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Oxys fcapo imifloro, folii; 
p. 470. Relhans Flor. Cant, p 
ternatis, radice fquamofo 
HaL Stir p. Helv 
928 
Oxys five Trifolium acidum, flore albo & purpurafcente. J. Bauh 
IL 387. Trifolium acetofum vulgare. Bauh. Fin, 330. Parkinfo? 
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^ I' he at, 746. Oxys Alba. Gerard, Flerh. 1201. Rail Synop 
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p. 28 
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Alleluja, ^orimdam 
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Clafs Decandria. 
Ord. 
agynia. L. Gen, Plant. 582. 
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E/f. Gen. Ch, Cal, 5-pliylius. • P^/^//^ unguibus connexa. 
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O. fcapb unifloro,, foliis ternatis obcordatis, radice dentata 
L, Syji, ed, 13,. 

THIS delicate little plant h excellently defer ibed by Mr. Curt 
(Flor. Lon.) we fball therefore adopt his defcription. as f 
r as It 
incides with our pi 
and of a bright red 
fhaped, of 
The root is perennial, horizontal, fcaly, 
the leaves grow three together, inverfely 
a yellowifh green colour, frequently purpi 
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derneath, and befet with a few hairs : the leaf ftalks are about 
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three inches 
g 
ariy upright, tender, proceeding fro 
little 
bulbs, which form a kind of fheath, at the bottom thefe ftalks 
are red and round, but towards th 
the flowers are white 
red veins. ' 
fleih-coloured, and 
top grooved on one fid 
gantly ftreaked with 
The flower-ilalk is fomewhat longer than the leaf-ftalk 
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