Zygopkyllea^ FLORA OF TASMAM V 
This genus may be known by the obcordate, trifoliolate leaves, and lowers not being ptfffioi . 
Leguminous genera Psoralea and Stcainsonia are the only others with similar foliage in I . 
five. Stamens ten ; filaments united at the base, five short, r than the others. Ovary liv< -celled, with many ovules 
in each cell, and five styles with capitate stigmata. Capsule tive-angi.d, five-celled, live-valv.d. Ssedi as in the 
ordinal character. (Name from o£ur, sharp or acid.) 
1. Oxalis Magellanica (Forst. Coram. Gcett. ix. 33) ; acaulis, pilosa v. glabrata, rhizomaie repent, 
squamoso, stipulis magnis bullatis scariosis, foliolis late obcordatis subtus glaucis, scapo 1-floro peliolo 
sequilongo v. longiore 2-bracteolato, sepalis oblongis obtusis, j>etalis albis obovatis apicc retusis v. oblique 
bilobis glaberrimis v. ciliatis, capsula globosa merabranacea. — DC. Prodr. i. 700; FL Ant. n 
Zeal. i. 42. L 13. O. lactea, Hook. Journ. Bot. ii. 416. O. cataractae, A. Omm, Prodr. ! 
Ann. Nat, Hist. iii. 315 ; Hook. Ic. PL t. 418. (6mm, 370.) 
Hab. Mountain woods and by streams in various parts of the Colony, elev. 1500-3000 feet.— (11. 
Nov. Feb.) 
Distrib. New Zealand, South Chili, and Fuegia. 
A very defioate, w] if - ted-brown, covered with Inge membra- 
nous concave scales. Stipules large, concave. Leaflets p;di giv< n, broadly obcordate. glaucous 
■And peduncles generally pilose. Scapes variable in hngth, oiie-lloweivd. with two :■• 
Petals very membranous, \-\ inch long, oblong-obovate or obcordate. often ohliqiir, and ciliated 
2. Oxalis corniculata (L. Sp. PI, 624); pilosa v. glabrata, caule erecto v. decumbente \. repente 
folioso, foliolis profunde obcordatis, pedunculis 1-6-floris petiolo rcquiiongis longioribusve, petalis llavis 
emarginatis, capsulis 5-gonis oblongis linearibusve. (Giain, 91, 370.) 
Var. j3. striata (Fl. N. Zeal. i. 42) ; erecta v. suberccta, stipulis 0. — O. stricta, duct. 
Yar. 7. microphi/lla (Fl. N. Zeal. i. 42) ; caule procumbente radicante, foliolis minimis, capsulis oblongis. 
— O. microphylla, Poiret, Suppl. iv. 248; DC. Prodr. i. 692; Hook. Journ. Bot. i. 253. O. reptans, 
Forst. Prodr. 519. 
Hab. Common in pastures, waste places, etc., throughout the Colony.— (Fl. all the year.) {v. v.) 
Distrib. Throughout Australia, New Zealand, and almost all tropical and temperate countries. 
Roots sometimes very woody and knotted. Stem 1-18 inches high, long or short, erect, decumbent or 
creeping, simple or divided, glabrous or pilose. Lea/lets deeply obcordate. Peduncles one- to six-flowered. 
Floicers yellow. Capsule linear or oblong-linear. — This is one of the most widely diffused and variable plants 
in the world. 
Nat. Ord. XXII. ZYGOPHYLLE.i: 
This Natural Order is chiefly tropical, and represented by kw southern species. Rapera is the only 
New Holland genus peculiar to that continent, and contains three or tour chiefly littoral s] 
hardly genericaUy distinct from fygopbfUum, with which it has been reunited by Bonder. The ubiquitous 
tropical Tribulm cistoides is found on the north coast, and as far south as Swan River, and there are perhaps 
two other species of that genus within the tropics. 
Gen. I. RCEPERA, 
Sepala 4-5, persistentia. Petala 4-5, unguiculata. Stamina 8-1 0, petalis breviora; filamentis subulatis 
