Var. B, laxula (Jacq. ox. no. 71. t. 57.) scapes length of 
petioles ; corolla white. 
Purple-flowered Wood-sorrel. 
Pl. 4 foot. 
170 O. conve xuta (Jacq. ox. no. 69. t. 55.) smooth; stipe 
declinate, naked below; leaflets roundish, dotted ; stipulas 
dilated, acuminated ; peduncles longer than the leaves; brac- 
teoles alternate ; styles intermediate; filaments with glandular 
hairs. %. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers 
rose-coloured, with a yellow bottom. 
Smatl-convex Wood-sorrel, Fl. Jan. Nov. Clt. 1789. Pl. 4 ft. 
171 O. nu'Miris (Thunb. prod. app. 190.) stemless ; leaflets 
roundish, ciliated; scapes 1-flowered. 2. G. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. Bulb ovate. Petioles pubescent, pros- 
trate. Scape a little longer than the leaves, with 2 bracteas in 
the middle. Corolla with an ample yellowish tube, and a purple 
limb. Thunb. fl. cap. ed. Schult. 2. p. 535, is said to be the 
same as O. purpirea of Lin. 
Humble Wood-sorrel. P]. 1 foot. 
FI. Oct. Nov. Clt. 1812. 
OXALIDE, 
Ill. Oxatis. 
172 O. rævica`ra (Willd. enum. suppl. 26.) almost stemless, 
quite smooth ; leaflets roundish, intermediate one wedge-shaped ; 
scape about the length of the petioles ; styles very short. ©.H. 
Native of? Corolla purple. Link. enum. 439. 
Smooth Wood-sorrel. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. 
*#* * Leaflets obcordate. 
173 O. puncra'ra (Lin. fil. suppl. 243.) stemless ; leaflets 
roundish, obcordate, dotted beneath, smooth; petioles and 
scapes puberulous ; scapes longer than the leaves, with 2 brac- 
teas above the middle; styles very short; filaments with glan- 
dular hairs. 2%. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers pale flesh-coloured, red on the outside as well as the 
margins. Jacq. ox. no. 82. t. 66. Thunb. diss. no. 3. t. 1. 
Leaves bright-purple beneath, with shining golden dots. 
Dotted-leaved Wood-sorrel. PI. 4 foot. 
174 O. strumdsa (Jacq. ox. no. 79. t. 64.) stemless, pube- 
rulous; leaflets obcordate; pedicels length of petioles, with 2 
bracteas beneath the middle; styles very short, with a swelling 
PI. 4 ft. 
Stemless, or almost so. 
under the top of each; filaments with glandular hairs. %4. G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Petals white, but red on 
the outside as well as the margins, with yellow claws. Leaves 
brownish beneath, and with brown spots above. 
Swelled-styled Wood-sorrel. P1. 4 foot. 
175 O. marcina‘ra (Jacq. ox. no. 85. t. 68.) stemless, pube- 
rulous; leaflets obcordate, roundish ; scapes one-half shorter 
than the petioles, with 2 bracteas in the middle ; calyxes ciliated, 
with club-shaped hairs, reflexed at the top; styles intermediate. 
u.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers large, 
white. Leaves blood-coloured on the under surface and edged 
with cinereous villi. 
Marginate-leaved Wood-sorrel. 
Pl. + foot. 
176 O. putcne’L1a (Jacq. ox. no. 86. t. 69.) stemless, pube- 
rulous; leaflets obcordate, roundish; scapes 3-times shorter 
than the petioles, with 2 bracteas in the middle ; calyxes ciliated 
with club-shaped hairs, reflexed at the apex; styles very long, 
and are as well as the filaments beset with glandular hairs. 
Y. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Leaves blood- 
coloured beneath; veins white above. Flowers white, with a 
blush of carnation within above the base. 
Neat Wood-sorrel. Fl. Oct. Nov. Clt.1795. Pl. 4 foot. 
177 O. ostu'sa (Jacq. ox. no. 83. t. 79. f. 1.) stemless, 
densely puberulous ; leaflets obcordate ; scape longer than the 
leaves, with 2 bracteas above the middle ; sepals obtuse ; styles 
intermediate. %.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
lanata a, Thunb. Flowers red. Filaments smooth. 
Blunt-sepalled Wood-sorrel. Fl. Oct. Nov. Clt. 1812. Pl. i ft. 
178 O. tana‘ra (Lin. fil. suppl. 244, exclusive of the syno- 
nyms) stemless, villously-woolly ; leaflets obcordate; scape longer 
than the leaves, with 2 bracteas in the middle; sepals acute; 
styles very short. 2%. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Jacq. ox. no. 81. t. 77. f. 2. O. lanataB, Thunb. Flowers 
white. Filaments hairy. 1 
Woolly Wood-sorrel. Fl. Oct. Nov. Clt. 1791. Pl. 4 foot. 
179 Ò. LurE'ora (Jacq. ox. no. 80. t. 65.) stemless, hairy; 
leaflets obcordate, somewhat retuse; scapes length of leaves, 
with 2 bracteas a little above the middle; styles very short; 
inner filaments with glandular hairs; sepals obtuse. Y. S- 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers yellow. 
Yellow-flowered Wood-sorrel. Fl. Jan. Sept. 
Pl. 4 foot. a, 
180 O. ra’ttax (Jacq. ox. no. 84. t. 67.) stemless, pilose ; 
leaflets obcordate, somewhat retuse; scapes longer than the 
leaves, with 2 bracteas a little above the middle ; styles inter- 
mediate, beset with glandular hairs; inner stamens with glan- 
Fl. Sept. Dec. Clt. 1812. 
Cit. 1823. 
