OX’ALIS— BOWTEI. 
BOWIE’S OXALIS. 
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NATURAL ORDER, OXALIDACEA, 
THALAMIFLORZ, eer divisions DECANDRIA, 
OF & tani o which i} PENTAGYNIA, 
DECANDOLLE. this el belongs OF LINNEUS. 
GENUS. Oxatts. Livvevs. Catyx'5-sepalus, sepalis liberis aut basi 
coalitis, Prtara5. Sramrna 10, filamentis basi breviter pie a 5 ex- 
ternis alternis brevioribus. Sryui 5, apice penicilliformes 98 Cap- 
SULA pentagona oblonga aut cylindracea. DEcanDOLLE. Proi romus Systematis 
Universalis Regni Vegetabilis, Vol. I, p. 690 
SPECIES. Oxauis Bowrer. Herperr. Rapice bulbos4, foliis ternatis, 
petiolo viridi sexunciali, foliolis magnis, rotundaté obverseque cordatis, viridi- 
bus, medio biunciali majore, scapo petiolis longiore viridi , dein sub- 
utan 
erecto, umbella circiter 12-flora, bracteis minutis rubescentibus, pedunculis 1-3 
floris 1k uncialibus ex viridi rubescentibus curvatis, sub- erectis, dein recte de- 
vexis, calycis foliolis oblongis, acutis, rubro marginatis, corolle tubo luteo, 
limbo saturaté roseo, expansione 1}-unciali; staminibus tubo en stig- 
matibus provectioribus, quinque cern Farge oe planta to ianthio 
sEBepibo) minutissimé pubese cente. Her Botanical oalatic folio 1585. 
Cuaracter or THE Genus, OxaLts. Caxyx of five sepals, which 
are either free, or united at the base. PETALS 5. Stamens 10, the 
filaments being slightly united at the base into a monadelphous tube, 
the five external stamens shorter than the internal ones, with which 
they alternate. Sryes 5, either brush-like at the top, or capitate. 
Capsute five-cornered, oblong, or cylindrical. 
DescrirTion or THE Species, OxaLis BowIEl. Root bulbous, 
from which spring both leaves and flower-stalks, there being sa obvious 
stem. Leaves ternate, petioles green, about six inches in length. 
Fouioes, or LEAFLETS, sessile, large, 70 roundly and obversely cordate, 
green, the central leaflet larger, nearly two inches, the two lateral ones 
smaller. Scape, or FLOWER-STALK (of which frequently twelve or 
more spring up nearly simultaneously, with a succession of younger 
REFERENCE TO THE DissECTIONS. 
i I b und the pistils, the outer row 
ats Petals laid open. 2, Stamens, forming 4 mo ip Signs cere rp ; 
3, Stamens laid open, showing the outer alternate ones shorter. 4 
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