1817 



* 6XALIS Pi6tta3. 



Piottas Oxalis. 



DECANDRIA FE-NTAGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Oxalidace^. {Introduction to the Natural System of Botamj, 

 p. 140.) 



OXALIS.^Supra, vol. \5.foL 1249. 



O. PiottcB ; acaulis, petiolo planiuscdo, foliolis 3 obcordatis glabris, scapo pu- 

 bescente unifloro foliis longiore, sepalis integris, stylis longissiniis, stigmatibus 

 pliimosis. 



O. Piotti3e. Colla Hort. Rip. p. 98. t. 1. 



A truly beautiful little half hardy, or frame perennial, 

 flowering most copiously during the months of July and 

 August. A little tuft does not indeed produce much appear- 

 ance, but a pot filled with its dense green leaves and covered 

 with the large salmon coloured flowers is a lovely object. 



Said to be a native of the Cape of Good Hope. Our 

 specimens were obligingly communicated by Mrs. Marryat, 

 to whom they were sent by Mrs. Palliser. That lady ob- 

 tained them both from Professor Savi of Pisa and from the 

 direction of other Italian Botanic Gardens. 



We believe the plant is at present in the possession of 

 no one in this country except Mrs. Marryat, and those of 

 her friends to whom she has given it. 



The species seems nearly allied to O. compressa. 



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* See folio 1249. 



