No. 824, 
OXALIS CUPRZA, 
Class, Order. 
DECANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 
We received this, in the summer of 1823, 
from the Cape of Good Hope, and, in con- 
sequence of its late arrival, it did not flower 
till October and November. It belongs to 
Willdenow’s fifth section of this extensive 
genus, the leaves being in threes, and the 
peduncle one-flowered : it has a stalk, the 
lower part of which is naked, but it agrees 
not with any of his species. The leaves are 
cordate, shorter than the peduncle, which 
has two small linear bractes, about an inch 
below the flower. The outer edges of the 
segments are of a deeper colour, which gives 
the bud a very pleasing appearance. Several 
flowers are produced in succession from a 
single bulb, lasting a good while, but re- 
quiring sunshine and warmth to open them. 
It may be kept in the greenhouse, and 
ed in sandy peat and loam : it increases 
itself by offsets from the root. 
