436 xxxn. GERAXIACEJE. (Edg-eworth & Hook, f.) [c 



I. O. corniculata, Linn.; DC. Prodr. i. 692 ; ftppressed-pubescent, 



diffuse, creeping, leaves 3-foliolate, stipules adnate to the petiole, peduncles 

 2-ce-fid. petals yellow notched. Bom. FI Orient, i. 860 ; UV/. Cf. 4347 ; 

 J!.i>h. FI. Lnl. ii. 4")7 : W. <(' A. Pro,/,; 142. O. repens, Thunb. ; W'cjht I<: 

 t. 18. O. pusilla, Salisl. ; Roxl. I.e. 



Throughout the warmer parts of INDIA and CEYLON, ascending the Himalaya to 7000 

 ft. DISTRIB Cosmopolitan. 



A very varhble \veed. abundant in cultivated places. Leaves long - petiole d ; leaflets 

 o!>cordate. f r lo\Of& subumbellate. XcjiaJ* obtuse, bracts setaceous. /' l<i!.-< yellow, 

 obcordate. 7'V/>///////-/'"//>. /. s - depressed. Cn^sule tomentose, subcylindrie, cells many- 

 seeded. Seeds transversely ribbed. 



2. O. Acetosella, Li mi. ; DO. 7V"/. i. 700 ; pilose, stoniless, rootstock 

 creeping scaly, leaves all radical 3-f>liidato leaflets broadly obcordal' 

 pules large broad membranous, peduncles 1 -flowered, petals white. 

 /'/. Orient, i. 806. 



Temperate Himalaya, from KASHMIR, alt. POfiO ft., to SIKKIM, alt. 8-12,000 ft. 

 I 'vn:ii;. N. A-i.-i, I'lumpe. N. Al'rii-a, N. Ani' 



Petioltfi :\ il in. ; lea'i purple beneath. I', ifnnrfr axil- 



N. A-i.-i, I'lumpe. N. Al'rii-a, N. Ani' 



'i 

 I:H-V, slender, 'J-bi - aetenlate altoiit tie- mi Idle. h'lnn'rrx .',-;,' ii . diain. <S'i jil 



/' tnlx obovate, white nr pale-rose, vr-incd with ])urp' liering above the claw. 



Capsule erect, cells 2-3-seeded. Seeds longitudinally rib 



3. O. Griffitlali, E<1<f<-ii<.>(- Honk.f. ,- pilose or villous, rootstock creeping, 



all radical 3-foljolate leaflets ti'ian.Liiilar rotuse, stijuiles small ovate- 

 lanceolate, peduncles 1-Howered, ]H.-tals white. 



Temperate Iv-i-tei-n Himalaya: DIM.TAX. (iriwtli ; SIKKIM, in woods, alt. 8 -10,000 ft. 

 ./. It. II.: KIIASIA MT<. ; Rk. 5-7000 ft.. //. /' '.( T. 



Very similar to O. Jo/oW/</, but the whole plant more hairy, leaflets triangular, and 

 stipules small. 



6. BIOPHVTUM, De Cand. 



Annual rarely perennial herbs, with simple or branched stems. />/?v.<? 

 abruptly pinnate, fascicled nr almost whorled at the t(i of the stem ; 

 leaflets opposite, oblique; petiole swollen at the base. rimi<-l<'* terminal ; 

 pedicels umbelled. /'A"/-x small, yelb^v, rarely ]mrple. SVyv//.s- ;>, !. 

 late, acuminate. /'.-A//X ">. ,s'/ //// ru In, filaments free, ."> outer su.alicr. 

 >SV,/A'x 5, stigmas notched at the ;i]ie.v or 2 fid. Cni*nl<' ovoid or obi- 

 sub-lobose, sjilitting loculicidally sometimes to tin- base into 5 spreading 

 valves. sVf7/x as in ().,-, ili*. 1 JISTUIU. Tropical Asia, Africa, and America. 

 Species about 20; various species have sensitive leaves which, and the 

 leaflets, close downwards. The flowers are dimorphous as regards the rela- 

 tive length of the styles and stamens. 



n. nimjrfc. Lf--rifli'ts roundid or merel;/ y peculate at the tip, the terminal 



1. B. sensitivim, DC. Prn-1,-. i. fiflO; leaflets 6-15 pairs oblong nearly 



.nal tip apii-ulate or not, peduncles long or short 



the top, flowers shortly pedicelled, sepals usually much 



.ing the capsule, seeds with obliquely transverse tubercled ridges. 



Jtn.rb. Ft. Ind. ii. 457 ; W. & A. Prodr. 1(5-2; Bot. Reg. xxxi. t. 68 ; IfV/. 



,343 C, E. 



