— XV. OXALIDA’CEH. (Woop-sorren Famty.) 
Herbs with sour juice and alternate compound leaves. Flowers regular nearly as in Gerani- 
um—but ‘te styles separate, and the fruit a 5-celled several-seeded capsul 
1. OX’ ALIS, L. Woop-sorren. ~ 
[Greek, oxys, sharp or sour.] 
Petals withering after expansion. Capsule membranaceous, deeply 
Anti b-celled, each cell opening on the back. Seeds eas ous from 
.* Pog coat loose and separating. Embryo and 
strait ina fleshy albumen. Leaves o 3 obcordate leaflets, which close 
oop at nightfall,—the radical ones stipulate. 
Fig. 49. Cranes-bill (Geranium maculatum), a flowering summit. 50. A dite fruit 
enlarged, showing the carpels separating from the axis. 
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