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OXALIS VARIABILIS, Udy. RUBRA. ReEpD- 
FLOWERED VARIABLE WooD-SORREL, | 
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Glafs and Orders 
DECANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 
Generic Charaéter. 
Cal. 5-phyllus. Petala 5, unguibus connexa. Stam. ine- 
qualia; 5 breviora exteriora bafi connata. Cap/. angulis de- 
hifcens, 5-gona. 
Specific Charaéler and Synonyms. 
OXALIS variabilis; acaulis, fcapo unifloro foliis longiore 
flaccido, foliis ternatis fubrotundis : foliolo intermedio 
cuneiformi, ftylis ftaminibus exterioribus _ brevioribus, 
Willd. Sp. Ti 2. Pp 1996" Hort. Kew. ed. alt, 3. Pp. 120. 
OXALIS variabilis. Jacq. Oxal. 8g. t. 52 et §3- she 
(a.) albiflora. Vide fupra No. 1683. 
(3.) rubra. Scapis petiolo longioribus, limbo corolla rubro. 
OXALIS variabilis. B. flore rubro. Facq. Oxal. 89. t. 53. 
OXALIS purpurea. Thunb. Diff, No.8. Pp. 12. Va Facg. 
Oxal. n. 70. 1.56? Sp. Pl. 621. 
OXALIS /peciofa. Facq. Oxal. n. 74. t. 60 oe 
OXALIS /agillata. Facq. Oxal. n. 75. t. 61? 
OXYI affinis planta bulbofa africana, flore purpureo magno. 
Breyn. Cent. p. 102. t. 46. 
OXYS bulbofa africana rotundifolia caulibus et floribus pur- 
~ pureis amplis. Commel. Hort. 1. p. 41. ¢. 21. 
It appears to us that Jacquin, in his elaborate and excel- 
lent Monograph on this genus, has multiplied the fpecies 
beyond what nature warrants. We fufpett, that all that we 
have quoted in the prefent article are only varieties, And 
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