l)K( kNDRIA, PENTAGTNIA. M7 



:\\> <>\U.IS. <ien. pi. f94 {(.riuiia.) 



Calix 5-leaved; persistent Petal* 0, partly 

 connected :it the (laws. Stamina anequalj 

 connected at the base, of them alternate- 

 ly shorter. Capsule pentangular, 5-cellcd, 

 banting at the angles. Seeds covered by 

 an elastic arillus. — *\'utt. 



1. O. stemless: scape umbelliferous, pedicels sub- '•*"* 

 pubescent, flowers nutant, leaves ternate, ob- 

 trdate, smooth j segments of tbc calix callous 

 at the spex, styles shorter than tbc external 

 stamens. — ft'illd. and Pur$h. 

 [con. Pluk. aim. t. 102, f. 4. 



Jlolct Jf'ood-sorrti. 



\ very beautiful and delicate plant, with reddish-purple 



flowers. It sometimes blooms a second time in autumn, when 



■cape appears without leaves. In shady woods, at the roots 



of trees, and on the sides of rich hills. Rare. Perennial. May. 



\ (>. whole plant pubescent : stem branched, dif-comicuiau. 

 rosed, or procumbent ; radicant, peduncle sub- 

 umbellate, shorter than the petiole; leaves ter- 

 nate, oh-t ordate, B< J les the length of the interior 

 stamens. — if'illd. 



0. pusilla, Salisb. 



Icon. Salisb. in. Act. Soc. Linn. Lond. 2. t. 23. 



f. 5. 



}\ll»w-sorrel. Common-sorrel. 



where on the borders of cultivated fields, and 

 well known under the above Base. HoWCfl J ellow. Annual. 

 All summer. 



0. item erect, branched, peduncle umbellife-Mfc* 



rous. shorter than the petiole: leaves teniati-, 

 ob-cordate, corollas obtuse, styles the length of 

 interior stamens. — li'llld. 



