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OXALIS LASIOPETALA. HAIRY-PETALED 
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SRK KKK KEKE KEKE 
Class and Order. 
DecanprRiA PENTAGYNIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Oxa.ipez. ) 
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 cylindracea.— 
Herbe perennes, caulescentes stipitate aut acaules, folis 
variis sed nunquam abrupte pinnatis. D C. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
, Oxauis lasiopetala; radice tuberosa, foliolis obcordato- 
bilobis supra glabriusculis subtus pubescentibus, scapo 
plurifloro, petalis calycibusque extus pilosis, sepalis 
apice bipunctatis, stylis erectis strictis stamina exce- 
dentibus. 
Oxaus lasiopetala. Succ. Monogr. Oxal. d’ Amérique, n. ee 
Spreng. Syst. Veget. cur. post. p. 184. 
bs ing, and to him we are indebted for the plant here figured. 
It blossoms readily in the greenhouse, and its copious 
: On the American individuals of this Genus, Zuccarint, 
who first described the present plant, has published a 
=e Monograph. 
