﻿108 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 



Plate 10. — Oxalis stricta viridiflora. Cultivated plant, X i- 

 Plate 11. — Oxalis stricta viridiflora. Above, parts of the flower and 

 fruit, X 2. First are shown five petals, then a fruit from which the petals 

 have been removed, followed by a flower which contained a pod of about 

 the size of the one below it. This pod was cut out near the point of at- 

 tachment. The five petals and some of the sepals are shown. The next 

 row shows six stages in the development of the fruit. The one on the right 

 is almost mature, but the petals are still present. Below, a fruiting plant 

 collected in the original locality, X 1- 



