O^CALIDE/E. 57 



Oxalis tctraphylla Cav. ; V 6 ; remarkable for the 

 leaflets being usually four, and marked with a broad V of 

 darker colour. Bulb very scaly, I to l^ inches. Leaf- 

 stalk 8 inches, leaflets four, triangular marked by 

 V-shaped band of darker colour a little below the middle. 

 Peduncles longer, flowers umbelled on pedicels of I 

 inch. Sepals % inch. Petals % inch. t. 44. 



A native of tropical America, introduced as a garden plant 

 and spreading rapidly by its bulbs, now in many places, especi- 

 ally Kotagiri and lower levels (Yercaud on the Shevaroys), a 

 troublesome weed, 



Oxalis latifolia H-B.&K.-, V 7. Bulb H inch, of 

 fibrous scales. Leaf -stalks 5 to 8 inches ; leaflets three, i 

 by I J4 inches, triangular, broader than long, with a broad 

 apical series. Peduncles 5 to 10 inches, flowers umbelled ; 

 pedicels M inch, slender. Sepals 1/5 inch acute. Petals 

 y2 inch, blue, purple or purple-violet, with greenish base. 

 t. 45. 



Native of tropical South America, in some places a trouble- 

 some weed. 



In the figure : a. staminal column ; b. projection at base of the 

 filaments of the long stamens and attached thereto ; c. styles protruding 

 between the filaments. [E.l'.B."] 



Oxalis pcs-capraB Linn. ; V 8. Leaves all from the 

 bulbous rootstock; leaflets three, obcordate or deeply 

 two-lobed, glabrous, spotted red or brown. Flowers 

 yellow, an inch or more across, facing upwards ; petals 

 rounded: buds pendulous, t. 46. 



A native of the Cape of Good Hope, introduced into 

 England in 1757. Centis Bot. May. t. 237. 



BIOPHYTUM. F.B.I. 32 VI. 



Capsule splitting down the backs of the carpels, 



and also down the partitions into five boat-shaped 



valves which spread out flat with the seeds on the 



placentas (normal loculicidal dehiscence) herbs. Leaves 



