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OxaLis RUBELLA. RED-FLOWERED 
OXxaALIS. 
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Clafs and Order. 
DECANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. | 
Generic CharaGer. 
Cal. 5-phyllus. Petala unguibus connexa. S/am. inequalia, 
5 breviora exteriora bafi connata. Cap/. angulis dehifcens, 
5-gona. 3 
5 pecific Charaéer and Synonyms. 
OXALIS rudella; caule ramofo foliofo eref&to, pedunculo 
unifloro foliis multoties longiore, foliis ternatis fub- - 
feffilibus lineari-cuneiformibus, corollis campanulatis 
obtufis, ftylis ftaminibus interioribus brevioribus. 
Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. p. 796. 
OXALIS rubella; corollis campanulatis, ftylis intermediis, 
filamentis edentulis. Facg. Oxal. n. 29. p. 50. t. 16. 
OXALIS hbirta. Facg. Colleé. 3. p. 232. Ic. Rar. 3. t. 471. 
OXALIS radice fibrofa, caulibus ramofis, foliis ternatis an- 
guftis, florum petiolis longiffimis. Burm, Afr. 71. 
#28. f. 2. 
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Oxaxis hirta, rofacea, and rubella, are very nearly allied ; 
Perhaps too much fo to be properly confidered as diftin& 
{pecies, If they are to be diftinguifhed, our plant, having ob- 
tufe petals, muft be referred to the laft mentioned, : 
_ Drawn at Mr. Satissury’s Botanic Garden at Brompton, 
In Oétober, but its proper time of flowering is probably in the 
pring. Native of the Cape; requires the fhelter of a green- 
houfe ; propagated by tubers; introduced, according to 
Mr, Donny, in 1793. 
