OXALLDE.E. III. OXALIS. 



767 



leaflets 3, linear-lanceolate, acute ; scape longer than the leaves ; 

 styles very long. Q. H. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Jacq. ox. no. 44. t. 79. f. 2. The leaves are probably glandular. 

 Flowers white. 



Minute Wood-sorrel. PI. A foot. 



207 O. GLA'BRA (Thunb. ox. no. 17. t. 2. f. 1.) stem very 

 short, naked at the base, erect ; leaflets 3, linear-wedge-shaped, 

 emarginate, ciliated, with many glands beneath ; peduncles longer 

 than the leaves ; styles very long. 7(L . G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Jacq. ox. no. 58. t. 76. f. 3. Flowers purple. 



Smooth Wood-sorrel. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1 795. PI. i ft. 



208 O. VERsicoLOR (Lin. spec. 622.) stem declinate, naked 

 at the base ; leaflets 3, linear, emarginate, with 2 red glands 

 beneath ; peduncles longer than the leaves ; styles very long, 

 and are as well as the filaments beset with glandular hairs. 

 1. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Jacq. ox. no. 51. 

 t. 36. Curt. bot. mag. t. 155. Smith, icon. rar. 7. t. 7. Corolla 

 white inside and reddish outside. Filaments toothed. 



Various-coloured-Rowered Wood-sorrel. Fl. Jan. Mar. Clt. 

 1774. PI. foot. 



209 O. SYLVE'STRIS (Jacq. ox. t. 77. f. 4.) stem declinate, 

 naked at the base ; leaflets 3, linear, emarginate, with 2 red 

 glands beneath ; peduncles length of leaves ; styles very long, 

 hairy ; filaments toothless, smooth. If. . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Corolla white inside and red outside. 



Wild Wood-sorrel. Fl. Jan. Mar. Clt. ? PI. declinate. 



210 O. ELONGA^TA (Jacq. ox. no. 52. t. 37.) stem declinate, 

 naked at the base; leaflets 3, linear, emarginate, with 2 red 

 glands at the top of each ; peduncles longer than the leaves ; 

 styles very short. If. . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Petals white, hardly edged with red, a little emarginated at 

 the top. Sepals with two red glands at the tip beneath. 



Var. /3, amofna (Jacq. hort. schoenbr. t. 206.) sepals blunt ; 

 petals obtuse, of a rose-purple colour. 



Elongated Wood-sorrel. Fl. Sept. Oct. Clt. 1791. PI. 

 prostrate. 



211 O. TENUIF&LIA (Jacq. ox. no. 53. t. 38.) stem erect, spa- 

 ringly leafy ; leaflets 3, linear, emarginate, with many red glands 

 beneath ; peduncles longer than the leaves ; styles very short ; 

 inner filaments with glandular hairs. I/ . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Lodd. bot. cab. t. 712. Corolla white, 

 with reddish edges on the outside. 



Fine-leaved Wood-sorrel. Fl. Oct. Nov. Clt. 1790. PI. | ft. 



212 O. POLYPHY'LLA (Jacq. ox. no. 59. t. 39.) stem erect, a 

 little branched, leafy at top ; leaflets 3, linear, emarginate, with 

 2 red glands beneath ; peduncles longer than the leaves ; styles 

 intermediate, and are as well as filaments beset with glandular 

 hairs. 2. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Corolla 

 pale-red. O. versicolor, Jacq. icon. rar. t. 473. Burm. afr. 

 t. 27. f. 1. 



Many-leaved Wood-sorrel. Fl. Jan. Sept. Clt. 1791. Pl.^ft. 



213 O. FILIFOLIA (Jacq. hort. schoenbr. 3. t. 273.) stem de- 

 clinate, naked at the base ; leaflets 3, linear, entire at the apex, 

 with callose glands ; peduncles longer than the leaves ; styles 

 very long, and are as well as the inner filaments beset with glan- 

 dular hairs. If. . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Co- 

 rolla rose-coloured. 



Thread-leaved Wood-sorrel. Fl. Jan. Sept. Clt. 1822. 

 PI. prostrate. 



214 O. PENTAPHY'LLA (Sims, bot. mag. t. 1549.) stem erectish, 

 naked below ; leaflets 5, linear, rather entire at the apex, with 

 1 or 2 callose glands beneath ; peduncles longer than the leaves ; 

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

 O. digitata, Poir. 'suppl. 4. p. 254. exclusive of the synonyms 

 and var. /3. Flowers rose-flesh-coloured. Petioles reddish and 

 stem-clasping at die base. 



Five-leaved Wood-sorrel. Fl. Feb. Nov. Clt. 1800. PI. | ft. 



11. Palmatifolia (from palmatus, palmate, and folium, a 

 leaf; leaves palmate). D. C. prod. 1. p. 702. Stemless and with 

 a short stipe, naked at the base. Leases stalked, palmately or 

 peltately divided into 5-15 leaflets, destitute of glands. Scaj)es 

 1 -flowered. 



215 O. MALLOBO'LBA (Cav. icon. 4. p. 64. t. 393. f. 2.) stem- 

 less ; bulb woolly ; leaflets 5, ovate ; scape bearing 2 awl- 

 shaped bracteas in the middle. T. G. Native of Buenos 

 Ayres. Plant very small. Bulb clothed with beautiful rufous 

 wool. Flowers yellow. Styles intermediate, villous. 



Soft-bulbed Wood-sorrel. PI. ^ foot. 



216 O. COMMERSONII (Pers. ench. 1. p. 519.) stem very short, 

 leafy ; leaflets 6, ovate, clothed with close-pressed villi ; scapes 

 longer than the leaves, with 2 bracteas in the middle. "%. . G. 

 Native of Monte Video. O. sexenata, Savign. in Lam. diet. 4. 

 p. 687. Flowers yellow. 



Commerson's Wood-sorrel. PI. ^ foot. 



217 O. LUPINIFOLIA (Jacq. ox. FIG. 122. 

 no. 92. t. 72.) almost stemless ; 



leaflets 7-8, lanceolate, acutish, 

 smooth, spotted at the base ; pe- 

 tioles compressed; scape length 

 of petiole ; styles very short ; 

 filaments with glandular hairs. 

 I/. G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Flowers yellow. 



Lupine-leaved Wood-sorrel. Fl. 

 Oct. Nov. Clt. 1775. PI. I ft. 



218 O. FLA'VA (Lin. spec. 621.) 

 stem erect, short, naked at the 

 base ; leaflets 6-7, smooth, linear, 

 channelled, acute ; peduncles ra- 

 ther longer than the petioles ; 

 styles very short ; filaments with 

 glandular hairs. If. . G. Native 



of the Cape of Good Hope. Jacq. ox. no. 93. t. 73. Burm. afr. 

 t. 27. f. 4. Ker. bot. reg. t. 117. Flowers yellow. 



IWZoro-flowered Wood-sorrel. Fl. March, April. Clt. 1775. 

 PI. foot. 



219 O. PECTINA'TA (Jacq. ox. no. 94. t. 74.) almost stemless ; 

 leaflets 7, smooth, linear-lanceolate, obtuse ; peduncles length of 

 leaves ; sepals close-pressed ; styles very long, and are, as well 

 as the filaments, beset with glandular hairs. If. . G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Burm. afr. t. 30. f. 1. Flowers 

 yellow. 



Pectinated-leaved. Wood-sorrel. Fl. Sept. Nov. Clt. 1790. 

 PI. i foot. 



220 O. FLABELLIFOLIA (Jacq. ox. no. 94. t. 74.) almost stem- 

 less ; leaflets 6-7-9, smooth, linear, emarginate ; peduncles hardly 

 longer than the petioles ; sepals reflexed at the apex ; styles in- 

 termediate, and are, as well as the inner filaments, beset with 

 glandular hairs. I/ . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Flowers yellow. 



Fan-leaved Wood-sorrel. Fl. Sep. Nov. Clt. 1789. PI. -J ft. 



221 O. TOMENTOSA (Lin. fil. suppl. 244.) almost stemless ; 

 leaflets 9-19, clothed with pubescent down on both surfaces, 

 lanceolate-cuneated, emarginate ; scapes length of petioles ; styles 

 very long. If. . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Jacq. ox. no. 96. t. 81. Plum. t. 350. f. 3. Corolla whitish. 



Tomentose Wood-sorrel. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1791. PI. ft. 



222 O. ENNEAPHY'LLA (Cav. icon. 5. p. 7. t. 411.) stipe 

 creeping at the base, covered with interrupted scales ; leaflets 9, 

 smooth, obcordate, wedge-shaped, almost bifid ; peduncles length 

 of the leaves ; styles very long. If. . G. Native of the Falk- 



