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quire no artificial warmth; if thefeareprotecicd from 



the froft it is fufficient, and in mild weather they niuft 



have a large fhare of free air. In the fummer they 



muft be placed abroad in afheltered fituation, among 



other hardy exotic plants, where they will add to the 



variety, and flower great part of the feafon. Thefe 



.] may be all propagated by cuttings during the fum- 



^. jner months, which fhould be planted upon an old 



,v Jiot-bed, and covered with glalTes, Ihading them from 



: . the fun in the heat of the day. When thefe have 



taken root, they fbould be planted each into a feparate 



"pot filled with loft loamy earth, placing them in the 



,. Ihade till they have taken new root ;' then they may 



'-^ be removed to a fhekered fituation, where they may 



/ remain till autumn, treating them in the fame way as 



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.*!The fecond fort will live in the open air if it is planted 



• in a warm fituation and a dry foil. Some of thefe 



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plants have endured the open air for more' than 

 r twenty years in the Chelfea Garden, without protec- 



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8. OxALis (Barnkri) caule ramofo erefld, pedunculii 

 bifidis racemifens.'Lin.Sp. 624. IVood-forrelwith an 

 ere^ branching fialk^ and branching bifid fcot-Jlalks. Tri- 

 folium acetorumAmericanum,rubro {lore, Barrel.Rar. 



. 64. Three4eaved JmerkanWood'forrel.'with arcdflo'wer. 

 The firfl: fort grows naturally in iiioift Ihady woods, 

 and clofe to hedges in moft parts of England, io is 

 but feldom admitted into gardens ; thbu^-h whoever 

 is fond of acid herbs in fallads, can fcarceHnd a more 



, grateful acid in any other plant. The roots of this 

 fort are compofed of many fcaly joints, which propa- 

 gate in great plenty. ,The leaves arife immediatcly- 

 froni the roots upon fingle long fbot-ftalks, are com- 



. j)ofed of three hcart-fljiaped lobes, which meet in a 



center, where they join the foot- ftalk J they are of a pale 

 , green and hairy -, between thefe come out the Howers 



upon pretty long' foot-ftalks, 'each fuilaining one 



. • Jarge white flower of the open bell fhape; Thefe 



' appear in April ajid May, and are fucccedcd by five- 



. cornered oblonof feed-vefl^els having; Sve cells, 



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This is eafily propagated by cuttings, in the-j . ;. clofing fmall brownifli feeds ; when thefe are'ripe, the 



feed-veflTels burlt open at the Jeaft touch, and cafl: 



^ out the feeds to a confiderable diftance. Thjs is the 



' .^ fort which is diredted for medicinal ufe in the difpen- 



;■ fariesV but thofe people who fupply the market with 



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 " fame way as the former. 



QXALl'S. Lin. Gen. Plant. 515. Oxys. Tourn, Infl:. 



R. H. 88. tab. 19. Wood-forrel. 



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The empakment of the flower is Jhort^ P^^^f-Pj^Ait, fl^^ 

 cut into five acute fegments. 'The flower is of one petals 



,\ cut into five cbtufe indented fegynent^ ahnofi to the bottom \ 

 it hath ten ere5l hairy ftamina^ terminated by roundlfhfurr ^ 

 . rowed fummits^ and a germen with five angles ^ fupporting 

 flveflender fiyles^ crowned l^ obtiife^ftigmas. ^-^^The gennen 



J-, afterward becomes' a five-cornered capfule with five cells, 



i^i which open longitudinally at the angles, containing roundijh 

 \z feeds, which are^ thrown qui with an elafticity on the 



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This genus of plants is ranged in the fifth fedlion of 

 •' Linnaeus's tenth clafs, which includes thofe plants 

 /^ whofe flowers have ten fl:amina and five flryles, : . 

 ^-- The Species are, ' , : ' ; 



1. OxALis {Acetcfella) fcapo unifloro, foliis ternatis, ra- 

 * dice fquamofo-articulata. Hort, CliflF. 175. Woodfor- 

 ' rel with one flo%ver on a foot-ftalk, trifoliate^ leaves, and a 

 ^ fcaly jointed root. Oxys flore albo. Tourn. Inft. 8S. 



Woodforrel with a white flower. 



2. OxALis {Corniculata) caule ramofo diffufo, pedun- 

 culis umbelliferis. Hort. Cliff. 1 j^. IVoodforrel with 

 a branching diffufed Jialk, and u:nbellated foot-ftalks. 

 Oxys lutea.- J. B. Yellow Woodforrel. '[' '...'v ' ■ "" . "._ 



caule ramofo ere6to,*pedunculis 



Flor. Virg." 161. Wood-forrel with a 



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 umbelliferis. 



branching upright ftalk, andumbellated foot-ftalks. Oxys 

 lutea, Americana, eredior. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 88. 



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■ Upright, yellow, AiP.crican Woodforrel. 



4. OxALis {Incarnata) caule fubramofo bulbifero, pe- 

 ■dunculis unifloris, foliis palnm verticillatis foliolisob- 



'• cordatis. Lin. Sp. 622. Wood-forrel with branching 

 • ftalks bearing biil^s^'i^e lealses £eiferatly in whorls, and 

 :■ ''the fmall leaves heart-fhaped. Oxys bulbofa ^thiopica 



:■ minor, folio cordato, flore ex albido purpurafcente. 



' Tourn. Inft. 89. Smaller bulbous Ethiopian Woodforrel^ 

 "isoiih a heart-fhaped leaf, and a purplifh white flower. 



5. OxALis {Purpurea) fcapo unifloro, foliis ternatis, ra- 



' dice bulbosa. Hort. Cliff, i j ^5 r"^ Wood-forrel with a 



' foGt-flalk fupporting one flower, trifoliate leaves, and a 



btdbous root. Oxys bulbofa Africana, JjotUndifolia, 

 cauiibus&floribus purpureisamplis. Hort. Amft. i. 



^ p. 41. tab. 21, African bulbnus Wood-forrel^ haying a 

 round leaf, and large purple ftalks am flowers, y^^-^^ | 



6. OxALis {Pef-capr^) fcapo urnbeliifero, foliis ternatis" 

 bipartitis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 434. Wood-forrel with an 



. umbelliferous ftalk, and trifoliate leaves divided in two 

 ■ parts, Oxalis bulbofa pentaphylla &hexaphylla, flo- 



ribus magnis luteis & copiofis. Burm. Afr. 80. tab. 



29. Bulbous Wood-forrel with five or fi>: leaves, and large 



yellow flowers in abundance. 

 7. OxALis {Frutefccns) caule eredo fruticofo, foliis ter- 

 natis, imparl maximo. Wood-forrel with an upright 

 fhrubby ftalk, and trifoliate leaves, the middle one being 



herbs, generally bring the third fort, which is now 

 t-i; become comrnon in the gardens ; but this hath very lit- 

 tle acid. To is unfit for the purpofes of the other ; but as 

 it rifes with an upright branching ftalk, fo it is foon 

 gathered ^nd tied up in bunches > whereas the leaves of 

 the firfl: grow fingly from the_ root* and require more 

 time in gathering. -'There is a variety of the firft fort 

 with a piirplifli flower^ which grows naturally in the 



Jsforth of England, bu.t, as, it does Qot differ frdm it 

 : in any other refpecfl, I have not enumerated it. ' 

 .. The fecond fort is an annual plant, which grows na- ■ 

 turally in woods and ftiady places in Italy and Sicily, 

 The root of this is long, flender, and fibrous j the' 

 ftalks trail upon the ground, fpreading out eight or 

 nine inches wide on every fide, dividing into fmall 

 branches ; the leaves ftand upon pretty long foot- 

 ftalks, and are compofed of three heart-fliaped lobes, 

 which have deeper indentures at their points than 

 thofe of the firft fort. The flowers are yellow, grow- 

 ing in form of an umbel, upon pretty long flender foot- 

 ftalks, arifinsiffom the fide of the branches. Thefe 

 appear m June and July,, and are fucceeded by feed- 

 ^^ Veffels near an inch long, wHich open with an elafti- 

 ^^ city, and chft out the feeds. >' "'-' '\ 



,^, The third fort grows naturally in Virginia and other , 

 "'^ parts of North America, from whehce the feeds were 

 ^ formerly brought to Europe ; but wherever this plant 

 - 'has been once introduced and fuffered to ripen feeds, 

 it has become a common weed. This is an annual 

 plant, rifing with a branching herbaceous ftalk eight 

 or'^nmeinchds high j tlie leaves ftand upon Very long 

 foot-ftalks, and are ftiaped like thofe of the fecond 

 fort. The flowers are yellow, ftanding in a fort of 

 unnbel, upon long, iflender, ere£t foot-ftalks ; the feed- 

 veffels and feeds are like thofe of the fecond fort. 

 Thefe three forts require no particular culture ; if 

 the roots of the firft fort are taken up and tranfplanted 

 in a fhady moift border, they will thrive and multiply 

 exceedingly -, and if they are kept clfeaii from' weeds, 

 will require rit> other care. If the feeds of the other 

 two forts are fown in an open border, the plants will 

 rife freelyi 'and require no care ; for if they are , 

 perniittea to fcatter their feeds, there will be aplentl- 

 \ t'ul fupply of the plants! ' 1 -' -■ ^S 



The fourth fort hath a roundifh bulbous root, from 

 : which come out (lender ftalks about fix inches hi^h, 

 ■ Jwhich divide intobrancnes b/ pairs, and from the di- 

 vifioris come but the foot-'ffalks of the leaves; thefe 

 are long, flender, and fuftain a trifoliate leaf compofed 

 of three fmall, roundilh, heart-iliaped lobes. The foot- 

 ftalks of the flowers are long, flender, and arife from 

 the divifionofthe ftalks, each fuftainingone purplifli 

 flower about the' fame fize and ftiape as thofe of the 



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very large. Oxys lutea frutefcens, trlfolii bituminofi firft fort. This flowers in May, June, and July, and 

 facie. Plum. Cat. 2. Tellow ftorubby Wood-forrel^ with 1 fometimes produces ripe feeds in England. It grows 



the appearance of bituminous TrefoiL 



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