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760 



OXALIDE.E. III. OXALIS. 



7-8-flowered, longer than the leaves, y . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Burm. afr. t. 29. Flowers yellow. 



Barman u's Wood-sorrel. FL Oct. Nov. Clt. 1820. PL | ft. 



99 O. TETRAPHY'LLA (Cav. icon. 3. t. 237.) stemless; leaf- 

 lets 4, rarely 3, obcordate, smooth, rather glaucous beneath ; 

 peduncles umbelliferous, 3-10-flowered; styles very long. l/.G. 

 Native of Mexico. Corolla of a purplish-violet colour. 



Four-leaved Wood-sorrel. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. PL | ft. 



100 O. DE'PPEI (Lodd. bot. cab. 1500. Sweet, fl. gard. n. s. 

 90.) stemless ; leaflets 4, large, obcordate, pilose, glaucous be- 

 neath, on short petioles ; petioles densely pilose ; umbels many- 

 flowered ; scape and petioles loosely pilose ; styles intermediate, 

 villous ; stamens unequal, alternate ones each with an appen- 

 dage, y . F. Native of Mexico. Bulb large, scaly, like those 

 of a Lilium. Petals of a coppery-red colour. 



Deppe's Wood-sorrel. FL June, Aug. Clt. 1827. PL 4 ft. 



* * Leaflets 3, obcordate or emarginate. 



101 O. SERI'CEA (Lin. fil. suppl. 245.) stemless; leaflets 3, 

 obcordate, clothed with silky down ; scape umbelliferous, longer 

 than the leaves ; flowers nodding ; styles intermediate, y . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Jacq. ox. no. 13. t. 77. f. 

 1 . Corolla yellow. 



^'%-leaved Wood-sorrel. Fl. April, May. #t. 1794. PL ft. 



102 O. FLORIBU'NDA (Lehm. cat. sem. hort. hamb.) leaflets 

 3, roundish-obovate, deeply emarginate, hairy, leprous beneath 

 on the margins ; scape many-flowered ; sepals obtuse, canes- 

 cent ; styles longer than the stamens, crowned by capitate stig- 

 mas, y.. S. Native of Brazil. Root tuberous. Leaves radical. 

 Flowers reddish, and painted with darker veins. Filaments and 

 styles bearded. Lehm. in act. bonn. 14. p. 813. 



Bundle-flowered Wood-sorrel. Clt. 1827. PL i foot. 



103 O. BIPUNCTA'TA (Graham mss. in Hook. bot. mag. 2781.) 

 stemless ; leaflets 3, sessile, broadly obcordate, pubescent be- 

 neath, smooth above ; scape compressed, paniculately many- 

 flowered, and are as well as the petioles pilose ; sepals bluntish, 

 bimaculate at the apex ; styles intermediate ; stigmas capitate ; 

 petals truncate, unequally crenate. If . S. Native of Brazil, 

 about Rio Janeiro. Flowers lilac, with deeper veins. 



Two-spotted-sepalled Wood-sorrel. FL April, May. Clt. 

 1826. PL -I foot. 



104 O. AKTICULA' TA (Sav. in Lam. diet. 4. p. 686.) stemless ; 

 leaflets 3, sessile, obcordate, somewhat truncate at the sides, and 

 angularly-rounded at the apex, ciliated; petioles pilose ; scape 

 villous, umbelliferous, 5-6-flowered; involucre very short, few- 

 leaved ; calyxes bimaculate at the apex ; cells of ovary 7-seed- 

 ed; styles intermediate, y.. S. Native of Monte Video, and 

 of Brazil in the provinces of Rio Grande do Sul and St. Catha- 

 rine. Root tuberous, granular. Petals crenulated, purple. 



Jointed-rooted. Wood-sorrel. PL ^ foot. 



105 O. MEGALORHIZA (Jacq. ox.no. 12.) stemless; leaflets 3, 

 obcordate, violaceous on the under surface ; scape umbelliferous, 

 shorter than the leaves ; root thick, many edged, y. . G. Native 

 of Peru. O. bicolor, Sav. in Lam. diet. 4. p. 687. Feuille, 

 per. 2. p. 734. t. 25. Flowers yellow, with 3 red lines at the 

 base of each petal. Root 8 inches long, divided below into 

 branching legs full of forks. 



Large-rooted Wood-sorrel. PL | foot. 



106 O. AUTUMNA'HS (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 128.) stemless, 

 dwarf; bulb scaly, very woolly ; leaves small ; leaflets 3, sessile, 

 obovately-cuneated, smooth ; scape 1-flowered, longer than the 

 leaves, smooth ; sepals linear, bluntish ; stamens shorter than 

 the styles, very smooth ; cells of ovary 9-seeded. y. S. Native 

 of Brazil in the province of Rio Grande do Sul, upon the con- 

 fines of the province of St. Catharine. Petals entire, yellow. 

 Stigmas capitate. 



Autumnal Wood-sorrel. Fl. autumn. PL -J foot. 



107 O. NUDIFLORA (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. 

 prod. 1. p. 695.) stemless; scapes and petioles pilose; leaflets 

 3, obcordate ; flowers 5-6 umbellate, destitute of an involucre. 

 y . G. Native of Mexico in fields. Flowers erect, violaceous, 

 but when in bud nodding. 



Naked-flowered Wood-sorrel. PL i foot. 



108 O. VIOLA'CEA (Lin. spec. 621.) stemless; leaflets 3, ob- 

 cordate, smooth, red underneath ; scape umbelliferous, 3-9- 

 flovvered ; flowers erectish, with a short involucre ; styles shorter 

 than the outer stamens ; sepals callose at the apex. y . H. 

 Native of North America from New England to Carolina, in 

 shady woods on the sides of hills in fertile soil. Jacq. hort. 

 vind. t. 180. ox. no. 14. t. 80. f. 2. Flowers pink-coloured. 

 Stamens hairy. Bulb fusiform, black. 



Fzo/ei-coloured-flowered Wood-sorrel. FL May, Sept. Clt. 

 1772. PL | foot. 



109 O. BI'LOBA ; stemless; leaflets 3, 2-lobed ; lobes spread- 

 ing; scape umbellate; flowers nodding, y. G. Native of 

 Peru. Petals apparently purplish. Root bulbous. 



Two-lobed-\eafietted Wood-sorrel. PL ^ foot. 



110 O. E'LEGANS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 

 234. t. 466.) stemless ; leaflets 3, broad, roundish -obovate, emar- 

 ginate, violet-coloured on the under surface, and are, as well as 

 the petioles, smooth ; scapes very long, 2-6-flowered ; sepals 

 acuminated, with two spots at the top of each ;' styles very long. 

 If. . G. Native of Peru near Loxa. Flowers large, of a violet 

 colour. Bulb solitary. 



Elegant Wood-sorrel. PL \ foot. 



1 1 1 O. JACQUINIA'NA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 

 234.) stemless ; leaflets 3, broad, roundish-obovate, somewhat 

 emarginately 2-lobed, and are, as well as the petioles, quite 

 smooth ; scape 3-6-flowered ; sepals with two spots at the top of 

 each ; styles very long. y . G. Native of Mexico, near Real- 

 del-Monte. Flowers violet-coloured. Bulb solitary. 



Jacquin's Wood-sorrel. PL -j foot. 



112 O. DE'BILIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 234.) 

 stemless ; leaflets 3, subrotund, deeply emarginate, puberulous 

 beneath ; scapes 6-flowered, bifid, and are as well as the petioles 

 hairy ; sepals bluntish, each marked at the top with a spot ; 

 styles very long. I/ . S. Native of New Spain between La 

 Venta Grande and the city of Caraccas. Flowers violet-coloured, 

 about the size of those of O. acetosella. Bulbs tufted. 



Weak Wood-sorrel. PL | foot. 



113 O. SCHRADERIA'NA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. 

 p. 234.) stemless ; leaflets 3, broad, roundish-obovate, emargi- 

 nate, smooth; petioles rather pilose; scapes smooth, 9-11- 

 flowered ; sepals blunt, each marked with a spot at the apex ; 

 styles equal in length to the shorter stamens, y. G. Native 

 of South America on mount Quindiu. Flowers violet-coloured, 

 about the size of those of 0. strlcta. 



Schroder's Wood-sorrel. PL -j foot. 



114 O. MI'NIMA (Ruiz et Pav. mss. in herb. Lamb,) root a 

 bulb, scaly ; plant hairy ; leaflets 3, sessile, triangularly emargi- 

 nate ; peduncles 1 -flowered, not so long as the leaves. If.. G. 

 Native of Peru. Flowers rather large, apparently purple. 



Least Wood-sorrel. PL 1 to 2 inches. 



115 O. CARNOSA (Mol. chil. ex Lindl. bot. reg. 1063.) stem 

 short, scaly ; leaves trifoliate ; leaflets nearly sessile, obcordate, 

 fleshy, marked beneath with chrystalline dots ; scape 2-3 or 

 many-flowered ; sepals triangular, flat. y . F. Native of 

 Chili at Conception. Hook. bot. ma;;. 2866. Root fusiform. 

 Petals obtuse, emarginate, sometimes denticulated, yellow. Mr. 

 Collie says, that this is a very succulent plant, and is powerfully 

 antiscorbutic. 



Fleshy Wood-sorrel. Fl. Ap. Sep. Clt. 1825. PI. 3-6 inches. 



