412 B- Knuth. — Oxalidaceae. 



35. B. nudum (Arn.) Wight, Ulustr. Ind. Bot. I. (1840) 161; Edgew. et Hook. f. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. I. (4872) 438; Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceylon I. (1893) 198.— Oxalis nuda 

 Arn. in Nov. Act. Acad. Caes. (1836) 326. — Floriferum circ. 30 cm altum. Caulis 

 strictus, 10 cm supra basin vel altius umbellatim ramosus; rami erecti vel stricti, su- 

 perne patulo-retrorse minutissime puberuli, usque 1 6 cm longi et 2 mm crassi, apice 

 tantum foliati. Folia 10 — 15 ad apices ramorum coalita, usque 6 cm longa et 1 3 mm 

 lata, 8 — 18-juga; foliola 6X2 1 / 4 mm magna, satis aequalia, elongato-lingulata, basi 

 retusa et lobulo minuto obtuso praedita, apice mucronata mucrone i / 2 — V4 mm longo, 

 margine anguste cartilaginea, glabra, iuveniJia dense pubescentia, supra opaca, subtus 

 pallidiora; petiolus filiformis, pilis fuscescentibus puberulis. Pedunculi ex verticillis fo- 

 liorum orti, eis aequilongi, 5Y2 cm l° n gi> filiformes, stricti, dense puberuli, 2 — 5-flori. 

 Bracteae lanceolatae vel lineari-lanceolatae, acutae, carinatae, 1 mm longae, vix coacer- 

 vatae. Pedicelli 3 1 / 2 — 5 mm longi, praecipue ad calycis basin pubescentes, filiformes 

 vel fere capillares, sed satis stricti. Sepala glabra, lanceolata, valide sed graciliter 

 nervata, acuta vel minutissime mucronata, usque 3 mm longa. Petala . . . Stamina 

 maiora sepalis 2-plo breviora; minora maioribus 2-plo breviora. — Fig. 25.4 — B. 



Ceylon: Central- Provinz, 1300— 2000 m (Thwaites a. 1860 — 62, n. 6!). Pati- 

 talawa (Deschamps a. 1889!). — Vorder-Indien: Pulney Hills, Kodaikanal-Station 

 (Sauliere a. 1914, n. 15l!, n. 153!; Anglade n. 539!). 



Nota. B.fruticosum Blume, Bijdr. V. (1925) 242. — Oxalis Blumei Zucc. in Abh. Akad. 

 Muench. I. (1829 — 30) 276. — Species haec, olim in horto bot. Bogor. culta, est Synonyma cuius- 

 dam speciei e sequentibus: B. nudum, B. polyphyllum, B. proliferum, B. inter medium. 



36. B. polyphyllum Munro in Wight, Illustr. I. (1 860) 162. — Oxalis Mooniana 

 Steud. Nom. ed. 2. II. (1841) 241. — Argenteum et villosum. Caulis satis robustus, 

 umbellatim ramosus. Folia satis laxa, angusta, flexuosa, 5 — l 1 !^ cm longa, 30 — 50- 

 juga; rhachis pilis longis villosa; foliola parva, 3 — 4 mm longa, breviter falcato-oblonga, 

 gradatim et oblique acuminata, non mucronata; foliola terminalia minima. 



Nilagiri-Berge: Kundalis (Munro et Gough ex Munro). 



37. B. proliferum (Arn.) Wight, Illustr. Ind. Bot. I. (1840) 162; Edgew. et 

 Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. I. (1872) 438; Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceylon I. (1893) 199; Guill. 

 in Bull. Mus. d'hist. nat. Paris XV. (1909) 126. — Oxalis prolifera Arn. in Nov. Act. 

 Acad. Caes. XVIII. 1. (1836) 327. — Floriferum circ. 25 cm altum. Caulis tenuis, 

 laxus, fere filiformis, pilis =b retrorsis dense pubescens, sparsim ramosus, saepius sim- 

 plex. Folia verticillata, verticillis 2 — 3, inter se 7 — 9 cm distantibus; folia in verticillo 

 circ. 6, usque 2% cm longa et 8 mm lata, saepe 7 — 10-juga; petiolus capillaris, hir- 

 sutus; foliola versus apicem folii gradatim maiora, usque 4 X 2 mm magna, zt rect- 

 angularia — apicalia cuneata — , basi retusa, antice retusa et minute mucronata, 

 sparsim pilis longis adpresse obsita, utrinque laete viridia. Pedunculi e verticillis fo- 

 liorum provenientes, cum pedicellis ea vix superantes, circ. 5 mm longi, pilis longis 

 sparsis obtecti, capillares, 1 — 2-flori. Bracteae lineari-subulatae vel subulatae, acutis- 

 simae, fere villosae, 1 — 1 1 / 4 mm longae, vix coacervatae. Pedicelli 10 mm longi, sparsim 

 pilis longis obtecti, capillares, satis stricti. Sepala adpresse hirsuta vel glabrescentia, 

 lanceolata, acuminata, acuta vel acutissima, valide sed graciliter nervata, usque 4 mm 

 longa. Petala . . . Stamina maiora sepalis breviora. Styli zb puberuli. 



Ceylon: Central-Provinz, 2000 m (Walker, Gardner nach Edgeworth u. Hooker; 

 Thwaites, PI. zeylanicae ed. Hohenacker n. 2418!, Arnott a. 1834 — Typus!). 



38. B. intermedium Wight, Illustr. Ind. Bot. I. (1840) 162; Edgew. et Hook. f. 

 in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. I. (1872) 438; Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceylon I. (1893) 199.— 

 Oxalis intermedia Steud. Nom. ed. 2. 11. (1841) 240. — Floriferum usque 50 cm 

 altum. Caulis tenuis, zb tortuosus, 2 mm crassus, puberulo-tomentosus, subsimplex. 

 Folia verticillata, verticillis circ. 3, inter se 8 — 15 cm distantibus; folia 7 — 15 in verti- 

 cillo, saepe 15 — 20-juga; foliola maiora 8X2y2 mm magna, media et apicalia fere 

 aequalia, basin folii versus gradatim minora, zb rectangularia — apicalia obovata — , 

 basi retusa, margine antico retusa et minutissime mucronata, sparsissime pilis longis 



