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OXY 



$. 



0. purpu'rea (purple). $. Purple, October. 

 1812. 



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



repta'trix (creeping- rooted"). 4> Flesh. No- 



vember. 1795. 



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



1822. 



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



rostra' to, (beaked). $. Purple, violet. Oc- 



tober. 1/95. 



rube'lla (brancMng-sm&ll-red) . . Pink. 



October. 17Q1. 



ru'bro-fla'va (red and yellow). -4. Red, 



yellow. June. 1823. 



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



vember. 1795. 



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



1790. 



seri'cea (silky). $. Yellow. May. 1/94. 



specio'sa (showy). \. Purple. October. 16QO. 



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



cember. 1821. 



sulphu'rea (sulphur- coloured). 4> Pale 



yellow. October. 1795. 



sylve'stris (wood). White. February. 



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



te'nera (tender). - 4 . Yellow. May. Brazil. 



1826. 



tetraphy'lla (four-leaved). 



Mexico. 1823. 



tenuifo'lia (fine-leaved). 



October. 1790. 



tri' color (three-coloured). 



November. 1794. 



tubifio'ra (tube-flowered). 



vember. 1790. 

 -^undula'ta(vra,ve-leaved). 

 1795. 



varia'bilis (variable). 



vember. 1/95. 

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



White. November. 1790. 

 -- . - Si'msii (Sims's). $. White. No- 



vember. 1790. 



veno'sa (veiny), i. Violet, yellow. October. 



1823. 



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



February. 1774. 



GREENHOUSE AND STOVE EVERGREENS. 

 O. Barrelie'ri (Barrelier's). l. Pale red. Sep- 

 tember. Caraccas. 1824. Stove. 



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



China. 



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

 Rio Janeiro. 1817. Stove. 



Plumie'ri (Plumier's). 2. Yellow. South 



America. 1823. Stove. 

 OXALIS DEPPII CULTURE. Plant bulbs 

 of this in pots at the beginning of 

 March, and shelter in a cold pit or 

 greenhouse. 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 alto- 

 gether until the middle of April, and 

 then be planted at once in the open 

 soil. It should be trenched, and a 



Purple. June. 

 White, red. 

 3. White, red. 

 1. Pink. No- 

 . Lilac. October. 

 White, red. No- 



little manure turned in with the bot- 

 tom spit, as for other tap- rooted crops. 

 The scaly bulbs, from which it is pro- 

 pagated, 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 vege- 

 table from early in October to the end 

 of December. An inferior kind has 

 often been substituted for it, viz., the 

 Oxalis Jacqtiiniana ; but this is distin- 

 guished 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 vegetable, 

 it may be useful to state, as an im- 

 proved 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 

 flower, and a little of the stock. 



OX-EYE. Buptha'lmum. 



OX-EYE DAISY. Chrysanthemum leu- 

 ca'nthemum. 



Ox-UP. Pri'mula ela'tior. 



OXYA'NTHUS. (From oxys, sharp, 

 and anthos, a flower ; referring to the 

 sharp-toothed calyx and corolla. Nat, 

 ord..,Cinchonads [Cinchonacese]. Linn., 

 5 Pentandria \-Monogynia. Allied to 

 Gardenia.) 



Stove, white-flowered evergreen shrubs from 

 Sierra Leone. Cuttings of young shoots, a 

 little firm, in sand, under a bell-glass, in bot- 

 tom heat, in May ; sandy loam, fibry peat, and 

 a little dried cow-dung. Winter temp., 45 to 

 55 ; summer, 60 to 85. 



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



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



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



versi'color (various-colored). July. Cuba, 



1839. 



OXY'BAPHUS. Umbrella-wort. (From 

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

 referring to the coloured juice of the 



