— 174 — 



ovata, quinquangiilaris, acuta, membranaccä, glabra. Semina plerumque duo in qxioris loculo, 

 arillata, orata, acuta, rugosa, fusca. ^Safigny et Jacqiiin.') 



Crescit in America torrida projie Caraccu et in Gujana, 

 rioret in «aldario per totam aestatem. Q, ^, 

 67. Oialis hedysaroides Kanth. 



O. lignesceus, tota glabra, caule erecto, foliis ternatis, foliolis ovalo-oblongis obtusis vel 

 emargiuatis subtus glaucescentibus, pediiiiculis apice bificiis mulliflorls. 



Oxalls hedysaroides Jiunt/t. t. e. p. 192. «. 31. X)# Cand. Frodr. I. p. 691. n. 84 



Oxalis Barrelieri herb. U^tlld. 



O. Flumieri Sieher herh. lyZartinif. 



Radix tenuis, fibrosa, fusca. Caulis erectiis, ramosus, basi teres, snrsum anpilatns, glaber, 

 crassitie pennae corvinae vel crassior, sublignosus et medulla ampla farctus, viridi - purpureus 

 sursum viridis, ramis sparsis simplicibus, jimioribus puberulis. Folia sparsa, alterna vel sae- 

 pius subopposita, petiolata, temata; foliola ovato - obionga, acutiascula vel obtusa Cemarginata 

 Kimlli), basi rotundata vel cuneata, integerrima vel nonnunqnam obsolete repanda, utrinque 

 glabra, supra laete viridia subtus glaucescenlia, tenera; lateralla brevissime petiolata petiobs gla- 

 bris basi articulatis ; terminale parum majus 12 - i5 lineas longam, 6-10 lineas latum; petioli 

 tcnues, semiteretes, glabri vel tenuiter pubescentes, basi articulati, 1^ — 3 pollicares ; rachis cum 

 petiolo continua, 2-4 lineas longa. Pedunculi axillares, subteretes, stricti, glabri vel tenuiter 

 pubcscentes, erecto -patentes, apice racemoso - bifidi, 3-4 pollices longi. Flores 10 - 12 in pe- 

 dunculi divisionibus racemosi, secundi, solitario in dichotomiae angulo, nutantes : pedicelU teretes, 

 glabri, basi hraclea llncari - lanceolata acuta ciliata muniti, supra basin articulati, 2-5 lineas 

 longi. Calycis foliola ovato - lanceolata, obtusiuscula, integei-rima, glabra, viridia. Corolla in- 

 fundibuliformis, flava, tubo aurantiaco ; petala ut in congeneribus margine connexa, obovato - cu- 

 neata, apice rotundata, glabra. Staminum ßlamen/a b^si monadelpha, compressa, sursum lineari- 

 filiformia; alterna lungiora apicem versus bai-bata (glaljra ä«h<//), stylos superantia, reliqua stylis 

 breviora, glabra. Antherae ovatae, fkvae. Oi'arium globosum, pentagonum, glabrum. Styli 

 filiformes, divergentes, barbati, virides. Sligmata capitato - bifida, glabra, flavescenlia. Capsula 

 longitudine calycis, globosa vel ovata, quinqueloba, membranacea, glabra, loculis mono - disper- 

 mis. Semi7ia magnitudino circiter grani Sinapis, ovata, acutiuscula, compressiuscula, subreti- 

 culato - scrobiculata, fusca. Reliqua congenerum. 



Crescit in Brariliae apricit montanit prope Bio de Janeiro icl. Equet de Martins et Beyrith), 

 nee nott in Feruviae Andihiu locis frigidis vel tempsratis Cd, de Humboldf) et in 

 insnla IVLartinica. CSieber.y 



rioret Novembri. 1) Qv. i. jpece. brojil., peruv.et martinic.) 



6S. Oxalis polymorpha. +. Tab. 111. 

 O. caule fruticoso ramoso pubesceute, foliis ternatis, foliolis ovatis vel ovato -rhombeia 

 pubescenlibus, teriuiuali longe petiolalo maximo basi aUenuato acuto vel acuminato, la- 

 teralibus petiolatis multo niinoribus basi vel cuueatis vel quoque truncatis acutis vel ob- 

 tusis, pedunculis apice dicliotomo-bi — quadrifidis multifloris, floribus polygamis. 



Radix liffnosa, fibrosa, fusca, fibris tortis filifomiibus. Caulis fruticosus, erectus, semi — 

 tripedalis, subsimplex vel apicem versus ramosus, ramis sparsis tortuosis, basi tcres, nudus, cor- 

 tice cinereo-fuscescente glabro obductus, pennae corvinae Vel cygneae quoque crassitie, sursum 

 petiolorum cicatricibus prominentibus notatus, angulatus, molliter pubescens. Folia sparsa, ter- 



