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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



WOOD SORREL FAMILY. 



OXALIDACEAE. . Si' 



A small family containing about 270 species, 

 with clover-like leaves, sour to the taste. 



Fig. 129. 



Yellow WoodTSorrel. Oxalis corniculata 

 L. iOxalis cymosa.) Annual or perennial, pale 

 green herbs, spreading, 15-30 cm. high; leaflets 

 three, closing when touched or at mght; 

 flowers yellow; capsule five-sided, 15-22 mm. 

 long. Woods and fields, native to this country. 



GERANIUM FAMILY. GERANIACEAE. 



A smaU family of herbs or slightly woody 

 plants of 450 species, most abundant in boutn 

 Africa, where thrive many of the species now 

 in cultivation. 



Fig. 130 (116). 



Storks bill. AlfUaria. Erodium cicula- 

 rium (L.) L'Her. A spreading, hairy annual, 

 15-30 cm. high; lea-ves pinnate, the leaflets 

 more or less lobed; petals purple or pink. 

 Introduced from Europe. 



