1182 



OXALIS 



OXALIS 



A. Plants without bulbs or scaly 

 rootstocks : stem usually elon- 

 gated, leafy, 

 B, Ijft's. palmately placed, not 

 separated, notched. 



c. Color of fls. rosy 1. rosea 



cc. Color of fls. chiefly yellow. 

 D. Peiliincles shorter than 



I IS 2. comiculata 



DD. Prdinicles lonqerthan Ivs. 



E. F<>lii,,,r rliistrri-rl 3. Valdiviensis 



EE. h'.'in:,!,' sr.iii, ri'fl 4. Ortgiesi 



■BS. LftS. pill Ji. II. hi 1,1,:,., I. SiiDK' 



what s, i„n;ii^ ,1. ' I'l'i-r 5. delicata 



AA. Plants tvilh iiiiiUnirouml stems 

 thickened and scaly at end, 

 forming a sort of tuber: stem 

 scarcely any: Ivs. of 3 Ifts. 

 B. Fls, white, with rosy veins. 



c. Lfts. obcordate 6. Acetoaella 



cc. Lfts, broadly triangular, 



scarcely notched 7. Japonica 



BB. Fls. rosy, lilac, or white 8. rubra 



LAA. Phiiils frniii loose. Scaly, ovoid 

 ;,.(//.,<■ sl< III mnrcely any: fls. 

 II, III,, III il 1,11 ilongated scapes. 



B. Lfts. J. 



0. Hulb composed of ■ 



small ones 9. Martiana 



cc. Bulb simple 10. violacea 



BB. Lfts, 4orS II. tetraphylla 



BBB. Lfts. 5-10 12. lasiandTa 



lA. Plants from hard, mostly fusiform 

 bulbs: lfts, S, Cape species. 

 B. Fls,umbelled: stems scarcely 

 any, 



o. Color of fls, rose 13. Bowiei 



cc. Color of fls, yellow U. cemua 



BB. Fls. solitary on the peduncles. 

 c. Stem scarcely any : lfts. 



broad 15. variabilis 



cc. Stem distinct, leafy: lfts. 



n. Lvs. nearly sessile 16. hirta 



Tin. Lis. mo.^tly long-stalked. 17. versicolor 



ept 



darker red fls. 



Sweet, scarcely differs, 

 Chile. B.M. 2415 (as O. 



2. comiculita, Linn. Slender, prostrate, often root- 

 ins, loosely hairy: lfts. obcordate: fis. usually 2 to 3 

 toKetliiT, small, yellow. — A tropical form of this poly- 

 niorpliinis species is universal as a greenhouse weed, 

 fspecially in Agave and Cactus tubs. 



Var. atropurpiirea. Planch. {Ctropaeoloides, Schlach- 

 tir). AM.'fiiiliiif;. tufted, with deep purple-red stems 

 and fuliage. Sometimes used for beds or borders, and 

 forcarpetinglarge tubs, etc. Eu. F. 8.12:1205; 19:1968. 

 R.H. 1897, p. 499. 



3. Valdivifinsis, Bam. ( O. Valdividna.'SoTt.). Short- 

 stemmed: lvs. clustered, long-petioled; lfts. obcordate: 

 tis. closely umbelled on erect, elongated peduncles, yel- 

 low, with'reddish veins. Chile. 



4. Ort^esi, Kegel. Fig. 1602. Stem elongated, erect, 

 rather fleshy and usually reddish: lvs. scattered, often 

 on long, colored petioles; lfts. red below, cuneate, with 

 broad V-shaped notch at end: fls. very short-stalked, in 

 forked cymes on elongated peduncles, small, yellow, 

 with deeper veins. Peru. Gt. 1875:817. 



5. delicita, Pohl. Stem erect, elongated, slender, 

 branching : lfts. ovate or lance-ovate, acute : tls. in 

 forked cymes on elongated peduncles, small, pale rose. 

 Brazil. 



6. Acetos6Ua, [.inn. Wuon Sokkel. Rhizome slender, 

 tlio ■nils scan-.ly tliicki-mcl. dtns.ly scaly: Ifts. obcor- 

 liati-. not iiraiiiri-tlottfi! : ris. solitary on the scapes, 

 wliif. witli row \ eiii>. Eu.. N. Auier. Gn. 47, p. 129.- 

 Wliile a i-lianuing plant for the wood-garden, this, which 

 is sometimes held to be the original Irish Shamrock, 

 scarcely enters into ordinary gardening. G.C. II. 



the 



last. Japan. 



8. rtbra, St. Hil. Rhi: 

 loosely toothed tut.t-rs. >ior 

 and often clustemi : I ii - > 

 orange-dotted ben. ,1 1 i 



thickened at ends into 

 -s jiearly an inch thick, 

 lit., more or less hairy, 



.• mostly compound : 



Il ilceper veins. Bra- 

 zil, (in. .W. p. 511 (;,- I' ' ..' /., I. -Usually cult, as 



o. fl,,rihiiii,l,i. whii-li nanif properly belongs to the 

 iii\t, and ^.. in. tunes, but also erroneously, as O. arbo- 

 i;,i. A lila.- Il..«ered form passes erroneously for O. 

 I ilii,-'i nil. nui\ a white form for O. arborea, v&r. alba or 

 (>. iiliiii : anil (>. violacea and O. violacea var. alba of 

 the trade seem to be this species and its variety. 



9. Martiina, Zucc. (O. tirbiea, St. Hil. O. bipttnc- 

 titta, iirah. O. florilniiida , hehm.}. Bulbs composed of 

 numerous small ones: lfts. obcordate, somewhat hairy, 

 with a marginal row and some scattered dots of 

 orange color beneath: umbels usually compound : 

 fls. rose-purple. Trop. Amer. B.M. 2781 ; 3938. 

 — Bv a misprint this is sometimes advertised as 

 O. min-ilima. 



in. violicea, Linn. Bulb simple: lvs. rather 

 fleshy. i.'lalir..ns: fls. in simple umbels, rose-vio- 

 let. F.ast.rn V. S. B. M. 2215. Mn. 5:121.- 

 Sfar.-i-Iy us.-t'ul. except for hardy borders, rock- 



II. tetraphylla, Cav. lO. De'pjiei.hoM.). Lfts. 3 or 

 4. dfltoiil, truucatelv notched, each crossed by a pur- 

 j.Iish band: fls. rather few, lilac to deep rosy. Mexico. 

 L. B.C. 8:790; 15:1500. G.M. 39, p. 403. Gn.8,p. 43.- 

 Sometiraes called O. esculenta, because of the large 

 fusiform roots beneath the bulbs. See Fig. 1601. 



1602. Oialis Orteiesi. 



1. rdsea, Feuil. Stem elongated, erect: lvs. scattered 

 rather short-petioled ; lfts. obcordate : fls. in open 

 irregularly forked cymes on elongated axillary pe^un 

 cles, rather large, rosy, with deeper veins. Chile " "' 

 2830. B.R. 13: 1123 '(as " -■ ■ ' 



12. lasiindra, Zucc. 1 

 not notched, several in 

 about a reddish disk at 

 rosy crimson. Mexico. 



13. Bdwiei, Herbert, 



fts. 5 to 10, oblong-spatulate, 

 •hes long, radiately pendent 

 end of petiole: fls. crowded, 

 B.M. 3896. 

 Plant low: lvs. large; Ifts. 



floribunda). O. Sii 



s. large 

 rather tleshy, broadly obcordate, deep green: fls. large, 

 loosely clustered, bright rose-red. Cape. B.R. 19:1585. 

 B. 1:25. R.H. 1858, p. 120. Gn. 10, p. 159. 



14. c6Tnna, Thunb. Fig. 1603. Lfts. broadly obcor- 

 date, deeply notched, often purplish: fls. large, com- 

 pactly clustered, bright yellow. Cape. L.B.C. 12:1154. 



