196 GeraniacecB. [Oxaiis, 



into 5 wedge-shaped segments, which are again deeply cut 

 and serrated, hairy on both sides, teeth cuspidate, petiole of 

 lower 1. very long (often 6 in.), of upper 1. shorter or very 

 short, hairy, stip. subulate-lanceolate, persistent ; il, about 

 h in. diam., solitary or rarely 2 together, on long, slender,. 

 hairy, axillary ped., which are bi-bracteolate and jointed 

 above the middle ; sep. oblong-lanceolate, strongly cuspidate 

 or awned, hairy ; pet. rounded, clawed, rather longer than 

 sep. ; stam. with fil. dilated below ; cocci ovoid, pointed, 

 hairy, their beaks h in., hairy ; seed oblong-ovoid, finely 

 striate, black. 



Upper montane zone ; very rare. The C. P. specimens are fromi 

 between Nuwara Eliya and Maturata at 7000 ft. First collected by Col. 

 Walker. Fl. Aug.; pink (.?). 



Also in the mountains of Southern India, and throughout the Tem- 

 perate Himalayas. 



I have not met with this species. In Wight's figure above quoted the 

 flowers are coloured yellow. 



2. OXAIiIS, L. 



Herbs ; 1. alternate, trifoliolate, stipulate ; fl. regular^ 

 axillary; sep. 5, imbricate; pet. 5, contorted, very slightly 

 coherent at base ; stam. 10, connate at base, 5 inner longer ; 

 ov. 5-celled ; styles 5 ; fruit a 5-celled, loculicidal capsule ; 

 seeds numerous, with an elastic, dehiscent aril, embryo in 

 endosperm. — Sp. 200 ; 3 in Fl. B. Ind. 



O. corniculata, L. Sp. PI. 435 (1753). Hin-embul-embiliya, S. 



Herm. Mus. 60. Burm. Thes. 179. Fl. Zeyl. n. 499. Moon Cat. 36. 

 Thw. Enum. 64. C. P. 11 88, 1189. 



Fl. 13. Ind. i. 436. Wight, Ic. t. 18 (0. rcpcns). 



A perennial herb, with very long, slender, creeping or 

 subterranean stems, rooting at the nodes and giving off long, 

 ascending, slender, much-branched, pilose branches, roots 

 often somewhat tuberous or swollen ; 1. alt, trifoliolate, on 

 very long, slender, hairy petioles, Iflts. over \ in., sessile, 

 broadly obcordatc, glabrous, ciliate, stip. small, adnatc to 

 petiole ; fl. ''^ in., in little umbels of 1-3, on erect, axillary 

 peduncles greatly exceeding the 1., ped. slender, hairy, bracts 

 setaceous in a ring below ped. ; sep. lanceolate, obtuse, pilose ; 

 pet. exceeding sep., rounded, long-clawed ; ov. oblong, stigmas 

 papillose ; capsule 4 in. or more, linear-oblong, 5-angled, with 

 a short beak, pubescent ; seeds surrounded by a white fleshy 

 aril which bursts elastically, testa strongly transversely ridged,, 

 brown. 



