748 OXALIDACEAE 
a typically several- co leaves 
ees : leaflets large, 10-16 m wide. T. X. Brittoniae. 
Corolla em yellow; sepals 5- NN "us: lon 8. X. macrantha. 
Stem villous or hirsute; sometimes sparingly Eo: 
Corolla light-yellow ; petals 8-11 mm. long. P4 i colorea. 
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Corolla golden- yellow ; petals 11-15 mm. long. 10. X. recurva. 
Petals pubescent. 11. X. Priceae 
Pedicels loosely pubesce 
yme umbel-like: Consul densely pubescent. 12. X. hirsuticaulis. 
Cy me dichotomous : capsule glabrous or thinly pubescent. 
Capsule-body several times longer than the sepals; leaf- 
lets pisi green 13. X. cymosa. 
eae) very scarcely twice as long as the sepals; leaf- 
S brown-margined. 14. X. grandis. 
X. a (L.) Small. ries pale-green: simple or branched and tufted: 
PE glabrous or with seattered hairs: sepals elliptic to linear-lanceolate, 
sparimgiy eiliate, and more or less pubescent 
on the baek: E pale-yellow: eapsule 16— 
30 em. bs ng.—Banks, fields, and waste-places, 
various provinces, is ios N. M., Wyo., and 
N. S.—(Menz.) —Spr.-sum. 
ie ce Small Plant bright-green 
3 dm. tall, loosely-pubescent: ae 
ae ; P of the leaflets mostly 7—8 
wide: cymes umbel-like, usually maturing 1 
flower at a time whi ch is accompanied by 
oum bue. bud: petals pe yellow, 
9—13 . long: eapsule 8-10 mm. long.— 
t soil or thickets, o provinces Ga. 
EV 'k., Mo., and Mas —Spr. 
3. X. rufa Small Plant uc reddish or purplish: stem 1.5—4 dm. pes 
loosely- Shanon leaves us E E ie des of the leaflets 8—20 
wide: cym s dichotomo ous, but hort primary branches, maturing eu 
ficus ata poe : petals o i yellow, 7-10 mm. long: capsule 7-9 mm. 
long.—Damp soil or woods, various provinces, Ga. to Minn. and Mass.—Spr.— 
fall. 
corniculata (L.) Small Plant bright-green or purplish: stem and 
branches 5—40 cm. long, with 2 cad. ng hairs: leaflets deep- ~ blades 5- 19 
m. broad, or larger, ciliate: sepals iu long: petals 7—10 mm. long, bright- 
dios -——(OREEPING-OXALIS. LADY’S-SORREL.)—Hammocks, pinelands, st 
places, and eult. pides various pu Fla. to Tex., Calif., and Ont. Nat. 
of trop. Am.—Spr.—fall. 
. Langloisii Small Plant similar to X. corniculata in habit, but rela- 
tively smaller throughout and sepals rather broader: petals 5-8 mm. long, pale- 
yel oods and waste-places, m ] Plain and rarely adj. provinces, Fla. 
to Tex. end Tenn.—(F. I.)—All yea 
6. X. filipes Small. Plant bright-green: stems usually tufted on the slender 
sp leaves mostly clustered, gece ese so; blades of the leaflets 
inly 4-8 mm. wide, glabrous or sparingly pubescent: sepals lanceolate to 
elliptic. lanceolate: pet tals 5-9 m m. long, light-yellow: pce sule slender, 8-12 mm. 
long.—Sandy woods and thickets, various provinces, Ga. to La., Mo., and N. J. 
—Spr.—sum. 
7. X. Brittoniae Small. Plant deep-green: stems 1—4 dm. tall, loosely-pubes- 
cent: leaves not clustered; blades of the leaflets 10—16 mm. wide: ymes dichoto- 
mons when well developed: sepals 3—4 mm. long, ciliate all around: petals 
