56 OXALIDE^. 



'% inch long, bracts. Flowers pale yellow, H to J^ inch 

 across ; petals obovate or notched ; fruit I by J^ inch, 

 tapering and contracted suddenly at the top, many 

 seeded. Seeds flesh coloured, transversely ribbed. 

 t. 41. 



A common weed in grass occurring at all elevations 

 upwards from sea level. Distributed all over the world. 

 Fyson 184, 2634. Bourne 804. Ger. Sauerklee, I^r. Oseille 

 sauvage. 



Oxalis pubcsccns H. B. & K.\ V 4. Roots fibrous 

 without bulb ; stem creeping or erect, elongated, leafy. 

 Stipules hairy. Leaf-stalks I^ to 2j^ inches, hairy 

 upwards ; leaflets three, J^ to I by ^ to % inch, obovate 

 or obcordate, with dark markings and a few scattered 

 hairs. Flowers in broad irregular compound umbels on 

 axillary peduncles longer than the leaves and up to 5 

 inches. Sepals pubescent or hairy inside. Fruit cylin- 

 drical, narrowed upwards, torrulate by the bulging of the 

 seeds ; like that of O. corniculata. t. 42. 



Ootacamund on the Snowdon road, as a garden-escape. 

 Very similar to O. corniculata in habit but larger and quite distinct in 

 the dark markings on the leaves. 



Oxalis variabilis Lindl, var rubra ; V 5 ; distinguished 

 from all our other species by the flowers, large and soli- 

 tary, not umbelled, on short peduncles ; and the leaflets 

 rounded or obtuse not emarginate. Bulb dark, I to 2 

 inches, smooth. Leaves all radical; stalk I to 2 inches 

 densely pubescent ; leaflets pubescent all over or on the 

 margins, gland dotted, broadly rhomboid with outer 

 margin rounded not emarginate ; middle leaflet cuneate. 

 Flower-stalks equal to or shorter than the leaves, one- 

 flowered. Sepals 5^ inch, pilose and ciliate. Corolla 

 tube wide. Petals 1% inches, red ; claw shorter than the 

 limb. Inner stamens toothed, t. 43. 



Ootacamund by road-sides and in waste places. A native 

 of South Africa, introduced no doubt as a garden plant. 



