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THE UNIVERSAL HERBAL ; 



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44. Oxalis Minuta ; Small Wood Sorrel. Leaflets lanceo- 

 late, acute ; styles very long ; filamenta toothless ; stipe sub- 

 terraneous, terminating in a poor umbel of leaves and flowers. 

 Native of the Cape. 



45. Oxalis Ciliaris ; Ciliate-leaved Wood Sorrel. Leaflets 

 oblong, blunt ; styles very long ; filamenta toothless ; bulb 

 ovate, the size of a hazel-nut, with a black skin ; stipe out of 

 the ground, having a few scales, and one or two leaves, round, 

 villose, often smooth at bottom, slender, weak, almostupright, 

 terminated by a dense umbel of leaves and flowers. Native 

 of the Cape. 



46. Oxalis Arcuata; Bending Wood Sorrel. Leaflets 

 linear, oblong, emarginate; styles very short; bulb ovate, 

 slender, with a blackish brown skin, almost an inch in length ; 

 stipe out of ground, round, almost half the thickness of a 

 pigeon's quill, having a few scales, but no leaves, hirsute, 

 brownish green, three or four inches long, procumbent, ter- 

 minated by an umbel of leaves and flowers ; bractes linear, 

 close to the flower. Native of the Cape. 



47. Oxalis Linearis ; Linear-leaved Wood Sorrel. Fila- 

 menta toothless ; styles very long ; corollas caryophylleous ; 

 leaflets linear; bulb ovate, with a blackish brown skin, 

 smaller than a hazel-nut; stipe out of the ground, round, 

 slender, having a few scales, but seldom any leaves ; some- 

 times a single leaflet at top, hirsute, brown, from four to 

 seven inches long, at first upright, but by age becoming 

 wholly procumbent, terminated by a closish umbel of leaves 

 and flowers : and sometimes, but rarely, lengthened out into 

 another umbel ; leaves several, almost upright. Native of 

 the Cape. 



48. Oxalis Gracilis; Slender Wood Sorrel. Filamenta 

 toothless; styles very long; corollas bell-shaped; leaflets 

 linear ; bulb roundish, the size of a hazel-nut, covered with 

 a brown skin, sometimes loose; stipe standing out, filiform, 

 brownish, smooth, about half a foot long, very weak, and 

 wholly prostrate, at bottom leafless, with a few scales ; above 

 having solitary leaves, and frequently an umbel, terminating 

 in a thin umbel of flowers. Native of the Cape. 



49. Oxalis Reclinata; Reclining Wood Sorrel. Filamenta 

 toothless; styles middling; leaflets linear; bulb roundish, 

 often an inch in diameter, covered with a brown skin, loose; 

 stipe standing out, a foot or eighteen inches long, round, 

 smaller than a pigeon's quill, minutely and densely villose, 

 brown, below the middle having a few scales, but no leaves; 

 above the middle leafy, and sometimes having a branchlet; 

 when young totally upright, but afterwards more or less reclin- 

 ing, and even entirely procumbent on account of its weak- 

 ness, and the weight of the umbel, terminated by a dense 

 loose umbel of leaves and flowers. Native of the Cape. 



50. Oxalis Mimata; Vermilion Wood Sorrel. Filamenta 

 toothless; styles very short; leaflets linear; bulb roundish, 

 the size of a hazel-nut, covered with a brown skin, sometimes 

 loose ; stipe above ground, filiform, brownish, smooth, from 

 one to four inches long, very weak, and always prostrate from 

 its extreme slenderness, mostly leafless, and having only a 

 few minute scales, except at top, where there is a leaf, or one 

 or two umbels ; it is terminated only by a denser loose umbel 

 of leaves and flowers. Native of the Cape. 



51. Oxalis Versicolor; Striped-flowered Wood Sorrel. 

 Filamenta toothletted ; styles very long ; stem upright, hairy, 

 generally simple ; leaflets linear, callous on the under side at 

 the tip ; bulb ovate, half an inch long, covered with a black 

 skin, within which are frequently several bulbs, hence when 

 cultivated it has almost always many stipes ; these are out of 

 the ground, have a few scales on them, are round, slender, 

 with a very few hairs scattered over them, are six inches long, 



sometimes leafless, sometimes having a single leaf at topi 

 when young almost upright, but afterwards wholly procum- 

 bent, terminated by a dense umbel of leaves and flowers. Dr. 

 Smith remarks, that the flowers are expanded in the sunshine 

 only, and have no scent. It is an elegant species, conspi- 

 cuous for the crimson margins of the white petals, which give 

 the buds a spirally striped appearance. Native of the Cape. 



52. Oxalis Elongata. Filamenta toothletted ; styles very 

 short ; petals emarginate ; leaflets linear ; bulb ovate, covered 

 with a sooty skin, smaller than a hazel-nut; stipe appearing 

 somewhat hirsute when covered with a glass, having a few 

 scales, and often one or two leaves, extremely weak, so as to 

 be wholly procumbent. Native of the Cape. 



53. Oxalis Tenuifolia ; Fine-leaved Wood Sorrel. Fila- 

 menta toothletted ; styles very short ; petals quite entire ; 

 leaflets linear; bulb ovate, half the size of a hazel-nut, with 

 a black skin; stipe almost upright, smooth, or somewhat 

 villose, purple at bottom, from two to four inches long, scaly 

 at the base, sometimes leafless, sometimes leafy all over, 

 and even having barren branchlets ; the umbel of leaves and 

 flowers that terminates it, being elongated, but barren. Na- 

 tive of the Cape. 



54. Oxalis Polyphylla; Many-leaved Wood Sorrel. Fila- 

 menta gibbosely toothletted; styles middling; leaflets linear; 

 bulb roundish, the size of a hazel-nut, or even of a walnut, 

 covered with a brown skin, having ovate, acuminate, loose 

 scales, flesh-coloured, or pale fleshy ; stipe from half an inch 

 to six inches in height ; leaves very many. Native of the 

 Cape. 



55. Oxalis Cuneata. Filamenta toothless; styles very 

 long ; leaflets wedge-shaped ; bulb ovate, almost the size of 

 a hazel-nut, with a blackish-brown skin, often loose at top ; 

 stipe standing out, round, scaly, brown, villose, procumbent, 

 leafless, slender, two or three inches long, terminated by a 

 dense umbel of leaves and flowers ; leaves very many, spread- 

 ing a little. Native of the Cape. 



56. Oxalis Cuneifolia. Filamenta toothless ; styles very 

 short ; leaflets wedge-shaped ; stipe about three inches long, 

 frequently with a leaf or two on it; corolla five times as long 

 as the calix, yellowish at bottom, the rest white ; claws twice 

 as long as the calix. Native of the Cape. 



57. Oxalis Glabra; Smooth Wood Sorrel. Filamenta 

 toothletted ; styles very long ; stipe upright, smooth ; leaflets 

 oblong, or wedge-shaped, smooth ; leaves 'several ; scapes 

 few, obscurely villose in the microscope, erect, an inch and 

 half long, with alternate, lanceolate, acute, erect bractes at 

 top. Native of the Cape. 



58. Oxalis Pusilla; Dwarf Wood Sorrel. Filamenta tooth- 

 letted ; style middling ; leaflets wedge-shaped ; bulb ovate, 

 with a brown skin, less than a pea ; stipe partly under, and 

 partly above ground, from half an inch to two inches in 

 length, filiform, smooth, the shorter upright, the larger pro- 

 cumbent, sometimes leafless, sometimes having- a few leaves 

 at the base, or at top, terminated by a denser umbel of 

 leaves ; corolla three times as long as the calix, bell-shaped. 

 Native of the Cape. 



59. Oxalis Ambigua ; Doubtful Wood Sorrel. Styles very 

 long; leaflets unspotted, flat, the middle ones wedge-shaped, 

 the side ones oblong, calicine leaflets equal ; bulb oval, an 

 inch long, covered with a black hard skin ; stipes standing 

 out, one or two inches in length, scaly, round, the thickness 

 of a pigeon's quill, purplish, somewhat villose, erect, termi- 

 nated by a dense umbel of leaves and flowers. Native of 

 the Cape. 



60. Oxalis Undulata ; Wave-leaved Wood Sorrel. Styles 

 very long; leaflets unspotted, waved, middle wedge-shaped, 



