

200 PLANTS GROWING IN RICH OR ROCKY SOIL. 
it is a smaller, more delicate variety. It is very partial to the 
mountains for its home, although it visits sometimes in the 
wood borders. 
WOOD-SORREL. (Plate c: V.) 
Oxalis Acetosélla. 
FAMILY COLOUR . QDOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Oxalis. White, veined with deep pink. Scentless. Mostly north. June, July. 
Flowers: terminal; solitary; growing on slender scapes. Calyx : of five 
green sepals. Corolla: of five obcordate petals with a deep magenta eye and 
yellow centre. Stamens: ten. Pistil: one, five-divided. Leaves: from the 
root ; of three obcordate leaflets; glabrous. Scape: slender. Lootstock : scaly ; 
toothed ; creeping. © 
One of the beauties of the deep woods is the fresh, bright 
clusters of wood-sorrel which seem to delight in the shady 
coolness. Happy, complacent little flowers they are with no 
disturbing elements about either their bloom or their leaves, 
Probably this is because they do not subject themselves to any 
of the evils of dissipation. Early in the evening their leaves 
fold backward and they sleep until bright gleams of sunlight 
pierce through the treetops and remind them that the day has 
come. 
The plants bear cleistogamous blossoms which are fruitful. 
VIOLET WOOD-SORREL. 
Oxalts violacea. 
_ FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Oxalis. Violet. Scentless. Southward. June, 
Flowers: several; growing ona scape. Calyx: of five sepals. Corolla: of 
five petals. Stamens: ten; of different lengths. /2zstz/: one; styles, five. 
Leaves: from the root; divided into three rounded, obcordate leaflets. Scape: 
leafless; from a bulbous rootstock. 
Even after the bloom has passed, the leaves of these plants 
are so extremely pretty that they are frequently sought for to 
be potted and kept in the house throughout the winter. They 
are found in more rocky woods than the O. Acetosella, and are 
fond of a balmy, warm climate. 
