322 
Acetosella, 
violacea. 
* rnicu 
BECANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. Lychnis. 
In Labrador and Hudson's Bay. M. v.s. in Herb. 
Dickson. nec non Banks. About a span high ; flowers 
red, with membranaceous bracteas. 
395. OXALIS. Gen. pl. 794. Wood-Sorrel. 
1. O. acaulis; scapo unifloro foliis longiore, foliis ternatis 
dilatato-obcordatis, lobis rotundatis, stylis longitudine 
staminum interiorum, radice dentata.— Willd. sp. 
pl. 2. p. 780. 
Icon. FI. dan. 980. Engl. bot. 762. 
In shady woods: Canada. Michaux. On the high 
mountains of Pensylvania and New York, round the 
roots of old trees. P. Y%. May. w. v. Flowers 
large, white, with red veins and yellow at the bottom : 
the petals are cuneate, emarginate, and narrower than 
the European species. , i 
2. O. acaulis; scapo umbellifero, pedicellis subpubescen- 
tibus, floribus nutantibus, foliis ternatis obeordatis 
glabris, calycis laciniis apice callosis, stylis staminibus 
exterioribus brevioribus.— Willd. sp. pl, 2. p. 786. 
Icon. Jacq. oxal.t. 80. f. 2. Jacq. hort. 2. t. 180. 
Pluk. alm. t. 102. f 4. ; 
In shady woods, on the side of hills, in fertile soil: 
New England to Carolina. XY. April, May. V. v- 
Flowers pink-coloured. : 
3. O. tota sericeo-pilosa; caule ramoso decumbente, pe- 
dunculis biforis petiolis longioribus, folis ternatis 
bilobo-obcordatis, laciniis rotundatis divaricatis, peta- 
lis cuneatis, siliquis tomentosis calyce lanceolato duplo 
. . longioribus. 
On Cumberland Island, Georgia. Lyon. Y. June. v. $. 
in Herb. Lyon. Flowers yellow. . 
4. O. tota pubescens; caule ramoso diffuso seu procum- 
bente, pedunculis umbellatis petiolis brevioribus, foliis 
ternatis obcordatis, petalis obcuneatis apice erosis, 
— staminum interiorum.— Willd. sp. 
Icon. Jacq. ozal.t. 5. Salisb. in act, soc, linn. lond. 2. 
4. 23. f. 5. O. pusilla. l 
In cultivated grounds: Canada to Carolina. ©. 14. May 
—Oct. v. v. Flowers yellow ; the American plant 
has larger flowers than the European ; in every othet 
-Jespecttheyare very much alike. — 1. ; 
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