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OXALIS CARNOSA, Fiesuy Woop-Sorret. 
Class and Order. 
Decanpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord. — Oxauipez. ) 
Generic Character. 
: Cal. 5-sepalus. «Pet, 5. stamina alterna longiora. Caps. 
_ 5-gona, 5-locularis, 5-valvis, seminibus arillatis ad angulos 
loculorum fixis. Spr. , 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Oxauis* carnosa ; herbacea glabra, caule perbrevi dentato, 
foliolis ternis longe petiolatis obcordatis carnosis sub- 
tus punctato-chrystallinis, scapo triflora, calycis foli- 
olis duobus exterioribus majoribus planis. 
Oxauis carnosa. ‘ Molina.” Bot. Reg. t. 1063. 
Descr. Root, a large, subfusiform, tuber, from the crown 
of which arises a very short, herbaceous, toothed. stalk. 
Upon each tooth is jomted the long, terete petiole, gla- 
brous, as is all the rest of the plant. Leaflets ternate, 
obcordate, jointed upon the petiole, fleshy, dark green 
above, beneath clothed with beautifully minute, perfectly 
transparent, chrystalline dots or papilla, which extend to 
the very margin, and reflect a yellow or pale golden light. 
Scapes generally longer than the leaves, bearing three pedi- 
cellated flowers at the extremity, with a pair of oval, convex 
bracteas at the base. Calyx having the two outer leaflets 
the largest, quite flat and compressed, fleshy, a 
ate, 
* From ofvs, sour, many of the species being remarkable for their acid 
properties. 
