AN ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF HORTICULTURE, 
Oxalis—continued. 
0. prandifiora (large-filowered). 
albijlora. 
O. hirta (hairy).* J. varying from pale violet to deep red; peduncles 
one-flowered, axillary. J. sub-sessile, with narrow-lanceolate or 
linear leaflets, glabrous above and hairy beneath. h. 3in. Cape 
of Good Hope. 
O, h, fulgida (shining). fl. of a beautiful purple colour, Septem- 
ber to November. Cape of Good Hope, 1820. (B. R. 1073.) 
O. h. rosacea (rose-coloured). ji. deep red, pale outside, with 
yellowish claws. Cape of Good Hope, 1793. (B. R. 1031, under 
name of O. rubella). 
O. incarnata (fiesh-coloured). fl. pale flesh-coloured, with very 
long styles; peduncles the length of the leaves, one-flowered. 
Spring. l. stalked, several at remote distances, in whorls. Stem 
weak, erect, purple, branched, smooth, leafy. Roots of two or 
three fusiform legs. R. 6in. Cape of Good Hope, 1739. 
O. lasiandra (woolly-stamened).* fl. crimson, finely pubescent 
on the outside, large, borne in umbels of about twenty. Summer. 
l. digitate ; leaflets Sin. long, lin. broad, oval-spathulate, wavy at 
the edges, dark green, paler underneath, and spotted with crim- 
son. A. Sin. to 18in. Mexico, 1840. (B. M. 3896.) 
O. lasiopetala (hairy-petaled). fl., petals deep rose-colour, 
oblique; peduncle elongated, terminated by a many-flowered 
cyme. l. radical, numerous, on long, terete petioles; leaflets 
large, obcordate, with a deep notch. Boot tuberous and nodose. 
Buenos Ayres and Monte Video. (B. M, 3932.) 
O. latifolia (broad-leaved). A. violet, a little smaller than those 
of O. carnosa; scapes six or seven-flowered. l., leaflets three, 
space wnat deltoid, emarginately two-lobed, ciliated. kh. Ein. 
Mexico. ; 
O. lobata (lobed).* fl. yellow, spotted with red; sepals acute; 
scapes longer than the leaves. October and November. l, 
leatiets obcordate, rather glaucous beneath. . Sin. ili 
1823. Plant smooth, stemless, Hardy. (B. M. 2386.) 
O. lupinifolia (Lupine-leaved). fl. yellow; scape one-flowered, 
length of petiole. Autumn. T., leaflets seven or eight, lanceolate, 
hontis n. spotted at the base. h. Sin. Cape of Good 
ope, i 
O, luteola (yellowish). jl. yellow ; scapes one-flowered, length of 
leaves, with two bracts a little above the middle. January te 
September. l., leaflets obcordate, somewhat retuse. Roots 
bulbous. R. Sin. Cape of Good Hope, 1823. Plant hairy. 
O. Martiana (Martius’).* fl. deep purple-rose colour, disposed in 
ample cymes on radical scapes ; pe cuneate, oblique, a little 
hairy at back. I. radical, on long, flexuous petioles ; leaflets large, 
obcordate, approaching tri: „with a rather deep but sharp 
sinus. Argentine Republic. (B. M. 3938.) 
O. mono one. leaved). fl. pale purplish, with a yellowish 
tube, the seit bearing glandular hairs ; scapes one-flowered. 
Autumn. i. simple, ovate, retuse. h. 2in. Cape of Good Hope, 
1795. SYN. O. rostrata. 
O. Neæi glabrata (Nee's glabrous). f. whitish, minute, in- 
conspicuous, disposed in * eA 3 L. trifoliolate ; leaflets 
ovate. Mexico, 1872, (Ref. B. 292. 
O. Ortgiesii (Ortgies). fl. yellow, small, in dichotomous, axillary 
cymes, l e eiat, on long, red stalks b y 
angular, dark olive-green above, purple ee, ne a broad, 
A synonym of O. variabilis 
pentaphylla (five-leaved). jl. lilac or rosy-flesh-coloured, 
eat yellowish 5 e e ee longer than the 
leaves. Spring to antumn. “., leaflets five, linear, rather entire 
at the apex. Stem somewhat erect, naked below. h. Gin. Cape 
of Good Hope, 1800. (B. M. 1549.) 
» purpurea purple le; sca; one-flowered, longer 
* the — meh — Trista sinter the middle. Autumn. 
J., leaflets roundish, wedge-shaped. Roots bulbous. A. Sin. 
Cape of Good Hope, 1812. 
O. rosea (rose-coloured).* fl. rose, the petals crenated at the apex ; 
peduncles bifid,‘ corymbosely-racemose at the apex, four times 
longer than the leaves. Spring. l., leaflets three, obcordate. 
Stem erect, fleshy, leafy. 6in. to 12in. Chili, 1823, (B. M. 
2415 and 2830; B. R. 1123, under name of O. doribunda.) 
O. rostrata (beaked). A synonym of O. monophylla. 
O. rubella (ruddy). A synonym of O. hirta rosacea. 
O. stricta (upright).* yellow ; uncles axillary, two to six- 
flowered, — a ia ae 3 il to December. “. tri- 
foliolate; leaflets obcordate. Stems branching, leafy. h. Aft. 
North America, 1658 (naturalised in Britain). Hardy. (Sy. En. B. 
312.) 
O, tetraphylla (Four. leaved),“ jl. lurid red or purplish-violet, 
large; umbels 8 -flow 3 scape and petioles loosely pilose. 
June. ., „ obcordate, pilose, Simeons beneath, on 
short p.tioles. Bulbs large, scely. Mexico, . A very hand- 
Oxalis—continued. 
ee * fetal 
Fic. 810. OXALIS TETRAPHYLLA, showine Habit and 
detached Flower. s PE y 
some, hardy perennial, thriving in almost any situation. See Figs. 
810 and 811. (L. B. C. 1500; S. B. F. G. ser. i. 96, under 
name of O. Deppei.) 
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Erd. SIL BULBS OF OXALIS TETRA TLLA. 
O. tortuosa (twisted). . umbellate; petals yellow, usually 
bordered with red. June. Z, leaflets linear, obtuse, — i 
beneath. Stem fleshy, scaly. k. Ein. Chili, 1826. (B. R. 1248.) 
o. tuberosa (tuberous). Jl., peduncles umbelliferous. I., leaflets 
—_ a Wapo ot 5 h, tthe Bolivia, 1858. 
e tuberous roots, when cooked, are used, Chilians, as 
an article of food. (R. G. 1126.) 
O. valdiviensis (Valdivian).* fl. deep yellow, with a reddish 
streak, particularly on the outside, disposed in small clusters on 
the ends of the very long peduncles. Summer. 1., leaflets 
with very rounded lobes, h. 6in, to 8in. Chili, 1862. A charm- 
ing, hardy annual. (R. G. 626.) 
„ variabilis (variable).* j. white or red; pedicels equal to or 
gg 5 — than the leaves. October to December. l, leaflets 
roundish, the middle one cuneated at the base. h. zin. Cape of 
Good Hope, 1795. Plant stemless. (B. R. 1505.) 
v. albiflora (white-fiowered). fl., limb of corolla white, 1 rge; 
* as long as the petioles. Tuly. (B. M. 1683, under name of 
O. grandiflora.) 
v. rubra (red „corolla red; scapes longer than the 
py eee = November. (B. M. 1712.) s 
O. v. speciosa (showy). fl. rose-purple ; styles very long; scapes å 
one-flowered, about equal in length to the petioles. Autumn. 
J. stalked, with three roundish leaflets. h. 1690. 
O. versicolor (various-coloured).* AH. white inside and reddish — 
outside; styles very long, and as well as the filaments beseé, 
