52 WILD FLOWERS. 



WOODSOKREL, WOODSOM, ALLELUJA, 

 HEARTS, CUCKOOES MEAT. 



Oxalis acetosella. 



Welsh, Suran y g6g, Clychau twlwyth tg, Segyrffug. Irish, 

 Seamsog. French, Surelle, Petite oseille, Pain de Cocu. 

 Italian, Alleluia. Spanish, Aleluyo. German, Sauerklee. 

 Dutch, Klaverziuriag, Coeckcoer broot. Swedish, Giok- 

 mat. 



LINN.EAN. NATURAL. 



Decandria. Oxalidece. 



Pentagynia. 



" THE woodsorrel with its light green leaves 

 Heart-shaped, and triply folded ; and its root 

 Creeping like beaded coral ; " 



of whose delicate and fairy-like beauty any draw- 

 ing can give but a faint idea, is distributed with an 

 unsparing hand over our island. There are few 

 woods or shady walks where, in early spring, its 

 bright, half-folded leaves are not to be found, spring- 

 ing up above the darker green of the moss, and the 

 rich brown of decaying leaves. Then the tiny white 

 bells appear, with their delicate purple veining, 

 justly claiming the name Clychau twlwyth teg, or 

 fairy-bells given to them by the peasantry in some 

 parts of Wales who believe that they are espe- 

 cially favoured by the "good people/' and chosen 

 to ring out the merry peals which call them to their 

 moonlight revelries. 



