﻿612 Small: Botany of Southeastern United States 



few ; petioles slender, pubescent near their bases like the stem ; 

 leaflets 3, 1 — 1 . 5 cm. long, sharply notched, strigose or glabrate : 

 peduncles slender, nearly erect, solitary or usually so, overtopping 

 the leaves, glabrous except near the base, topped by umbel-like 

 cymes in which 1 or 2 flowers mature at a time ; these accompa- 

 nied by several drooping buds : pedicels appressed pubescent : 

 sepals oblong, 3.5-4 mm. long, obtuse, ciliolate : petals light yel- 

 low, 8-10 mm. long, emarginate or rounded at the apex : filaments 

 much dilated at the base : styles slightly pubescent : capsules not 

 seen. 



In dry soil, Missouri and Arkansas. Spring and summer. 



As in the case of Oxalis hirsuticaulis, I have hesitated several 

 years before publishing the above described species in the hope 

 that some other solution of the problem of its disposal might pre- 

 sent itself. The species is so distinct that it is impossible to in- 

 clude it under any species thus far described. Oxalis rccurva is its 

 nearest relative and it somewhat resembles that species in its young 

 stage, but it is much more fleshy and the stems are not tufted on 

 the rootstocks. The short obtuse sepals and the pale yellow 

 corollas form quite a contrast with the fully thrice larger golden- 

 yellow corollas of Oxalis rccurva. 



The original specimens were collected by Mr. B. F. Bush in 

 Jackson County, Missouri, June 28, 1893, no. 30. 



Oxalis Priceae. 



Perennial from slender creeping rootstocks. Upper part of the 

 stem, petioles, peduncles and pedicels pubescent with very delicate 

 spreading hairs. Stems erect, soon becoming decumbent, 1-3 ^ m - 

 long, wire-like, more or less branched : leaflets 3, digitate, obcor- 

 date, deep green above, pale or glaucescent beneath, 6-9 nim. 

 long, ciliate : peduncles slightly longer than the petioles or shorter, 

 pedicels about as long as the corolla, deflexed at maturity : sepals 

 linear or nearly so, 7 mm. long, pubescent at the base and the 

 tip : petals deep yellow chrome, about 1.5 cm. long, finely pubescent 

 without, ciliate, rounded or truncate at the apex : styles (in plants 

 examined) 6-7 mm. long, densely villous : capsule columnar, 

 10-15 mm - l° n g- 



In open woods, middle Kentucky. Summer and fall. 



A remarkable species related to Oxalis rccurva and Oxalti 

 macracantha. It resembles the latter species in habit and in the 

 color of the foliage, and like it, the inflorescence is not elevated 



