44 DICOTYLEDONOUS. 



lent smooth. Leaves oval or ovate, serrate, teeth mucronate, on long petioles, 

 glabrous. Lower sepal broad, spurred. Balsam. Syiap-uoeed. 



Yellow. ^. July to Sept. Common in wet places. 2-5 feet. 



2. I. FuLVA. {I. Bijlora of Ell.) Leaves rhombic-ovate, serrate, teeth 

 mucronate. Peduncles 2-4-flovvered. Lower sepal acutely cordate, with a 

 long resupinate spur, i^/ou'er spotted with brown spots. Plant similar to 

 the preceeding. 



Deep orange. 0. July — October. Swamps. 



Order XXVI. OXALIDACEiE. 



Sepals 5 distinct or slightly cohering at the base, persis- 

 tent, Eestivation imbricate. Petals 5, bypogynous, unguicu- 

 late, equal, with a twisted eestivation. Stamens, those alter- 

 nate with the petals shorter. Aw^Aer^ innate, 2-celled. Ova- 

 ry composed of 5-united carpels, opposite the petals, 5-angled, 

 5-celled, with 5.filiform styles. Fruit a 5.celled, 5-valved, 

 capsule, 1-12-seeded, Seeds anatropous, with a loose fleshy 

 testa, which burst when the seeds are mature.- Embryo 

 straight with a long radicle and foliaceous cotyledon. 

 Plants herbaceous, with an acid juice. 



Genus I. OXALIS. 



Sepals^, distinct or slightly united at the base. Petals 5. 

 Stamens 10, those opposite the petals longer, monadelphous 

 at the base. Styled, Capsule 5 -angled. Seeds one or sev- 

 eral, tegmen ribbed, rugose. Wood sorrel, 



1. 0. Viol ACE A. Bulb scaly. Scope umbelliferous, 3-7.flowered. Leaves 

 ob-cordate, ternate, glabrous, dotted. Flowers large. Sepals lanceolate, ob- 

 tuse, with an orange colored 2-cleft gland at the summit. Petals obovate. 

 Stigmas 2-cleft. 



Violet colored. %. March— May. Rich soils. Common. 6-9 inches. 



2. O. CoRXicuLATA. Stem decumbent, branched, leafy, pubescent. 

 Leaves glabrous on the upper surface, hairy underneath, ciliate. Flowers 

 generally two on each peduncle. Sepals pubescent, erect, cihaie. Petals 

 emarginate. 



Yellow. %. Feb. — May. Low country. 



3. 0. Stricta. Stem erect, leafy, branching, hairy. Flowers in small 

 umbels, peduncles 2-6-flowered. Petals obovate, generally entire. Leaves 

 alternate near the base of the stem, in verticiilate clusters towards the sum- 

 mit, leaflets ob-cordate. Styles not half as long as the shortest stamens, re- 

 curved. 



Yellow. <v>. April— May. Common. 



Order XXVII. ZYGOPHYLLACE^. 



Sepals 5, persistent. Petals 5, obovate, estivation convo- 

 lute. Stamens 10, hypogynous, the 5 opposite the petals 

 somewhat abortive. Ovary of 5-carpels, apparently 10-celled 

 with an ovule in each cell. Style conical, furrowed. Stig- 



