756 



longer than the pistils ; styles hispid ; cells of ovary 1-seeded. 

 V) . S. Native of Brazil, not far from Rio Janeiro, in woods 

 at a place called Mato. Petals yellow. Stigmas capitate. 

 Buplewum-leaved Wood-sorrel. Shrub foot. 



3. Corniculatae (from corniculatus, horned ; shape of pods). 

 D. C. prod. 1. p. 691. Stems not bulbous at base, herbaceous, 

 rarely suffruticose, leafy. Peduncles 2 or many-flowered, rarely 

 \-flowered. Leaves trifoliate ; leaflets sessile or subsesMe, usually 

 obcordate. 



* Stems erect. 



37 O. PEDUNCULA'RIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov..gen. 5. p. 239.) 

 stem simple, fleshy, leafy ; peduncles very long, trifid at apex, 

 many-flowered ; leaflets roundish, or ovate-elliptical, pubescent 

 beneath; styles intermediate. 3. S. Native of South Ame- 

 rica on the mountains about Quito, in temperate places near 

 Mira, and in the valley of the river Chambo. Peduncles 7 or 8 

 inches long. Flowers orange or copper-coloured. Roots fibrous. 



Long-peduncled Wood-sorrel. PL -| foot. 



38 O. LA'XA (Hook. bot. Beech, voy. p. 13.) stem simple, 

 leafy, short ; leaflets broad, obcordate, ciliated, with a few 

 hairs above, but densely clothed beneath ; petioles pilose ; pe- 

 duncles pilose, twice the length of the petioles, bearing a loose 

 panicle of flowers at the apex ; sepals pilose, very narrow-lan- 

 ceolate. If . F. Native of Chili at Conception. 



Zoose-panicled Wocd-sorrel. PL ^ foot. 



39 O. PUBE'SCENS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 

 239.) stem erect, branched at the base, clothed with soft pubes- 

 cence ; peduncles bifid at the apex, many-flowered, longer than 

 the petioles ; leaflets roundish-obovate, emarginate, pubescent on 

 both surfaces, as well as the calyxes and petioles ; styles longer, 

 or equal in length to the stamens. If. . G. Native of Peru on 

 the mountains. Root fibrous. Flowers yellow ? Peduncles 3 

 or 4 inches long. 



Pubescent Wood-sorrel. PL ^ foot. 



40 O. LEPTOPHY'LLA ; shrubby, erect, hairy ; lateral leaf- 

 lets distant, sessile, lanceolate, and emarginate, middle one 

 lanceolate, on a long petiole ; peduncles axillary, 1-2-flowered, 

 about the length of the leaves. Tj . F. Native of Chili. 

 O. radicans, Ruiz et Pav. mss. in herb. Lamb. Root creeping. 



Slender-leaved Wood-sorrel. PL -J- foot. 



41 O. CRENA'TA (Jacq. ox. no. 7.) stem erect, leafy; pedun- 

 cles umbelliferous, 5-6-flowered, longer than the leaves; leaflets 

 obovate; petals crenated. 0. F. Native of Peru. Feuill. 

 per. 3. p. 49. t. 24. Flowers yellow, striped with purple. This 

 plant is cultivated about Lima in gardens, and is used as sorrel. 

 Root spindle-shaped. 



CVerwted-petalled Wood-sorrel. PL 2 feet. 



42 O. FERE'NNANS (Haw. misc. 181.) stem erect, leafy, flex- 

 uous ; peduncles 2-3-flowered, rather longer than the petioles ; 

 leaflets obcordately 2-lobed, ciliated ; styles a little longer than 

 the inner stamens. If . G. Native of New Holland. Flowers 

 fulvous outside, yellow inside. 



Perennial Wood-sorrel. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. ? PL 2 feet. 



43 O. VERTICILLA TA (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. 

 prod. 1. p. 691.) stem erect, simple, smooth ; leaves 3 or 4 in 

 a whorl ; leaflets obcordate ; peduncles 2-3-flowered, length of 

 petioles. If . G. Native of Mexico ? Cultivated in the gardens 

 of St. Angelo. Flowers yellow. 



Whorled-leaveA Wood-sorrel. PL 1 foot. 



44 O. DILLE'NII (Jacq. ox. no. 8.) stem erect, leafy, rather 

 hairy ; peduncles umbelliferous, usually twin, 5-6-flowered, 

 longer than the leaves ; leaflets obcordate ; petals emarginate ; 

 styles longer than the stamens. Q. H. Native of Carolina'. 

 O. florida, Sal. prod, 322. Dill. elth. 2. t. 22 1 . Flowers yellow 



PI. i foot. 



III. OXALIS. 



a little larger than those of 0. stricta, with which it is generally 

 confounded. 



Dillenius's Wood-sorrel. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1798. PL | ft. 



45 O. STRICTA (Lin. spec. 624.) stem erect, leafy ; peduncles 

 umbelliferous, 2-6-flowered, rather shorter than the leaves ; 

 leaflets obcordate ; petals entire ; styles about the length of the 

 inner stamens. "If . H. Native of North America in cultivated 

 grounds, from Pennsylvania to Carolina. Jacq. oxal. no. 9. t. 

 4. O. ambigua, Sal. in Lin. trans. 2. p. 242. t. 23. f. 4. Root 

 creeping. Flowers yellow, about the size of those of O. corni- 

 culala. Browne says this plant is also a native of Jamaica ; he 

 recommends it as a pleasant cooler and diuretic, and says that 

 it was formerly administered in inflammatory cases, but has 

 been little used since the more agreeable acid fruit-trees have 

 been so much cultivated in the West Indies. Plant hairy. 



Strict Wood-sorrel. FL June, Oct. Clt. 1658. PL -J foot. 



46 O. TORTUOSA (Lindl. bot. reg. 1249.) stem fleshy, scaly ; 

 leaflets linear, obtuse, pilose beneath ; flowers umbellate ; 

 pedicels and petioles twisted, fleshy. If. G. Native of Chili. 

 "Petals yellow, usually bordered with red. Styles and stamens 



equal. Ovary many-seeded. 



Twisted Wood-sorrel. Fl. June. Clt. 1826. 



47 O. HAENKEA'NA (Spreng. syst. app. p. 186.) stem erect, 

 leafy ; leaflets obovate, emarginate, smooth ; peduncles bifid, 

 many-flowered, racemose, longer than the leaves ; styles shorter 

 than the stamens. 7? G. Native of Peru.- O. melilotoides, 

 Zuccar. in act. monac. ex Spreng. Flowers yellow ? This plant 

 probably belongs to section 1. Hedysaroideae. 



Haenk's Wood-sorrel. PL ly foot. 



48 O. ARRACA'CHA ; leaves trifoliate ; leaflets praemose, on 

 long footstalks ; stipulas large ; peduncles few-flowered. ^ G. 

 Native of Chili. Petals yellow, small. 



Arracacha Wood-sorrel. Fl. Sept. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



49 O. CONORHIZA (Jacq. ox. no. 6.) stem erect, leafy ; 

 peduncles longer than the leaves, 2-flowered ; leaflets obcordate ; 

 roots turbinate. % . S. Native of Paraguay in South Ame- 

 rica in the vast plains to the northward of the River Plate. 

 Feuill. per. 2. p. 723. t. 24. Flowers large, yellow. 



Cone-rooted Wood-sorrel. PL -| foot. 



50 O. ROSEA (Jacq. ox. no. 5.) stem erect, fleshy, leafy ; 

 peduncles bifid, corymbosely-racemose at the apex, 4-times 

 longer than the leaves ; leaflets obcordate. I/ . F. Native of 

 Chili in moist places about Conception. Feuill. obs. 2. p. 23. 

 O. racevnosa, Savig. in Lam. diet. 4. p. 684. O. floribunda, 

 Lindl. bot. reg. 1123. but not of Lehm. Petals rose-coloured, 

 crenated at the apex. Styles longer than the stamens. 



Var. ft ; flowers smaller ; petals hardly lined, red, entire at 

 the apex. Sims, bot. mag. 2415. 



.Rose-coloured-flowered Wood-sorrel. FL Mar. April. Clt. 

 1823. PL ^ to 1 foot. 



51 O. C.SSPITOSA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 122.) stem suffruti- 

 cose, very short, leafy ; leaves tufted ; leaflets unequally and 

 shortly stalked, obcordate, ciliated ; petioles rather dilated at 

 the base, pilose ; peduncles pubescent, 1- flowered, longer than 

 the leaves ; stamens all shorter than the styles, which are very 

 long, joined together beyond the middle ; cells of ovary 4- 

 seeded. Tj . S. Native of Brazil in the southern part of the 

 province of St. Paul. Stems erect or ascending, hardly 2 inches 

 high. Petals yellow, entire, or emarginate. Stigmas small, 

 capitate. 



Tufted Wood-sorrel. FL Jan. Shrub 3 inches. 



52 O. HISPIDA (Zucc. et Mart. act. mon. 9. ex Spreng. syst. 

 append, p. 186.) stem erect, very short; leaflets obovate, emar- 

 ginate, hispid, as well as the stem ; peduncles equal in length to 

 the leaves, usually 3-flowered ; styles shorter than the stamens. 

 T(. ? S. Native of Brazil. Flowers yellow. 



