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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Ozalis continued. 



caulescent, rarely puffrnticose. Three or four species 

 are found in the temperate regions, one or two are 

 broadly dispersed between the tropics, and the rest 

 are almost equally distributed through South Africa, 

 tropical and sub-tropical America, and extra-tropical 

 South America. Flowers yellow, pink, or white, some- 

 times dimorphous, regular, on axillary or radical, one or 

 more flowered peduncles; sepals five, imbricate; petals 

 five, contorted. Leaves radical or cauline, exstipulate, 

 alternate; digitately or pinnately tri- to many-foliolate ; 

 leaflets entire or emarginately bilobed. Stipules scale- 

 like, adnate to the petioles, or none. All the species 

 are of very easy culture, and thrive best in sandy soil, 

 and in a warm and dry situation. They are interesting 

 and pretty as borders to other plants, or when forming 

 large masses among the latter. They are also suited for 

 points of rockwork, associated with ferns, or when forming 

 masses in nooks or corners in woods, or on the turf. 

 Used as edgings, from 6in. to 12in. apart is sufficiently 

 close for the taller-growing species. The plants root fast, 

 and spread rapidly. Several species are most effective 

 pot-plants, and may either be kept under glass all the 

 year round, or laid on their sides out of doors, when 

 dormant, and thoroughly dried off. Propagated by seeds, 

 by cuttings, and by divisions of the root. The species 

 here described are greenhouse perennials, except where 

 otherwise stated. 



O. Acetosella (Acetosella).* Common Wood Sorrel, fl. white, 

 beautifully veined with purple ; petals oval, blunt ; scapes longer 

 than the leaves, one-flowered. Spring. I. obcordate, puberu- 

 Ions. Boot of many scaly joints, creeping, h. Sin. Northern 

 hemisphere (Britain). (Sy. En. B. 310.) Of this perennial species, 

 there is a very interesting but somewhat rare variety, with deep 

 rose-purple flowers. 



O. arenarla (sand-loving).* fl. bright violet-purple, lin. to IJin. 

 across, disposed in umbels of three to ten. L of three or four 

 sessile, bilobo-obcordate leaflets, glaucous beneath. Rhizome of 

 fleshy scales. A. n. Chili, 1875. Half-hardy perennial. (B. M. 

 6193.) 



O. articulate (jointed).* fl. bright mauve-pink, lin. in diameter, 

 produced in umbels, on elongated scapes. 1. trifoliolate, with 

 broadly obcordate leaflets, of a bright green, with reddish 

 margins. Rootstock stout, woody, 2in. to Sin. high. South 

 Brazil, 1870. A very distinct plant. (B. M. 6748.) 



O. Barrelieri (Barrelier's).* fl., petals yellow, with two orange 

 spots at the base of each lamina, obconlate-cuneate, united by 

 their claws; peduncles solitary, axillary from the upper leaves. 

 March and April. L spreading ; leaflets three, dropping, rhombeo- 

 ovate, glabrous. Stem Sin. to 12in. high. Brazil. Greenhouse 

 annual. (B. M. 3748.) 



O. bipunctata (two-spotted-sepaled). fl. lilac, with deeper 

 veins ; petals truncate, unequally crenate ; scape compressed, 

 paniculately many -flowered, and (as well as the petioles) pilose. 

 Spring. I., leaflets three, sessile, broadly obcordate, pubescent 

 beneath, smooth above. A. 6in. Brazil, 1826. (B. M. 278L) 



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ferous. August. L, leaflets three, obtuse, almost sessile, light 

 above, slightly pubescent underneath, ciliated. /,. 6in. to 

 1 - An elegant specie, See 



FIG. 807. OXALIS BOWIEI. 



O. Bowlel (Bowie's).* fl. rose-red, yellowish at the base inside, 

 large ; peduncles about equal in length to the leaves, umbelli- 



O. caprina. Goat's Foot. fl. bluish flesh-colour, with a yellow 

 bottom, erect; scape umbelliferous, two or three-flowered. 

 March to June. I., leaflets three, obcordately two-lobed, smooth, 

 somewhat ciliated. Bulb ovate, triangular. A. Sin. Cape of 

 Good Hope, 1757. 



O. carnosa (fleshy). A. yellow, with obtuse, emarginate, some- 

 times denticulated petals ; scape two, three, or many-flowered. 

 Autumn. I., leaflets nearly sessile, obcordate, fleshy, marked 

 beneath with crystalline dots. Stem short, scaly. Root fusiform. 

 A. Sin. to 6in. Chili, 1825. (B. M. 2866 ; B. R. 1063.) 



O. cernua (drooping), fl. yellow, at first drooping ; scape urn- 

 belhferous, many-flowered. Spring. /., leaflets three, obcordately 

 two-lobed, smooth, or a little ciliated, h. 6in. Cape of Good 

 Hope, 1757. There is a variety, jlore-pleno, having double flowers. 



FIG. 803. OXALIS CORNICULATA, showing Habit, and (a) detached 

 Bud, (6) Expanded Flower, and (c) Capsule. 



O. cornicnlata (horned).* fl. yellow, with emarginate petals ; 

 peduncles somewhat umbellate. Spring to autumn. /., leaflets 

 obcordate. Stem decumbent, branched, rooting. Ubiquitous, 

 except in very cold regions (Britain). Annual. See Fig. 808. 

 (S.F.G. 451; Sy. En. B. 311.) 



O. O. rtifora (red).* A very handsome, hardy, annual or bien- 

 nial, distinguished from the type in having dark purple leaflets. 

 It is a pretty plant for edging, and for growing in small patches ; 

 but it increases so rapidly that it often becomes a weed. 



FIG. 809. BULBS 



O. crenata (scolloped-petaled). /. yellow, striped with purple; 

 petals crenated ; peduncles umbelliferous, five or six-flowered, 

 longer than the leaves. September. 1., leaflets obovate. Stem 

 erect, leafy. A. 2ft. Lima, 1829. Greenhouse annual. See 

 Fig. 809. (S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 125.) 



O. Deppel (Deppe's). A synonym of 0. tetraphylla. 



O. elegans (elegant).* fl. purple, large ; sepals acuminated, with 

 two spots at the top of each ; scapes very long, two to six-flowered. 

 July. L, leaflets three, broad, roundish-obovate, emarginate, 

 violet on the under surface, and, as well as the petioles, smooth. 

 A. 6in. Peru. Plant stemless. (B. M. 4490.) 



O. enneaphylla (nine-leaved).* fl. white or pale rose coloured, 

 with purple veins ; peduncles the length of the leaves. June. 

 L, leaflets from nine to twenty, usually in two series, smooth, 

 glaucous, obcordate, wedge-shaped, almost bifid. Stipe creeping 

 at base, scaly. A. 4in. Fuegia, 1876. Hardy perennial. (B. M. 

 6256.) 



O. floribunda (bundle-flowered). A synonym of 0. rw?u. 



