LXVI. 
OXALIS GLANDULITEGA. | 
Gland-covered Oxalis. 
ORDO NATURALIS. - 
Rutacew. Juss. Gen. b. 206. 
Sect. I. Folia stipulacea,. Filamenta 10, toro inserta. 
Calyx 5-phyllus, persistens. Petala 5, annulo filamentorum inserta, supra ungues in plerisque 
confluentia, decidua. Filamenta plus minus confluentia, basi inter petala mellifera, alterna 
longiora nunc dentem exserentia, marcescentia. Pericarpium membranaceum, 5-angulum, 
5-loculare, 10-valve. Styli 5, persistentes. Stigmata in plerisqne barbata. Semina 2-12 in 
singulis loculis, rugosa, ex arillo pellucido elastico simul cadente longe disjecta. Herbe acide, 
succulentule. Radix jibrosa, aut moniliformis, aut bulbus squamosus in turione quotannis 
enatus. Caulis preter turionem subterraneum nullus, aut brevis, aut longus ; nunc repens. 
Folia alterna; digitata, aut 3-nata foliolo uno duobusve nunc deficientibus, aut- 2-nata cum 
impari, aut pinnata ; varie glanduligera : petiolis, sepius bast articulatis et in stipulas dilatatis. 
Flores solitarii, aut cymis circinatis secundis. Pedunculi solitarii, axillares, scepius basi arli- 
culati. Bractew 2, interdum sparse. oe 
# Pedunculi 1-flori. 
a a» Folia 3-nata: foliolis oblongis. 
O. caule pubescente : foliolis anguste obcuneatis, emarginatis, pubescentibus: bracteis ad caly- 
cem perangustis: calycis apice recurvulo: petalis retusiusculis : filamentis exquisite viscidulis = 
stylis brevibus. 
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QO. arcuata. Jacq. Diss. p. 67. n. 46. ¢. 31. 
Sponte nascentem in Promontorio Cap, legit J. Niven. 
Fioret apud nos Octobri. 
it into more genera, if proper characters can be found: nor ca I easily persuade mysel that 
€ woody species of South America, or the sensitive species of Ceylon, should be joiued to the 
bulbous ones of Africa. — : 
Nothing can exceed the accuracy of the figures in Jacquin’s dissertation. I have compared the 
greater part of them with living specimens, without finding the 
besides which I have seen about forty more species from the same country, and ? 
their genitalia physiologically will not be surprised at thi ber. The Stigmata of pad - 
in Erica and Pelargonium, are seldom feecundated by their own anthers, and when they im 
the Pollen of others brought by Insects, the product is often not a variety, but a legitimate 
‘Species differing from both its parents. , : Ps oe 
ost of the other Oxalides have very conspicuous orange-coloured glands in their pros 
but in this, which was communicated by George Hibbert, Esq’. they are buried in the parenchyma 
wet cuticle, and as the name of Arcuata js not a good one, for small plants are quite 
straight, I have proposed another from that singular circumstance. : : 
Bulb large, ovate. Stem from 6 to 15 inches long, slender, ps geen fen ae 
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ag — at the base but not into evident stipules, round and pu 
es long, narrow, obversely wedge-shaped, very entire, emarginatec 
underneath, the outer ones somewhat inequilateral. Flowers solitary, in several of the axils 
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