Oxalis. DKCANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 457 



Hind, and Beng. Lai khesMra. 



A native of various parts ot India in wet places dur- 

 ing the rainy season. 



2. B. ammanioides. Roxb. 



Annual, erect, ramous. Flowers axillary crowded 

 with stamina, corresponding in number with the parts of 

 the calyx and corol. 



Lechea verticillata. Willd. J, p. 495. 



A native of various parts of India ; it appears and flow- 

 ers during the rains and cool season. 



OXALIS. Schreb. gen. n. 794. 

 Calyx five-leaved. Corol five-parted, cohering above 

 the claws. Capsule, superior, five-celled, five-valved, 

 five-cornered, opening at the angles. 



1. O. corniculata. Willd. 2. 800. 



Creeping, ramous, villous. Leaves ternate. Peduncles 

 longer than the leaves, umbelliferous. Flowers monadel- 

 phous. Filaments alternately shorter and sterile. C'ap- 

 sule subcylindric. 



2. O. pusilla. Salisbury in Trans, of Linn. Soc. 2. 243. 

 Sans. Amlwionika, Chukrika. 



Beng. Amrool. 



Common all over India, delighting in cool, dark, shady 

 moist places, where it blossoms most part of the year. 



3. O. sensitiva. Willd. 2. 804. 



Leaves pinnate. Peduncles umbelliferous. 



Hind. Lak chana. 



Todda vaddi. Rheed. Mai. 9. 1. 19. is a pretty good re- 

 presentation of a young plant, while Herba sentiens, 

 Rumph. Amb. 5. t. 104./. 2. is tolerable for an old one. 



Common all over India, and in flower the whole year. 



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