Oxatis RosEa, a. Rosz-coLoureD: Oxauis. 
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oak Generic Character. , ‘ oaks 
Cal. 5-sepalus, sepalis liberis aut basi coalitis. Pet. 5. 
Stam. 10, filamentis basi breviter monadelphis, alternis bre- 
vioribus. Capsula pentagona, oblonga aut cylindracea. 
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(a.) floribus majoribus petalis lineatis roseis apice crenatis. 
Oxatis rosea. Jacg. Oxal. n. 5. p. 23. De Cand. Syst. 
Veget.v.1.p.693. . Vd 
ee Peo « Lehmann. in Litt.” Bot. Reg. t. 
Oxauis racemosa. Lam. Dict, v4. p. 684. 
Oxys roseo flore erectior, vulgé Cullé, p. 733. t. 23. 
(8.) floribus minoribus, petalis vix lineatis rubris apice in- 
tegerrimis. \ iF a : 
Oxauis rosea. Sims in Bot. Mag. t. 2415. 
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_ Descr. Stem herbaceous, erect, much branched, terete, 
glabrous, subpellucid, leafy. Leaves ternate ; leaflets ob- 
cordate, minutely hairy, sessile upon the common peduncle, 
which is about an inch long, swollen at the base. Pedun- 
cles numerous, four to five inches long, glabrous, swollen 
at the base, at the extremity bearing two, forked, few- 
flowered racemes, with a solitary pedicellated. flower in the 
axil. Pedicels, at first drooping, in flower erect, in fruit 
refracted. Calyx of five, ovate, acute leaflets, bearing two 
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