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OECANDRU PENTAOYNIA. Lychnis. 



In Labrador and Hudson's Bay. 1/ . v. s. in Herb. 

 Dickson, nee non Banks. About a span high ; flowers 

 red, with membranaceous bracteas. 



395, OXALIS. Gen. pi. 7Q4. Wood-Sorrel. 



AcelQsella. 1.0. acaulis; scapo unifloro foliis longiore, foliis ternatis 

 dilatato-obcordatis, lobis roturdatis, stylis longitudine 

 staminnm interiorum, radice dtntata.- WiUd. sp. 

 pi. 1 p. 780. 



Icon _F/. f/flw 980. Engl. lot. 762. 



In shady woods : Canada Mirhaux. On the high 

 inonntains of Pensylvania and J\evv York round the 

 roots of old trees. P. 11 . iVlj'y. v. v. Flowers 

 large, white, with red veins and yellow at the b.)ttom : 

 the petals are cuneate, emarginate, and narrower than 

 the European species. 

 violacea. 2. O, acaulis ; sca|)o umbellifero, pedicellis subpubccen- 



tibus, lloribus nutantibiis, foliis ternatis < bcordatis 

 glabris, caljcis laciniis apice callosis, stylis staminibus 

 exterioribus brevioribus, — IVUId. sp. pi. 2. p. 78C). 



Icon. Jacq.oxal.t. 80. f. 2. JuC(/. hu/t. 2. /. 180. 

 Pluk. aim. t.\02 f 4. 



In shady woods, on the side of hills, in fertile soil : 

 New England to Carolina. 1/. April, May. v v. 

 Flowers pink-coloured. 

 Lyoni. 3. O. tota sericeo-pilosa ; canie ramoso decumbente, pe- 



dunculis bifloris petiolis longioribus, tol'is ternatis 

 bilobo-obcordatis, laciniis rotundatis divaricatis, peta- 

 lis cuneatis, siliquis tomentosis calyce lanceolato duplo 

 longioribus. 



On Cumberland Island, Georgia. Lyon. % . June. v. s. 

 in Herb. Lyon. Flowers yellow. 

 csmiculata, 4. O. tota pubescens ; caule ramoso difTuso sen procurn- 

 bente, pednnculis umbellatis petiolis brevioribus, f liis 

 ternatis obcordatis, petalis obcuneatis apice erosis, 

 stylis longitudine staminum interiorum. — IVilld. sp. 

 pL 2. p. SCO. 



Icon. Jacq. oxal. t. 5. Salisb. in act. sac. linn. land. 2. 

 t.23.j:5. O.piisilla. 



In cultivated grounds : Canada to Carolina. O • "2/ • May 

 — Oct. V. V. Flowers yellow ; the American plant 

 has larger flowers than the European ; in every other 

 respect they are very much alike. 



