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OxaLis Caprina. -Goar’s-Foor 
: Woop Sorreu. : 
©) RBH enaninbiiaarae 
Ee CB and Order. 
= DecANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 
Generic Chara&er. 
Cal. 52phyllus, Petala unguibus connexa, Cap/. angulis de 
hifcens, 5-gona. s ee 
Specific Charaéter and Synonyms. 
_ OXALIS caprina f{capis umbelliferis, foliis .ternatis glab 
= floribus ereétis, Thunb. Oxalis,.n.11. Lina. 8 
Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 433. 
OXALIS Pes Capre {capo umbellifero, foliis ternatis fub 
“ bipartitis apice fubtus callofis. Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 
“aes Pa Olas : — 
_ OXALITS bulbofa pentaphylla et hexaphylla, floribus magnis 
: _ luteis et copiofis, Burm. Afr. 80. t. 29. et t. 28 
J. 3- 
_The Cape of Good-Hope, that moft fertile fource of curic 
and beautiful plants, affords numerous {pecies of Wood So 
and, among others, the prefent one, which is diftinguifhed fo 
the largenels of its bloffoms; they are of a fine yellow colour, 
_ and, when expanded by the influence of the fun, make a ver 
~ conf{picuous figure in the green-houfe; it begins to fl 
early in April, and continues about two months in_ bloc 
many flowering ftems arifing from the fame root. 
This fpecies is of free growth, and increafes plentifully b 
bulbs, which are produced on the crown of the root, as wé 
. on'its fibres ; thefe, when the plant decays, fhould be tak 
_ up, and two or three of the largeft planted in the middle of 2 
pot filled with a mixture of bog earth and rotten leaves, well 
_ mecorporated; towards winter, the pots fhould be placed 
- the green-houfe, or in a frame fo fecured as perfectly | 
out froft. : = Ges : 
- Was cultivated by Mr, Mixuzn, in 1757, dit, Kew 
