OXALIDEjE. III. OXALIS. 



759 



yellow, with a short tube. O. sessilifolia, Lin. mant. 241. O. 

 hirta ft, Willd. spec. 2. p. 705. Bulb brown, about the size of 

 a hazel-nut. 



Hirsute-stemmed Wood-sorrel. Fl. March, April. Clt. 1823. 

 PL | to | foot. 



84 O. MULTIFLORA (Jacq. ox. no. 28. t. 15.) stem erect, leafy, 

 much branched ; leaflets linear wedge-shaped, blunt ; peduncles 

 much longer than the leaves ; bracteoles remote from the calyx ; 

 styles shorter than the outer stamens. I/ . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Jacq. icon. rar. t. 472. Corolla lilac, 

 campanulate, yellowish outside, as well as the claws. Bulb 

 brown, larger than a hazel-nut. 



Many-fionered Wood-sorrel. FL Feb. March. Clt. 1789. 

 PL \ to \ foot. 



85 O. RUBE' LLA (Jacq. ox. no. 29. t. 16.) stem erect, leafy, 

 branched ; leaflets linear-cuneated ; peduncles much longer than 

 the leaves ; bracteas rather remote from the calyx ; styles inter- 

 mediate. If, . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Corolla 

 purplish, campanulate, with yellowish claws. Jacq. icon. rar. t. 

 471. Sims, bot. mag. t. 1031. Burm. afr. 71. t. 28. f. 2. 

 Bulb brown, about the size of a hazel-nut. 



Reddish-Qowered Wood-sorrel. Fl. Sept. Nov. Clt. 1791. 

 PL | foot. 



86 O. FU'LGIDA (Lindl. bot. reg. 1073.) stem short, decum- 

 bent, branched ; leaflets linear, sessile, acute ; peduncles much 

 higher than the leaves ; bracteas approaching the calyx ; styles 

 very long. TJ. . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Petals 

 beautiful, purple. This plant is very like O. rubella, but differs 

 in being smooth. 



Fulgid Wood-sorrel. Fl. Sept. Nov. PL ^ foot. 



87 O. ROSA'CEA (Jacq. ox. no. 30. t. 17.) stem decumbent, 

 simple, leafy ; leaflets oblong, wedge-shaped ; peduncles much 

 longer than the leaves ; bracteas distant from the flower ; styles 

 intermediate. If. . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Sims, bot. mag. t. 1698. Plant canescent. Corolla deep red, 

 but pale outside, with yellowish claws. Bulb brown, smaller than 

 a hazel-nut. 



./?cwe-coloured-flowered Wood-sorrel. Fl. Sept. Nov. Clt. 

 1793. PL prostrate. 



5. Cauliflorez (from caulis, a stem, andflos, a flower), D. C. 

 prod. 1. p. 694. Stems elongated, with scattered leaves. Leaves, 

 only upper ones stalked, with 3-5-leaflets. Peduncles axillary, 1- 

 fiorvered. The species of this section are very dissimilar in habit. 

 Roots bulbous. 



88 O. VIRGI'NEA (Jacq. hort. schcenbr. 3. t. 275.) stem erect, 

 leafy, a little branched ; leaves stalked ; leaflets 3, lateral ones 

 oblong, middle one obovately-cuneated ; pedicels shorter than 

 the leaves; styles intermediate ; filaments toothless, hispid. 

 1. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers white. 



Virgin Wood-sorrel. Fl. Nov. Dec. Clt. 1820. PL \ foot. 



89 O. REPTA'TRIX (Jacq. ox. no. 33. t. 20.) stem erect, short, 

 leafy ; leaves on long stalks ; leaflets 3, obovate-roundisli ; pe- 

 duncles longer than the leaves ; styles very short ; filaments 

 toothed, glandular. If. . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Flowers with a pale flesh-coloured border, and yellowish tube. 

 Root creeping, emitting bulbs. 



Cran^mg-rooted Wood-sorrel. FL Nov. Dec. Clt. 1795. 

 PL | foot. 



90 O. INCARNATA (Lin. spec. 622.) stem erect, branched, 

 smooth, leafy ; leaves stalked, several at remote distances, in 

 whorls ; leaflets 3, obcordate ; peduncles length of leaves ; styles 

 very long ; stamens toothed. If. . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Jacq. hort. vind. t. 71. O'xys. Comm. hort. 1. 

 p. 43. t. 22. Flowers pale flesh-coloured. Root of 2 or 3 fusi- 

 form legs. Stem weak, purple. 



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Flesh-coloured-flowered Wood-sorrel. Fl. April, June. Clt. 

 1739. PI. foot. 



91 O. DI'STICHA (Jacq. ox. no. 31. t. 18.) stem branched at 

 the base, ascending, smooth, leafy ; leaves scattered, stalked ; 

 petioles with winged stipulas ; leaflets 3, obcordate ; peduncles 

 longer than the leaves ; styles intermediate ; filaments toothed. 

 %. . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers pale-yel- 

 low, but of a dusky-yellow within. Bulb brown, an inch long, 

 tapering. 



Distich-leaved Wood-sorreL Fl. Jan. Sept. Clt. 1818. PI. 

 | foot. 



92 O. VEN6sA (Sav. in Lam. diet. 4. p. 681.) stem erect, 

 hairy, simple, leafy ; lower leaves on short stalks, scattered, 

 upper ones on long stalks, somewhat whorled ; leaflets cuneated, 

 emarginate, hispid beneath ; stipulas awl-shaped ; peduncles 

 longer than the leaves. Tf. . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Corolla veined, violet, with a yellow tube. Root bulbous. 



FeJny-flowered Wood-sorrel. Fl. Oct. Nov. PI. -J- foot. 



93 O. EBRACTEA'TA (Sav. in Lam. diet. 4. p. 682.) stem sim- 

 ple, erect, hairy, leafy at the top ; leaves stalked ; leaflets 3 ? 

 oblong, obcordate, with the margin and rib beset with glandular 

 hairs ; peduncles without bracteas, length of petioles. Tf. , G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers yellow. This is 

 probably the same as O. disticha. 



Bractless Wood-sorrel. PI. foot. 



94 O. HETEROPHY'LIA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 694.) villous ; stem 

 erect, branched at the base ; lower leaves sessile ; leaflets 3, 

 obcordate, upper ones on long stalks, with 2-parted leaflets ; 

 peduncles longer than the petioles, with 2 bracteas in the middle ; 

 styles very short ; root fibrous. % . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope ? Flowers purple. 



Variable-leaved Wood-sorrel. PI. |- foot. 



95 O. QUINA'TA (Sav. in Lam. diet. 4. p. 688.) stem ascend- 

 ing, leafy on the upper part, on long stalks ; leaflets 5, wedge- 

 shaped, somewhat emarginate ; peduncles longer than the petioles, 

 with 2 bracteas on the middle of each. If. . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Flowers purplish, with a yellow tube. 



Quinate-leaved Wood-sorrel. PL -j foot. 



6. Capnnce (from caprinus, of a goat; some species have 

 bifid leaflets, which have been compared to the foot of a goat). 

 D. C.prod. \.p. 675. Stemless or with a naked stipe, furnished 

 with a few leaves at the top. Scape many-flowered, rarely 1-2- 

 flowered. Leaves radical, with the number of leaflets variable, 

 but usually 3, with the leaflets sessile or subsessile, obcor- 

 date or subobcordate. Cells of ovary 4-12-seeded. Roots bulbous, 

 or tuberous. 



* Leaflets above three. 



96 O. DECAPHY'LLA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p- 

 238. t. 468.) stemless; leaflets 8-10, wedge-shaped, bifid at 

 the apex, a little ciliated, smooth ; scapes 5-14-flowered, longer 

 than the leaves ; sepals blunt, with two spots at the top of each ; 

 stamens equal among themselves, but one-half longer than the 

 styles. %. G. Native of Mexico, near the rock called El 

 Penon. Flowers violaceous, about the size of those of O. 

 strtcta. 



Ten-leafietted Wood-sorrel. PL foot. 



97 O. HERNADE'SII (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. 

 prod. 1. p. 695.) stemless ; leaflets 9-11, oblong, villous ; scape 

 umbelliferous, 6-flowered, longer than the leaves. If. . G. Na- 

 tive of Mexico. Hern. mex. 386. f. 3. Flowers erect, pale- 

 violet. 



Hernadez's Wood-sorrel. PI. foot. 



98 O. BURMA'NNI (Jacq. ox. no. 20.) stem very short, leafy 

 at the top; leaflets 5-6, lanceolate, smooth; scape umbelliferous, 



