Oxalis 



OXALIDACKJ: 



157 



or glabrate. Pedicels 'T-l'o cm. 1. Brnctcolcs at base of pedicel-, J4 

 mm. 1., linear-lanceolate, tit-pal* -2-1 mm. 1., hairy. Petals 4-9 mm. 1. 

 Filaments glabrous. Capsule ( J-17 mm. 1., linear-oblong, puberulous- 

 velvety, abruptly narrowed at the apex. eds transversely mK 



1'3 mm. 1., reddish-brown. 



'2. 0. eorymbosa DC. Pr</r. i. (>!)6 (l< s -h : stemh-ss, lea 

 and peduncles springing from a compound hull) : flowers rosv, 

 corymbose or umbellate. Bale. Ff. Jl/"</>//-. .'57. 0. .Martiana. 



Fig. 49. Oxalis corymbosa DC. 



A, Portion of inflorescence x -'. D, Stamens ami pistil x 



B, Leaf X |. 



. Acetosella L. 



C, Diagram of tiower. F, Seed \\itb aril, much 



E, Ripe fruit, much enlarged. G, Seed cut lengthwise, much enlarged. 



(C, E-G, after Baillon.) 



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 /. 3938; 

 R. Gmlt. in 

 t. 



. ix. \-\-\- (1825); Bt>t. M<i>/. 

 . !<>< tit.; Prog. tout. //. 486. O. bipunctata 

 ni*. N. Pltil . Journ. (Apr.-June 18i'7) 17i : Hot. 

 : M,,,-f. J<,n>. I. ll;'. (Ki-. -10 \, H, D.) 



Kingston; Bog Walk; Hitchcock; near Castleton ; Hope grounds : 

 Harris* Fl. Jam. 6870, 12,334. St. Vincent, Centra] America, trop ; 

 and subtropical S. America, introduced into many places in the Old 

 World. 



Stemlebs cro\\n from which -20 or more leaves and >i \vrul scape.- ari-e, 

 surrounded by numerous bulbils. L< broadly obcordate, more or 



less pubescent and ciliate, glandular-dotted heneath. 1-5-3 cm. br. ; 

 petioles 1-2 dm. I. and more: stipules represented by expansions of the 



