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OXY 



0. obtu'sa (blunt-leaned). $. White. Septem- 

 ber. 1812. 



papillona'ce a (butterfly). $. Variegated. Brazil. 



1819. 



pectina'ta (comb-leaved). 4. Yellow. October. 



1790. 



pen/a;%'a (five-leaved). 4. Pink. June. 1800. 



Pio'ttte (Piotta's). . Orange. June. 1816. 



polyphy'lla (many-leaved). 4. Pale purple. 



May. 1791. 

 <~puIche'Ua (pretty). . White. October. 1795. 



pUHcta'ta (dotted). $. Purple. May. 



purpura'ta (purplish). Pale purple. Oc- 

 tober. 1822. 



purpu'rea (purple). . Purple. October. 1812. 

 -reclina'ta (reclining). 4. Pink. October. 1795. 



repta'trix (creeping-roofed). ^. Flesh. No- 



vember. 1795. 



rigi'dula (stiffish). 4. White. September. 1822. 



rosa'cea (rosyish). 4. Pink. October. 1/93. 



rostrafta (beaked). 4. Purple, violet. Oc- 



tober. 1795. 



rube'lla (branching- small -red). 4. Pink. 



October. 1791. 



ru'bro-fla'va (red and yellow). . Red, yellow. 



June. 1823. 



sangui'nea (bloodj-leaved). $. Yellow. No- 



vember. 1795. 



secu'nda (side-flowering). 4. Lilac. October. 



1790. 



seri'cea (silky). *. Yellow. May. 1794. 



specio'sa (showy). . Purple. October. 1690. 



strumo'sa (swollen-styled). 4. White. De- 



cember. 1821. 



sulphu'rea (sulphur-coloured). . Pale yellow. 



October. 1795. 



sylve'stris (wood). White. February. 



tene'lla (delicate). J. Lilac. May. 1793. 



te'nera (tender). $. Yellow. May. Brazil. 



1826. 



tetraphy'lla (four-leaved). $. Purple. June. 



Mexico. 1823. 



~- tenuifo'lia (fine -leaved). 4. White, red. 

 October. 1790. 



tri'color (three-coloured). . White, red. 



November. 1794. 



tubiflo'ra (tube-flowered). 1. Pink. Novem- 



ber. 1790. 



undula'ta (wave-teawed). 4. Lilac. October. 



1795. 



varia'bilis (variable). $. White, red. No- 



vember. 1795. 

 grandiflo'ra (large-flowered). . White. 



November. 1790. 

 Si'msii (Sims's). *. White. November. 



1790. 



veno'sa (veiny). 4- Violet, yellow. October. 



1823. 



versi'color (various-coloured). $. Crimson. 



February. 1774. 



GREENHOUSE AND STOVE EVERGREENS. 

 0. Barrelie'ri (Barretter's). 14. Pale red. Sep- 

 tember. Caraccas. 1824. Stove. 



Chine'nsis (Chinese). $. Yellow. August. 



China. 



frutico'sa (shrubby). 1. Yellow. December. 

 Rio Janeiro. 1817. Stove. 



PJMJme'n(Plumier'). 2. Yellow. S.Amer. 



1823. Stove. 



O'xAus DE'PPEI CULTURE. Plant 

 bulbs of this in pots at the beginning of 

 March, and shelter in a cold pit or green- 

 house. When all fear of frost is passed, 

 plant them in a light soil, and in a 



southern aspect, about twelve inches 

 apart each way; or the bulbs may be 

 kept out of the ground altogether until 

 the middle of April, and then be planted 

 at once in the open soil. It should be 

 trenched, and a little manure turned in 

 with the bottom spit, as for other tap- 

 rooted crops. The scaly bulbs, from which 

 it is propagated, grow in a cluster round 

 the crown of the root. The only cultiva- 

 tion required is to keep the crop free 

 from weeds, and to water plentifully in 

 dry weather; otherwise, if the roots are 

 allowed to become dry, they split upon 

 the occurrence of moist weather. Protect 

 from early frosts,in October or November, 

 by a mat covering. 



About ten roots are enough for a dish. 

 They are very useful as a vegetable from 

 early in October to the end of December. 

 An infei'ior kind has often been substituted 

 for it, viz., the O'xalis Jacquinia'na; but 

 this is distinguished by having pink 

 flowers. In Belgium, the leaves, being 

 gratefully acid, are used for the same 

 purposes as sorrel, and the flowers are 

 mixed with other salad-herbs. 



As it is not a very common vegetahle, 

 it may be useful to state, as an improved 

 mode of cooking, that after peeling the 

 tubers, and cleaning out their hollow 

 centres, they must be well boiled in rich 

 stock (gravy), skimming off the fat, and 

 then be served up hot, with a sauce made 

 of a little butter heated until brown, with 

 a spoonful of flour, and a little of the 

 stock. 



OX-EYE. Buphtha'lmum. 



OX-EYE DAISY. Chrysanthemum leu- 

 ca'nthemum. 



OX-LIP. Pri'mula ela'tior. 



OXYA'NTHUS. (From oxys, sharp, and 

 anthos, a flower ; referring to the sharp- 

 toothed calyx and corolla. Nat. ord., 

 Cinchonads [Cinchonaceee]. Linn., 5- 

 Pentandria I-Monogynia. Allied to Gar- 

 denia.) 



Stove, white-flowered, evergreen shrubs, from 

 Sierra Leone. Cuttings of young shoots, a little 

 firm, in sand, under a bell-glass, in bottom-heat, 

 in May; sandy loam, fibry peat, and a little dried 

 cow-dung. Winter temp., 45 to 55; summer, 

 60 to 85. 

 0. hirsu'tus (hairy). 2. July. 1812. 



specio'sus (showy). 3. July. 1789. 



tubiflo'rus (tube-flowered). 3. July. 



versi'color (various-coloured). July. Cuba. 



1839. 



OXY'BAPHUS. Umbrellawort. (From 

 oxys, acid, and baphe, dyer's colour ; re- 

 ferring to the coloured juice of the roots. 



