Om'IRANDRA 



gascar, according to the Botanical Magazine, the plant 

 grows in running water. Some cultivators think that 

 the water must be changed every day, but this is not 

 nectssir\ If c nfervsp ij pear intr 1 i e a few '- ' 

 p le a 1 I ail tl e e \ 11 U^o ir the{,rcen -.cum an 1 



OXALIS 



1181 



but the native O. riolacea produces only the 

 first and last of these three forms of flowers, which are 

 designated as long-styled, mid-styled and short-styled. 

 •^ — e-a' -pe-'e- -"» — *-ea*ed as be'o"g'ns*o a ="pa-ate 

 <'en 1 Bi phjtun po sess pinnate senstiveh^ 



) r I 1 1 1 >n of the coi j o ii 11 ilbs 

 1 t the jounf, b ill s pro luced 



I lerground root b\ ome 





f the cli nip of those 



t brous r oted 



h\ cuttings or 



I e gro M from 



lower and )me 



1 I K 1 )am 



^•^^^^l 



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oxygen. (See Aquarium.) The plant should be potted, 

 and plunged not more than 18 inches below the sur- 

 face of the water. For potting soil use a rich compost, 

 such as is reconiiiiHiuli-.l f.ir Xviiii.liaas. The water 

 should be kept clf:m aii.l -\v. t.' :iimI :i temperature of 

 65° to 75° provided. Av..i,l ,iir,it smiliu'lit. 



In Madagascar tin- >ti-t':uii^ ..fttn dry up, and the 

 tubers carry the pl.iiit .iv.i- tli.- .Irv ~.a-..ii. In imitation 



soil, and leave tlii-in ..n :> -.In If in ;i In.tliouse during 

 the month of Felnuary. It i- .i..ul.ttiil whether this is 

 necessary. Potting sliunld Im- done wiiile the plant is 

 in active growth, not dormant. Prop, by division. 



fenestrilis, Poir. (Aponogetou fenestrciJe, Hook.). 

 Fig. 1600. The fls. are small, and consist of 6 stamens, 

 ;i pistils and 2 white petal-like bodies. The fls. are 

 numerous, and borne in 2 spikes, each about 2 in. long, 

 which are united at the base, and borne on the top of a 

 scape a foot or so long. A.F. 7:67. A. G. 15:169. B.M. 

 4894. G.M. 38:830. Gn. 30, pp. 344, 345. Mn. 6, p. 231. 

 F.S. 11:1107. I.H. 8:300. 



O. Bemieriana. Decne., differs in having sni.iller open spaces 

 in the Ivs., and pinkish 4-parted spikes. 



Wm. Thicker and W. M. 



6XALIS (sharp; referring t.. tlif usual acidity of 

 the foliage). Geraniacm . ~..iiiriiiih- treated as a fam- 

 ily, Oxaliilacea: Over L'nii -,,., ,, ,. mu^tly of South 

 Africa and tropical and Mil.tr.. pi. al Ani.-rica. A few 

 are weeds or woodland plants ihnius;h the northern 

 countries of both hemispheres. Mostly bulbous or 

 tuberous herbs, with clover-like Ivs., cultivate, 

 ders and rockeries or especially as hanging-basket 

 window plants for their flowers : a 

 few used in salads, and several of 

 the South American species grown 

 for their edible roots or tubeis. 

 The fls. usually close at night and 

 in cloudy weather, and the leaves 

 "sleep" at night (Fig. IGOli. 



O. AeetoseIJa produces, in addi- 

 tion to the showy flowers, others. 

 concealed by the leaves, which are 

 fertilized in the bud, like those of 

 our native blue violets. The bul- 

 bous and tuberous species com- 

 monly consist of three otherwise 

 similar forms, in the flowers of 

 which the styles are respectively 

 longer than, intermediate between, 

 and shorter than the two sets of 





i an r e\el 1\ Karl Kciche in 

 EnglersBt I ihrb 18 o »-«)0 ( 18J4). 



^^M trllease. 



N„..^ ... ...^ c-L.va.cJ k.„J., ar.,L„rJj,at lea.t in 



the Xorth. The bulbous or tuberous kinds grown in 

 greenhouses make handsome pot-plants for i 

 winter decoration. They are also favorite hn 

 and one frcquentlv sees tlli'tn di«|ilav. <1 r' 



plants. They al aMiy u'f..w.,. ..Laii. ):■ :-•' 



tinue a long tim.- in l.|....iii. 'I'll.' i.."'~ 

 August or Scj.tfJiili.'i-. an.i .■. >niln<n.'. -i 



11 1. 1. ...HI. When 

 red. until Anally 

 1 another season. 

 D. Hatfield. 



atropurpurea. 

 hipunctata, 9. 

 Bowiei. 13. 

 caprina, 14. 



delieata, 5 

 Deppei. 11 

 elongnta, ] 



florib 

 fulgida. 16. 

 nrandiflnra, 1.5. 



M.irtiana. 9. 

 multiflnra. 16. 

 Ortgiesi, 4. 

 purpurea, l.'i. 

 rigiduln. l.'j. 



suggiUata, \r>. 

 tetr..iphyUa. 11. 

 tropwoloides. 2. 



Leaves of Oxalis tetraphylla, 



day and nieht positions. 



