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menta unequal ; flowers ^upright ; bulb ovate, triangular, 

 even. The next species is considered as the Caprina, in the 

 generality of European gardens, and is probably the Caprina 

 of Linneus, but this the Caprina of Thunberg and Jacquin. 

 Native of the Cape. 



16. Oxalis Cernua ; Nodding Wood Sorrel. Leaves ter- 

 nate, smooth ; styles very short ; interior filamenta equal ; 

 flowers when closed drooping, when expanded upright ; bulb 

 acuminate-ovate, smooth, covered with a brown coat, the 

 largest nine lines in length; corolla five times as long as the 

 calix, bell-shaped; claws upright, pale yellow; borders very 

 wide, obovate, rounded, spreading very much, yellow. 

 Native of the Cape. 



17. Oxalis Dentata. Leaves ternate; petioles round; 

 styles very long ; bulb oblong, half an inch long, covered 

 with a brown striated coat ; stipe under ground from an inch 

 in length, then rising above ground from one to four inches, 

 round, smoothish, brownish purple, more slender than a 

 pigeon's quill, having a few scales, commonly leafless, except 

 that it has now and then a single leaf at top, almost upright, 

 or declining, terminated by an umbel of leaves and flowers ; 

 corolla four times as long as the calix, of a violet purple 

 colour, more pale on the outside, bell-shaped, spreading 

 very much, and wide at the top. It flowers here in Novem- 

 ber. Native of the Cape. 



18. Oxalis Livida; Livid Wood Sorrel. Leaves ternate, 

 smoothish; scapes two-flowered; styles middling ; bulb ovate, 

 half an inch long, covered with a brown striated coat ; stipe 

 partly subterraneous, and from one to three inches long, 

 partly standing out two or three inches, round, nearry the 

 thickness of a pigeon's quill, smooth, leafless, upright, ter- 

 minating in an umbel of many leaves and fewer scapes, then 

 elongated above this, and ending in another leafy umbel ; 

 corolla four times as long as the calix ; claws erect, yellow- 

 ish ; borders rounded, wedge-shaped, spreading very much, 

 flesh-coloured, with the back on one side somewhat villose. 

 It flowers with us in October and Nov. Native of the Cape. 



19. Oxalis Compressa. Leaves ternate, hirsute under- 

 neath ; petioles compressed ; styles very long ; stipes sub- 

 terraneous, terminating in an umbel of leaves and scapes ; 

 corolla four times as long as the calix, bell-shaped, yellow ; 

 antherse oblong, incumbent. Native of the Cape. 



20. Oxalis Burmanni ; Digitate-leaved Wood Sorrel. 

 Leaves digitate ; bulb oblong ; stipe subterraneous, termi- 

 nating in an umbel of leaves and scapes ; peduncles several, 

 drooping till the flowers open, and then upright; calicine 

 leaflets lanceolate, acute, erect ; corolla five times as long 

 as the calix, bell-shaped, yellow. Native of the Cape. 



21. Oxalis Sensitiva ; Sensitive Wood Sorrel. Leaves pin- 

 nate ; root fibrous, brown; stipe standing out, round, about 

 the thickness of a pigeon's quill, from half an inch to six 

 inches in height, obscurely jointed below, variegated with 

 red, or brown, or green, filled with a white pith, terminating 

 in a close umbel of leaves and flowers ; corolla yellow. It is 

 a very beautiful plant. Native of Malabar, Ceylon, the 

 Molucca Islands, and other parts of the East Indies, also of 

 China and Cochin-china. 



fl. Division. With one-flowered Peduncles. 

 A. Caulescent. 



22. Oxalis Macrostylis ; Long-styled Wood Sorrel. Co- 

 rollas coryophylleous ; styles very long ; bulb covered with 

 a ferruginous shining coat, the size of a hazel nut ; stem 

 round, hirsute, purple, slender, somewhat branched, from 

 six to nine inches high, almost upright; leaves subsessile, 

 scattered, approximating, spreading very much, ternate. It 

 flowers in Europe in October. Native of the Cape. 



23. Oxalis Tubiflora ; Tube-flowered Wood Sorrel. Co- 

 rollas caryophylleous ; styles very short ; filamenta unequal ; 

 bulb roundish, covered with a brownish coat, the size of 

 a hazel nut, or larger ; stem round, very hirsute, almost all 

 leafy, sometimes, but seldom, having a single branchlet, half 

 a foot high, almost upright, weak, about half the thickness 

 of a pigeon's quill ; leaves alternate, subsessile, spreading 

 very much, ternate ; peduncles not jointed at the base, axil- 

 lary, solitary, round, hirsute, almost of the same thickness 

 with the stem, two inches long, almost upright, alternate, 

 pale, with little bractes, approximately alternate below the 

 calix ; styles smooth. It flowers in Europe in October and 

 November. Willdenow unites this with the next species, 

 Canescens, whose flower is of a more blueish purple. In 

 both the styles are shorter than any of the stamens, and we 

 venture (says an eminent botanist) to esteem them male 

 plants ; the 22nd species, Macrostylis, in which the styles 

 rise above the stamens, being the female. Native of the 

 Cape. 



24. Oxalis Canescens ; Hoary Wood Sorrel. Corollas 

 caryophylleous ; styles very short ; filamenta equal ; bulb 

 roundish or ovate, from the size of a pea to that of a hazel 

 nut, with the scales a little loose, the outer ones brown, the 

 inner whitish dotted with red ; stem round, villose, half the 

 thickness of a pigeon's quill, upright, half a foot, scaly at 

 the base, either quite simple or branched from the axils of 

 the leaves ; peduncles not jflinted at the base, axillary, soli- 

 tary, erect, alternate, villose, pale green, half an inch long, 

 with alternate approximating bractes below the calix ; styles 

 somewhat villose. It flowers in Europe in September and 

 October. Native of the Cape. 



25. Oxalis Secunda. Corollas caryophylleous ; styles of 

 a middling length ; bulb roundish, covered with a brown 

 coat, larger than a hazel nut; stem round, the thickness of 

 a pigeon's quill, extremely villose, brownish, only at bottom 

 scaly and leafless, weak, about a foot high, upright for 

 some inches, and then more or less reclining, from most of 

 the leaves below the flowers increased by axillary erect 

 branchlets, that grow half a foot in length, but scarcely 

 ever bear flowers ; leaves alternate, approximating on very 

 short petioles, ternate. It flowers in Europe in October and 

 November. Native of the Cape. 



26. Oxalis Hirta; Hairy Wood Sorrel. Corollas bell- 

 shaped ; styles very long ; filamenta toothless, equal ; bulb 

 roundish, covered with a brown coat, the size of a hazel 

 nut; stem round, slender, smooth at bottom, the rest villose, 

 about eight inches in length, purplish brown, weak, flaccid, 

 hence it is sometimes almost upright, sometimes decumbent 

 or ascending, putting forth from the axils branchlets that 

 seldom flower. This species is remarkably rough in its wild 

 state, but puts off much of its roughness when cultivated. 

 It flowers in Europe in September and October. Native of 

 the Cape. 



27. Oxalis Hirtella. Corollas bell-shaped ; styles very 

 long ; filamenta toothletted, unequal ; bulb roundish, with 

 a brown skin, the size of a hazel nut; stem round, hirsute, 

 commonly undivided, almost upright, weak, slender, green- 

 ish, about eight inches long, scaly at the base ; leaves alter- 

 nate, on very short petioles, ternate; peduncles not jointed 

 at the base, axillary, solitary, alternate, roundish, villose, 

 pale, flaccid, four inches long, having alternate bractes at 

 top ; styles hirsute, with simple hairs. In Europe it flowers 

 in October and November. Native of the Cape. 



28. Oxalis Multiflora ; Many*flowered Wood Sorrel. 

 Corollas bell-shaped; styles very short; leaflets wedge 

 shaped; bulb roundish, larger than a hazel nut, with * 



