ever, with some care among the branches we detect here and 

 there the triple foliage of the Woodsorrel at the ends of some 

 of those blades, and so we learn that they too are flattened 

 leafstalks, made into substitutes for the leaves which drop off. 



Other species of this singular race of Woodsorrels occur 

 in Brazil, but I am not aware of their having been found 

 elsewhere. That before us inhabits the woods about Rio 

 Janeiro, where it is by no means uncommon. For the speci- 

 men from which the accompanying drawing was taken 1 am 

 indebted to His Grace the Duke of Northumberland. 



Fig. 1. represents the stamens, and stigmata of the ovary 

 enclosed within the tube of the former. 



The habit is very different from the tuberous herbaceous 

 kinds. It requires a higher temperature than the greenhouse, 

 and is commonly grown in the moist stove. The soil should 

 consist of equal parts of peat, leaf-mould, and loam. It is 

 propagated by cuttings, or by a careful division of the roots. 

 When seeds can be procured they should be sown in light soil 

 on a gentle hot-bed. 



