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OR. BOTANICAL DICTIONARY. 



OX A 



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lateral, oblong, one leaflet of the calix spatulate; bulb equal, 

 an inch long, with a blackish brown skin ; stipe from one to 

 three inches long, almost upright, green or brownish, slightly 

 pubescent, leafless, but having lanceolate, acuminate, ferru- 

 ginous, ciliate scales, terminated by an umbel of leaves and 

 flowers. Native of the Cape. 



61. Oxalis Fuscata. Styles very long; leaflets spotted 

 on both sides ; middle wedge-shaped, lateral, oblong ; bulb 

 oval, covered with a black hard skin, an inch long ; stipe 

 subterraneous, scaly above, an inch and more in length, 

 terminated by a dense umbel of leaves and flowers, under 

 which is another umbel or two which is less dense ; corolla 

 large; claws erect, twice as long as the calix, yellow within; 

 borders white, with one side of the back flesh-coloured, 

 rounded, wide, spreading very much ; antherse incumbent, 

 yellow. Native of the Cape. 



62. Oxalis Glandulosa; Glandular Wood Sorrel. Styles 

 middling; leaves and calices capitately ciliate; middle leaflet 

 wedge-shaped ; lateral ones oblong ; bulb ovate, covered with 

 a black hard skin, twice as large as a hazel-nut ; stipe one 

 or two, standing out, round, the thickness of a pigeon's 

 quill, from one to three inches long, erect or procumbent, 

 villose, scaly, leafless, purplish, weak, terminated by a dense 

 umbel of leaves and flowers. Native of the Cape. 



63. Oxalis Tricolor; Three-coloured Wood Sorrel. Styles 

 middling; cilias simple; middle leaflet wedge-shaped, lateral 

 ones oblong; bulb pvate, roundish, covered with a black 

 skin, larger than a hazel-nut; stipe commonly wholly sub- 

 terraneous, having one or two scales at top, short, leafless, 

 round, almost as thick as a pigeon's quill, terminated by a 

 dense umbel of leaves and flowers ; leaves several, erect, or 

 spreading. Native of the Cape. 



64. Oxalis Exaltata. Styles very short; leaflets dusky, 

 spotted; middle wedge-shaped, lateral, oblong; scapes up- 

 right; bulb oval, an inch and half long, covered with a black 

 hard skin ; stipe partly under, partly above ground, scaly, 

 round, about an inch high, upright, leafless, terminated by 

 a dense umbel of leaves and flowers. Native of the Cape. 



65. Oxalis Rubroflava. Styles very short ; leaflets unspot- 

 ted ; middle wedge-shaped, lateral, oblong; scapes upright; 

 bulbs subovate, with a blackish brown skin, less than an 

 inch in length ; stipe standing out, scaly, leafless, round, 

 the thickness of a pigeon's quill, villose, almost upright, 

 about an inch in length, terminated by a denser umbel of 

 leaves and flowers. Native of the Cape. 



66. Oxalis Flaccida. Styles very short; leaflets unspotted; 

 middle wedge-shaped, lateral oblong; scapes flaccid ; bulb 

 ovate-acuminate, with a blackish-brown skin, about an inch 

 in length ; stipe partly Under, partly above ground, round, 

 villose, the thickness of a pigeon's quill, green, procumbent, 

 somewhat scaly, an inch and half long, leafless, terminated 

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

 Cape. 



67. Oxalis Variabilis ; Variable Wood Sorrel. Styles very 

 short ; leaflets roundish, unspotted, very slightly emarginate ; 

 bulb ovate, with a blackish skin, half the size of a hazel- 

 nut; stipe subterraneous, an inch long, terminated by an 

 umbel of leaves and flowers ; leaves several. Native of the 

 Cape. 



68. Oxalis Grandiflora; Great-flowered Wood Sorrel. 

 Styles very short ; leaflets roundish, frequently blood-red 

 underneath, scarcely emarginate ; bulb ovate, acute, small, 

 loose; stipe subterraneous, an inch and half long. Native 

 of the Cape. 



69. Oxalis Convexula ; Convex-leaved Wood Sorrel. Styles 

 middling; filamenta toothless; leaflets roundish convex; 



bulb ovate, with a blackish brown skin, from the size of a 

 hazel-nut to twice that size; stipe shortly subterraneous, 

 then standing out, from three to five inches long, round, 

 purple, smooth, without scales, the thickness of a pigeon's 

 quill, or thicker, whplly procumbent, branched, brittle, with 

 a central tough fibril, thickened at the tip, and from this 

 terminated by a very close and elegant umbel of leaves and 

 flowers, and finally dense, bulb-bearing from the same. 

 Native of the Cape. 



70. Oxalis Purpurea; Purple Wood Sorrel. Styles mid- 

 dling; filamenta toothletted; petioles round; leaflets round- 

 ish, unspotted, ciliate ; bulb ovate, loose, small, loosely in- 

 closed in a skin, from three to six times the size of the bulb ; 

 stipe subterraneeous, from one to three inches long, round, 

 slender, often bulbiferous, terminated by a dense umbel of 

 leaves and flowers. Native of the Cape. 



71. Oxalis Laxula. Styles middling; filamenta toothletted ; 

 petioles round ; leaflets roundish, often purple underneath ; 

 bulb less than a hazel-nut, with a blackish brown skin ; stipe 

 about an inch long, terminated by a loose umbel; leaves 

 several. Native of the Cape. 



72. Oxalis Breviscapa. Styles middling; filamenta tooth- 

 letted ; petioles thick, compressed ; leaflets roundish ; bulb 

 oval, with a black hard skin, an inch long; stipe subterra- 

 neous, an inch in height, thick, terminated by a dense umbel 

 of leaves and flowers. Native of the Cape. 



73. Oxalis Rigidula. Styles very long; leaflets roundish, 

 unspotted ; bulb ovate, an inch long, covered with a blackish 

 skin ; stipe subterraneous, an incn in height, terminated by 

 a stiffish umbel of leaves and scapes ; leaves very many, 

 spreading in a ring. Native of the Cape. 



74. Oxalis Speciosa ; Handsome Wood Sorrel. Styles very 

 long ; leaflets roundish, unspotted above, underneath bloorf- 

 red, and dotted with gold ; bulb oval, with a blackish skin, 

 less than an inch in length ; spike subterraneous, an inch 

 long, scaly at top, terminated by an umbel of leaves and 

 flowers ; leaves very many, spreading in a ring. Native of 

 the Cape. 



75. Oxalis Saggillata. Styles very long; leaflets roundish, 

 when adult livid underneath, all over, and above at the 

 edges ; bulb oval, with a blackish skin, less than an inch in 

 length ; stipe subterraneous, about an inch and half in height, 

 terminated by an umbel of leaves and flowers; leaves several, 

 in a ring. Native of the Cape. 



76. Oxalis Truncatula ; Truncate-leaved Wood Sorrel. 

 Styles very long ; leaflets roundish, truncated ; bulb ovate- 

 roundish, with a black hard skin, almost the size of a walnut; 

 stipe standing out, extremely short, terminated by an umbel 

 of leaves and flowers. Native of the Cape. 



77. Oxalis Sulphurea; Sulphur-coloured Wood Sorrel. 

 Styles very short; filamenta toothless ; calix ciliate ; leaflets 

 obcordate; bulb oval, covered with a blackish hard skin, 

 an inch and more in length ; stipe subterraneous, about an 

 inch long, terminated by a dense umbel of leaves and flowers ; 

 leaves very many, in a ring. Native of the Cape. 



78. Oxalis Natans; Floating Wood Sorrel. Styles very 

 short ; filamenta toothless ; calix smooth at the edges ; leaves 

 floating; leaflets obcordate ; stipe filiform, submersed, of an 

 indeterminate length, leafless, but having a few scales, ter- 

 minated by an umbel of leaves and flowers floating on the 

 surface of the water; leaves several. Native of the Cape. 



79. Oxalis Strumosa. Styles very short ; filamenta tooth- 

 letted, equal ; leaflets spotted on both sides ; middle one 

 obcordate ; lateral ones roundish ; bulb oval, or obovate, 

 with a black hard skin, almost an inch in length ; stipe sub- 

 terraneous, one or two inches long, terminated by a dense 



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