OXALIDEZ. Ill. Oxaus. 
leaflets 3, linear-lanceolate, acute; scape longer than the leaves ; 
styles very long. ©. H. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Jacq. ox. no. 44. t. 79. f. 2. The leaves are probably glandular. 
Flowers white. 
Minute Wood-sorrel. Pl. % foot. 
207 O. cra'Bra (Thunb. ox. no. 17. t. 2. £ 1.) stem very 
short, naked at the base, erect; leaflets 3, linear-wedge-shaped, 
emarginate, ciliated, with many glands beneath; peduncles longer 
than the leaves; styles very long. %. G. Native of the Cape 
of Good Hope. Jacq. ox. no. 58. t. 76. f£. 3. Flowers purple. 
Smooth Wood-sorrel. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1795. Pl. + ft. 
208 O. versicotor (Lin. spec. 622.) stem declinate, naked 
at the base; leaflets 3, linear, emarginate, with 2 red glands 
beneath ; peduncles longer than the leaves; styles very long, 
and are as well as the filaments beset with glandular hairs. 
%.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Jacq. ox. no. 51. 
t 36. , Curt. bot. mag. t. 155. Smith, icon. rar. 7. t7. Corolla 
white inside and reddish outside. Filaments toothed. 
Various-coloured-flowered Wood-sorrel. Fl. Jan. Mar. Clt. 
1774, Pl. 4 foot. 
209 O. SYLVE'STRIS (Jacq. ox. t. 77. f. 4.) stem declinate, 
naked at the base; leaflets 3, linear, emarginate, with 2 red 
glands beneath ; peduncles length of leaves; styles very long, 
hairy ; filaments toothless, smooth. ¥. G. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. Corolla white inside and red outside. 
Wild Wood-sorrel. Fl. Jan. Mar. Clt.? Pl. declinate. 
210 O. ELonea'ra (Jacq. ox. no. 52. t. 37.) stem declinate, 
naked at the base; leaflets 3, linear, emarginate, with 2 red 
glands at the top of each; peduncles longer than the leaves ; 
styles very short. 2.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Petals white, hardly edged with red, a little emarginated at 
the top. Sepals with two red glands at the tip beneath. 
Var. B, ameena (Jacq. hort. schoenbr. t. 206.) sepals blunt ; 
petals obtuse, of a rose-purple colour. 
Elongated Wood-sorrel. Fl. Sept. Oct. Clt. 1791. PI. 
prostrate. 
211 O. TENUIFÒLIA (Jacq. ox. no. 53. t. 38.) stem erect, spa- 
ringly leafy ; leaflets 3, linear, emarginate, with many red glands 
Peneath ; peduncles longer than the leaves; styles very short ; 
inner filaments with glandular hairs. 2%. G. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. Lodd. bot. cab. t. 712. Corolla white, 
with reddish edges on the outside. 
Fine-leaved Wood-sorrel. FI. Oct. Nov. Clt. 1790. Pl. } ft. 
_ 212 O. vorypHy’Lia (Jacq. ox. no. 59. t. 39.) stem erect, a 
little branched, leafy at top; leaflets 3, linear, emarginate, with 
2 red glands beneath; peduncles longer than the leaves ; styles 
intermediate, and are as well as filaments beset with glandular 
ars. %.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Corolla 
peered O. versicolor, Jacq.icon. rar. t. 473.—Burm. afr. 
eí Íl. l 
Many-leaved Wood-sorrel. Fl. Jan. Sept. Clt. 1791. Pl. 4 ft. 
213 O. FILIFÒLIA (Jacq. hort. schoenbr. 3. t. 273.) stem de- 
clinate, naked at the base ; leaflets 3, linear, entire at the apex, 
with callose glands ; peduncles longer than the leaves ; styles 
very long, and are as well as the inner filaments beset with glan- 
dular hairs. Y.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Co- 
rolla rose-coloured. 
Thread-leaved Wood-sorrel. Cit. 1822. 
+ prostrate. . 
214 O. PENTAPHY'LLA (Sims, bot. mag. t. 1549.) stem erectish, 
naked below ; leaflets 5, linear, rather entire at the apex, with 
l or 2 callose glands beneath ; peduncles longer than the leaves ; 
Styles intermediate. Y. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
- digitata, Poir. suppl. 4. p. 254. exclusive of the synonyms 
and Var. B. Flowers rose-flesh-coloured. Petioles reddish and 
Stem-clasping at the base. 
Fl. Jan. Sept. 
‘ 
767 
Five-leaved Wood-sorrel. Fl. Feb. Nov. Clt. 1800. P]. 3 ft. 
§ 11. Palmatifolia (from palmatus, palmate, and folium, a 
leaf; leaves palmate). D. C. prod. 1. p.702, Stem ss and with 
a short stipe, naked at the base. Leaves stalked, palmately or 
peltately divided into 5-15 leaflets, destitute of glands. Scapes 
l-flowered. 
215 O. MALLOBO'LBA (Cav. icon. 4. p. 64. t. 393. f. 2.) stem- 
less; bulb woolly; leaflets 5, ovate ; scape bearing 2 awl- 
shaped bracteas in the middle. 4%. G. Native of Buenos 
Ayres. Plant very small. Bulb clothed with beautiful rufous 
wool. Flowers yellow. Styles intermediate, villous. 
Soft-bulbed Wood-sorrel. Pl. 3 foot. 
216 O. Commersonut (Pers. ench. 1. p. 519.) stem very short, 
leafy ; leaflets 6, ovate, clothed with close-pressed villi; scapes 
longer than the leaves, with 2 bracteas in the middle. 4%. G. 
Native of Monte Video. O. sexenàta, Savign. in Lam. dict. 4. 
p. 687. Flowers yellow. 
Commerson’s Wood-sorrel. PI. 3 foot. 
217 O. LUPINIFÒLIA (Jacq. ox. 
no. 92. t. 72.) almost stemless ; 
leaflets 7-8, lanceolate, acutish, 
smooth, spotted at the base; pe- 
tioles compressed; scape length 
of petiole; styles very short; 
filaments with glandular hairs. 
Y. G. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Flowers yellow. 
Lupine-leaved W ood-sorrel. F1. 
Oct. Nov. Clt. 1775. Pl. + ft. 
218 O. rra‘va (Lin. spec. 621.) 
stem erect, short, naked at the 
base ; leaflets 6-7, smooth, linear, 
channelled, acute ; peduncles ra- 
ther longer than the petioles ; 
styles very short; filaments with 
glandular hairs. Y.G. Native g 
of the Cape of Good Hope. Jacq. ox. no. 93. t. 73. Burm, afr. 
t. 27. f. 4. Ker. bot. reg. t. 117. Flowers yellow. 
Yellow-flowered Wood-sorrel. Fl. March, April. Clt. 1775. 
PI. 4 foot. 
219 O. PECTINA`TA (Jacq. ox. no. 94. t. 74.) almost stemless ; 
leaflets 7, smooth, linear-lanceolate, obtuse ; peduncles length of 
leaves; sepals close-pressed ; styles very long, and are, as well 
as the filaments, beset with glandular hairs. Y.G. Native of 
the Cape of Good Hope.—Burm. afr. t. 30. f. 1. Flowers 
ellow. 
y Pectinated-leaved Wood-sorrel. Clt. 1790. 
Pl. + foot. 
290 O. FLABELLIFOLIA (Jacq. ox. no. 94. t. 74.) almost stem- 
less ; leaflets 6-7-9, smooth, linear, emarginate ; peduncles hardly 
longer than the petioles ; sepals reflexed at the apex ; styles in- 
termediate, and are, as well as the inner filaments, beset with 
glandular hairs. X4. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
“lowers yellow. , 
eer ced Wood-sorrel. Fl. Sep. Nov. Cit. 1789. Pl. 4 ft. 
29] O. romenrosa (Lin. fil. suppl. 244.) almost stemless ; 
leaflets 9-19, clothed with pubescent down on both surfaces, 
lanceolate-cuneated, emarginate ; scapes length of petioles ; styles 
very long. XY. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope.— 
Jacq. ox. no. 96. t. 81.—Plum. t. 350. f. 3. Corolla whitish. 
Tomentose Wood-sorrel. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1791. Pl. 3ft. 
999 O. ENNEAPHY'LLA (Cav. icon. 5. p. 7. t. 411.) stipe 
covered with interrupted scales ; leaflets 9, 
, almost bifid ; peduncles length 
Falk- 
FIG. 122. 
FI. Sept. Nov. 
creeping at the base, 
smooth, obcordate, wedge-shaped st bifid ; 
of the leaves; styles very long. Y%.G. Native of the 
