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OXALIS VlOLACEA. VlOLET-COLOURED 

 WOOD-SORREL. 



Class and Order. 

 Decandria Pentagynia. 



Generic Character. 



Cal. 5-phyllus. Petala unguibus connexa. Stain, inaequa- 

 lia : 5 breviora exteriora, basi connata. Caps, angulis dehis- 

 cens, 5-gona. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Oxalis violacea; scapo umbellifero, foliis ternatis obcordatis, 



calycibus apice callosis. Sp. PL 621. J acq. Hort. 2. p. 



84. t. 180. 

 Oxalis violacea; acaulis, scapo bifido umbellifero, floribus 



nutantibus, foliis ternatis obcordatis glabris, stylis stami- 



nibus exterioribus brevioribus. Willd. Sp. PL 2. p. 786. 



Pursh FL Am. Sept. 1. p. 322. Hort. Kcw. ed. alt. 3. 



p. 122. 

 Oxalis violacea; foliis ternatis obsolete villosis, stylis brevissi- 



mis, filamentis interioribus aequalibus, floribus clausis 



cernuis, expansis erectis. J acq. Oxal. n. 14. p. 35. 



t. 80. f. 2. 

 Oxalis violacea; scapis umbelliferis foliis ternatis ciliatis : 



foliolis obcordatis subemarginatis. Lam. Encycl. 4. p. 



686. n. 26. 

 Oxalis violacea ; scapo radicali umbellifero, pedicellis sub- 



viscido-pubentibus, calycis Iaciniis apice callo croceo, 



corolla violacea. Michaux FL Bor. Amer. 2. p. 39. 

 Oxys purpurea virginiana, radice lilii more nucleata. Pluk. 



Aim. 274. t. 102. / 4. 



Oxalis violacea is a native of North America, from New 

 England to Carolina. The leaves are smooth, varying with 

 regard to colour, sometimes quite purple on the under surface, 



sometimes 



