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OXALIs LASIANDRA. DoOWNY-STAMENED 
W oop-SorrREL. 
SKK KEKE EEE EERE 
Class and Order. 
DecanpRIA PENTAGYNIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Oxa.ivEz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx 5-sepalus, sepalis liberis aut basi coalitis. Petala 
5. Stamina 10, filamentis basi breviter monadelphis, 5 
ext. alternis brevioribus. Styli 5 apice penicilliformes aut 
capitati. Capsula pentagona oblonga aut eylindracea.— 
Herbe perennes, caulescentes, stipitate aut acaules, foliis 
variis sed nunquam abrupte pinnatis, D C. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Oxauts lasiandra; foliis omnibus radicalibus dentatis, folio- 
lis 7—9 oblongo-spathulatis parce pilosis apice inte- 
eerrimis, scapo folia superante umbellato multi- (20-) 
floro, sepalis lineari-ellipticis obtusis apice striis qua- 
tuor confluentibus, staminibus inequalibus longiori- 
bus dentatis stylos divergentes duplo superantibus. 
Graham. 
This singular species is a native of Mexico, but I do not 
know from what part of that territory it was introduced, 
though, from its construction, I do not doubt that it is a 
native of the table land. It approaches most nearly to 
Oxauis decaphylla, or perhaps to O. Hernandesii, if these 
two be distinct from each other ; it differs from these, how- 
ever, in the entire leaflets, the number and appearance of 
the hairs upon their surface, the number of flowers in the 
umbel, their colour, the spotting at the apex of the sepals, 
and in the unequal stamens. We received it at the Royal 
Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, from the Garden at Berlin, in 
November, 
