DlliJrANDniA PENTAGYNIA. 



sm 



cd at Oie base of the germ. Styles very short, ^gmas glandular, 

 Sec-h oboyate, muricate, attached in five rows to a central receptacljBi. 



Grows in damp soils. Verj common. 



Flowers March — May. 



OXALIS. Gen. pl. 70*. 



iala 



Calyx 5-phyll 



unguilVus 



IS. Pe- 



connexa. 



viora exteriora, basi 

 nata. Capsula ang 

 lastice dehiscens- 



Calyx 5 leaved 

 tals connected by 



Pe 



<S/fi7wz7?a insequalia, 5 bre- Statnens unequixl, 5 exte- 



Fotiis ternat'is; scapo 



rior shorter, connate at 



base 



Capsule 

 ally at the 



opening 



oro. 



i. 



Vi 



leaves fernate ; scape 

 many flowered. 



O. acaiilis * 

 bellifero, floril 



scapo urn 



StemI 



} 



bus 



foliis ternatis, ob 



datis 



glabris 



? 



stylis 



stamimbus brevioribus 

 recti rvis. 



belliferous, fl 



ding ; leaves 

 cordate, glabi 



scape iim- 



>wers nod- 

 lernate, ob- 

 )us : styles 



than the 



ed 



Sp. pl. 2. p. 786. Walt. p. 143. Mich. 2.p. 39. Pursh, 1. p. S22.« 



closing in the centne a transparent corcidum* . 

 ceeding from between the scales of the bulb. 



Root bulbous; bulbs composed of ovate, 3 ribbed, ciliate scales, en- 

 '**'"" '" *^'' """*-•'' " ' ' ' Stem 0. , Petioles pro- 



J, ...,.ii «,.k„v.i.ii mc svaics i/i uic uuiu. Leaves dotted- fre- 

 quently discoloured. Umbels 4— G flowered, several growing 'from- 

 one root. Leaves of the caltfa; lanceolate, obtuse, marked at tneir 

 Summits by a 2 cleft, orange-coloured gland. Fetals obovate, violet- 

 tJoloured, sometimes slightly emarginate. Styles about half as long- 

 as the stamens. Stigmas 2 cleft, tlie divisions somewhat globose. 



Grows in rich, close soils. 



Flowers March— May, and sometimes in the autumn. 



** Coulescentes ; foUis 



ternatis, obcordatis, 



2. CORNICULATA* 



O. pubescens ,• caule 

 prostrate j umbcUis peti 



** With stems ; lecttes 

 t donate, ob cord ate. 



Pubescent ; stem pros- 

 trate ,• umbels as long as 



olos subsequantibus j pe. 1 the petioles: petals o^jq.' 



