200 PLANTS GROWING IN RICH OR ROCKY SOIL. 



it is a smaller, more delicate variety. It is very partial to the 

 mountains for its home, although it visits sometimes in the 

 wood borders. 



WOOD=SORREL. {Plate CV.) 



Oxalis Acetosella. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Oxalis. Whiie^veined with deep pink. Scentless. Mostly north. June., July. 



Flotvers : terminal ; solitary ; growing on slender scapes. Ca/j/x : of five 

 green sepals. Corolla : of five obcordate petals with a deep magenta eye and 

 yellow centre. Staitiens : ten. Pistil : one, five-divided. Leaves : from the 

 root ; of three obcordate leaflets ; glabrous. Scape : slender. Rootstock : scaly ; 

 toothed ; creeping. 



One of the beauties of the deep woods is the fresh, bright 

 clusters of wood-sorrel which seem to delight in the shady 

 coolness. Happy, complacent little flowers they are with no 

 disturbing elements about either their bloom or their leaves. 

 Probably this is because they do not subject themselves to any 

 of the evils of dissipation. Early in the evening their leaves 

 fold backward and they sleep until bright gleams of sunlight 

 pierce through the tree-tops and remind them that the day has 

 come. 



The plants bear cleistogamous blossoms which are fruitful. 



VIOLET WOOD=SORREL. 



Oxalis violdcea. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Oxalis. Violet. Scentless. Southivard. June. 



Flowers : several ; growing on a scape. Calyx: of five sepals. Corolla : of 

 five petals. Stamens : ten ; of different lengths. Pistil : one ; styles, five. 

 Leaves: from the root; divided into three rounded, obcordate leaflets. Scape: 

 leafless; from a bulbous rootstock. 



Even after the bloom has passed, the leaves of these plants 

 are so extremely pretty that they are frequently sought for to 

 be potted and kept in the house throughout the winter. They 

 are found in more rocky woods than the O. Acetosella, and are 

 fond of a balmy, warm climate. 



