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Oxatis Barreviert. Barrevier’s SHRUBBY 
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Class and Order. 
DecanpDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Oxanipez. ) 
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 capi- 
tati. Capsula pentagona, oblonga aut cylindracea.—Her 
perennes, caulescentes, stipitate, aut acaules, foliis variis sed 
nunguam abrupte pinnatis. D C. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Oxauss Barrelieri; suffruticosa erecta ramosa, foliis trifoli- 
olatis glabris, foliolis rhombeo-ovatis lateralibus brevi- 
intermedio longé-petiolatis acutis, pedunculis axillari- 
bus solitariis longitudine foliorum apice bifidis plu- 
rifloris, calycibus glanduloso-pilosis, stylis stamina 
superantibus. 
Oxauis Barrelieri. Jacg. Ox.n.4.t. 3. De Cand. Prodr. 
v. 1. p. 690. Barrel. Ic. t. 1169. 
Those who have been only in the habit of seeing the 
annual and herbaceous species of Wood-Sorrel of our own 
country with their uniformly obcordate leaflets, can form 
but a very imperfect idea of the striking variety presented 
by the numerous species of this Genus inhabiting the 
Southern hemisphere ; some with no leaves, but with leaf- 
like petioles, as in O. bupleurifolia ; some with simple 
leaves, or unifoliate; some with their leaves peltate, and 
three to fifteen-foliolate; some with cuneate leaflets cut at 
the extremity in a crescent-shaped manner; some with 
chrystalline 
