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glabra, loculls 5 — ispcrmis. Semina ovata, utrinque aculiuscula, liiieis longiludinalibus convexis 

 crcnatis rcticulato - rugosa, fusca, arlUata. Reliqua congencrura. 



Cretsit in Braiilixe iimbrojit prope Jlio de Janeiro^ a dar. Eq, de Martiiu ibidem deteeta, 

 Tloret Januariot Tebruario. "h , (u. J.) 



73. Oxalis psoraleoidcs Kunth. 

 O. fruticosa, tomentosa, foliis tcrnatis, foliolis ovato-ihombcis ovatis vel ellipticLs obtiisis 

 vel aculiusculis costaüs tomentosis, pedunculis apice bifidis multilloris, calycibus tomen- 



tOSO — JlU'llS. Oxalis psorrtleoides Kunth l. C. p. igi. tab. 470. 



O. lignoja herb. jrUld, 



Radix lignosa, pcrennis. Caulis fruticosus, ercctus, suhsimplex, tcrcs, basi cortice cincrco 

 vel fusccscentc glabro tfctus, nodulo3ns, crassitic pcimae ansprinap, sursura ramosus, ramls stri- 

 Ctis, adiiltioribus cauli conforniibus, junioribiia anj:;iilutis fuscesccnt! -tomentosis. Fulia sparsa, 

 Bubapproximata, tcrnata; fuliola brcTissime pcdlccUala, ovata, obovata vel subrhombea, Lasi 

 aequilatera rel inaequilalcra, apice obtusa, rotundala, rel quoqne attenuata obtusiuscula, utrin- 

 que aUjo -tomentosa et subtus argenteo-scricea rel supra virentia subtus incana, magnitudine rel 

 inter se aequalia rel latcralia parum niinora, semper tarnen intcgerriraa, ciliata, venia supra pidli. 

 diorlbus subtus prominentibus densius tomentosis parallelis costata, poUicem et quod exccdit 

 longa, 6 — 8 lineas lata; pelioli scsqui — bipollicares, semiteretes, supra canaliculati, tomcntosi, 

 iiiter foliola lateralia in raohin 3 — 4 üneas longam producti; /je(//ce//j brevissimi, tomentosi, basi 

 articulati. Stipulae distinctae nullae. Pedimculi axillares, erecti, stricti, compresso-teretcs, to- 

 mcntosi, folia subaequantes, basi articulati, apice dichotomo- bitidi, multillori. Flores in pedunculi 

 divisionibus i5, 20 vel plures, racemosi, secundi, alternatim distichi, approximati, pcdicellati; 

 pedicelli breves, tcretcs, supra basin articulati, bractea minima lineari rillosa suffulti. Calycis 

 foliola ovato-lanccolata, acutiuscula vel obtusa, integerrima, liirsuta, membranacca, nervosa, vi- 

 rentia. OoroUa quam in O. Acetosclla major, flava, basi ourantiaca: /;«/«/« calyce duplo lons^iora. 

 obovato- nuncata, rotuudata, glabra. Staminum filamenla basi nionadelplia; allcrna duplo triplove 

 longiora basi glabra compressa, sursum edentula, subulata, barbata, breviora reliqua stylos parum 

 snperantia (vel eis parum breviora Kuntlt), planiuscula, glabra. Aiüherae ovatae, flavae. Otarium 

 ovato-oblongum, pentagonum, pubesccns. Styli breves, subulati, barbati. Stigmata capitata, 

 glabra, flava. Cap-iula globoso-quinqueloba, angulis obtusis, pubescens, loculis monospermis. 

 Semina majuscula, rugosa, fusca, 



Crejcit in Brasiliae montibiis Serra de Tiiiba dicti: looo — 1400 ped- alt. locis timliroiis, a cl. Eq. de ^Tar- 

 tiut ibidem leetat nee non prope Santa Fe de Bogota ClTtimboldt). "J^ . Cu.j.jpecc. bratil.et peruv.') 



7». Oxalis h i r s u t i s s ! m a. -)-. 

 O. caule siiffruticoso, foliis obovato -ellipticis hirsutissimis, pedunculis umbelliferis 4 — 7 flo- 

 ris, umbella iiivolucrata, staminibus longioribus medio denlalis, Capsula stipitata. 



Radi.v lignosa, pcrennis. Catdis ercctus, basi lignosus, ramosus, leres, apiccm versus an- 

 gulatus pilisque patcntibus ferrugineo-fuscis hirsutissimus. Kami erecti, virgati, cauli similes. 

 Tolia ternata, petiolata, sparsa; _/ü/Jo/a obovato -elliplica, basi rotundato - obcordata, circurascri- 

 ptione varia, ovata, ovato-clliptica vel (in juniore planta) non nunquam suborbicularia, basi rotun- 

 dala vel subcordata, obtusa, brevissime mucronata, integerrima, utrinque liirsutissima, ciliata; 

 lateralia remotiuscula, brevissime petiolata, pedicellis articulatis ; petioli erecti, stricti, basi sub- 



