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762 



OXALIDE^E. III. OXALIS. 



Purplish-leaved Wood-sorrel. Fl. Oct. Nov. Clt. 1822. 



PI. | foot. 



132 O. MACROPHY'LLA (Horn. hort. hafn. 1. p. 428.) stemless; 

 leaflets 3, obcordate, smooth ; scape bifid, rather pilose, longer 

 than the leaves ; flowers drooping after expansion ; styles inter- 

 mediate. % . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Long-leaved Wood-sorrel. Fl. Jan. Sept. Clt. 1820. PI. i ft. 



133 O. LI'BYCA (Viv. fl. lib. ex Spreng. syst. 2. p. 426.) 

 stemless ; leaflets 3, obcordate, hairy ; scape umbelliferous, 

 many-flowered, longer than the leaves ; flowers drooping ? styles 

 intermediate. % . G. Native of Cyrenaica. Flowers yellow ? 



Libyan Wood-sorrel. PI. \ foot. 



134 O? GLOMERA'TA (Hook. bot. Beech, voy. p. 13.) stem- 

 less ; leaves trifoliate ; leaflets linear ; scape twice the length of 

 the elongated petioles ; umbel many-flowered, capitate. If. . F. 

 Native of Chili, at Coquimbo. Flowers yellow. Sepals some- 

 what 3-toothed, about equal in length to the petals. Stamens 10. 

 Stigmas 5. 



Glomerate Wood-sorrel. " PI. -j foot. 



135 O. CORYMBOSA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 690.) stemless; leaflets 

 3, smoothish, very broad, obcordate, rounded at both sides ; 

 scapes bifid, branched, many-flowered. If. . S. Native of the 

 islands of Bourbon and the Mauritius. Flowers double, small, 

 pale-red. Scape 7-10 inches long. 



Corymbose- flowered Wood-sorrel. PI. ^ to 1 foot. 



* * * Leaflets 3, ovate. 



136 O. VIRGOSA (Savig. in Lam. diet. 4. p. 685.) stemless; 

 leaflets 3, ovate ; scapes many-flowered ; flowers in whorls. It . 

 G. Native of Chili. Mol. chil. p. 110. Flowers yellow? 

 Scapes 5 feet high. 



Twiggy Wood-sorrel. PI. 5 feet. 



7. Simplicifolia (from simplex, simple, and folium, a leaf; 

 leaves simple). D. C. prod. 1. p. 696. Plants stemless and 

 caulescent. Leaves simple, pubescent ; petioles naked. Scapes 

 and peduncles one or many-flowered. 



137 O. MANDIOCCA'NA (Raddi, mem. bras. p. 21.) caulescent, 

 erect, or prostrate ; leaves rosulate, somewhat ovate, acuminated, 

 with the margins and middle nerve pubescent ; petioles with a 

 winged margin, as well as the many-flowered peduncles, which 

 are flattened; stamens shorter than the styles; cells of ovary 

 1-seeded. TJ(. . S. Native of Brazil, in woods on the mountain 

 called Mandiocca, near Rio Janeiro. O. aliena, Spreng. neuw. 

 entd. 3. p. 58. Flowers yellow. Stigmas capitate. 



Var. a, Raddiana (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 118.) leaves exactly 

 ovate, very obtuse at the base ; petioles with winged margins, 

 ciliated. 



Var. ft, rhombijolia (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 188.) leaves rhomb- 

 ovate ; petioles scarcely winged, pubescent. 



Mandiocca Wood-sorrel. PI. foot. 



138 O. OVA'TA (Zucc. in act. monach. 9. ex Spreng. syst. 

 append. 184.) stem suffruticose, almost simple; leaves ovate, 

 acutish, smooth ; peduncles many-flowered ; stamens exceeding 

 the styles. T? . S. Native of Brazil. Flowers yellow. 



Ovate-leaved Wood-sorrel. Shrub 1 foot. 



139 O. ALA'TA (Mart, et Zucc. in act. monach. 9. ex Spreng. 

 syst. append, p. 184.) stem sufftuticose ; leaves ovate, acute, 

 pubescent ; peduncles elongated, winged, many-flowered ; styles 

 exceeding the stamens in length. T? . S. Native of Brazil. 



Winged-Tpeduncled Wood-sorrel. Shrub 1 foot. 



140 O. CILIA'TA (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 423.) caulescent ; leaves 

 cordate, orbicular, obtuse, ciliated ; petioles and many-flowered 

 peduncles hairy ; styles longer than the stamens. I/ . S. Native 

 of Brazil. 



Ciliated-leaved Wood-sorrel. PI. ^ foot. 



141 O. VILLOSA ; villous ; stem shrubby, erect; leaves simple, 

 oblong-obovate, or cordate, mucronate ; petioles terete ; pedicels 

 1 -flowered, f; . G. Native of Mexico. Sepals acute. 



Fillous Wood-sorrel. Shrub \ foot. 



142 O. pRiMUL-ffiFOLiA (Raddi, mem. bras. add. p. 21.) stem- 

 less ; leaves oblong, obtuse, tapering to the base ; scapes many- 

 flowered, filiform, erectish. i; . S. Native of Brazil, in woods 

 on die mountain called Mandiocca, near Rio Janeiro. This is an 

 intermediate plant between sections Simplicifdlia and Caprlna. 



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



143 O. MONOPHY'LLA (Lin. mant. 241.) stemless; leaves 

 elliptical, obtuse; scape 1 -flowered; filaments smooth; styles 

 intermediate, bearing glandular hairs. I/ . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Jacq. ox. no. 35. t. 79. f. 3. Thunb. ox. 

 no. 1. t. 1. f. 1. Flowers about the size of those of O. aceto- 

 sclla, pale-purple, with yellowish claws. Root bulbous, hairy. 



One-leaved Wood-sorrel. Fl. Oct. Nov. Clt. 1774. PI. -J ft. 



144 O. LE'PIDA (Jacq. ox. no. 34. t. 21.) stemless; leaves 

 obovate, somewhat retuse ; scape 1 -flowered ; styles very long, 

 and bear glandular hairs, as well as the stamens. If. . G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers pale-purple, with yellow 

 claws. Root bulbous, hairy. 



Pretty Wood-sorrel. Fl. Jan. Nov. Clt. 1823. PI. \ foot. 



145 O. ROSTRA'TA (Jacq. ox. no. 36. t. 22.) stemless; leaves 

 obovate, retuse ; scape 1 -flowered ; styles very short ; filaments 

 bearing glandular hairs, inner ones with a beak at the top on the 

 back of each, and bearing an anther at the end of the beak. 

 If. . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers of a lilac 

 colour. 



Beahed-stamened Wood-sorrel. Fl. Oct. Nov. Clt. 1795. 

 PI. I foot. 



8. Pteropodce (from TTTCOOV, pteron, a wing, and wove iroSoc, 

 pous podos, a foot; petioles winged). D. C. prod. 1. p. 697. 

 Stemless. Leaves smooth, with 2-3 leaflets. Petioles winged. 

 Scapes \-flonered. 



146 O. CRI'SPA (Jacq. ox. no. 37. t. 23.) stemless ; leaflets 2, 

 roundish-obovate, emarginate, with waved margins ; styles very 

 long, and are, as well as the filaments, beset with glandular 

 hairs. % . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers 

 large, white, or pale-lilac, with yellow claws. 



Curled-leaved Wood-sorrel. Fl. Oct. Nov. Clt. 1793. Pl.|ft. 



147 O. LEPORINA (Jacq. ox. no. 39. t. 25.) stemless ; leaflets 



2, elliptical, emarginate, with ciliately and cartilaginous tooth- 

 letted edges ; styles very long, and are, as well as the filaments, 

 beset with glandular hairs. Tf.. G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Flowers white, with reddish edges, and yellow 

 claws. 



Hare's-foot Wood-sorrel. Fl. Jan. Nov. Clt. 1795. PI. $ ft. 



148 O. ASININA (Jacq. ox. no. 38. t. 24.) stemless ; leaflets 2, 

 lanceolate, with cartilaginous toothletted edges ; styles inter- 

 mediate ; filaments beset with glandular hairs. If. . G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers yellow. 



/^wVear-leaved Wood-sorrel. Fl. Nov. Dec. Clt. 1792. 

 PI. | foot. 



149 O. LANCE^FOLIA (Jacq. ox. no. 40. t. 26.) stemless; 

 leaflets 2-3, with cartilaginous scabrous margins ; styles very 

 long ; filaments smooth. If. . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Flowers yellow. 



Lance-leaved Wood-sorrel. Fl. Oct. Nov. Clt. 1795. PI. 

 i foot. 



150 O. FABJEFOLIA (Jacq. ox. no. 41. t. 27.) stemless ; leaflets 



3, obovate, emarginate, mucronated ; styles intermediate, and 

 are, as well as the filaments clothed with glandular hairs. If. . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers yellow. 



