SORREL FAMILY. Oxalidacet 



. One of the commonest yellow sorrels of 

 Sorrel or ^ e nor> th ; not a woodland plant but fa- 

 Lady's Sorrel miliar by every roadside and in every field 

 Oxalis cymosa and garden. The light green stem erect, 

 Yellow rather smooth, or sparingly hairy (viewed 



her " under the lass ) 5 the leaves of three heart " 



shaped leaflets (smaller than those of the 

 last species), long-stemmed and somewhat drooping ; 

 without small leafy formations at the junction of leaf- 

 stem and plant-stem. The rather deep lemon yellow 

 flowers scarcely inch broad, with five long ovate petals 

 and ten yellow stamens alternately long and short ; the 

 heart of the blossom is green. There are 2-6 flowers 

 on a somewhat horizontally spreading, branched stem, 

 which are succeeded by hairy seed-pods \ inch long set 

 at scarcely a wide angle with their stalks. Visited by 

 the smaller bees, . and Syrphid flies, and also occa- 

 sionally by the tiny butterflies (Hesperia). 3-12 inches 

 high, with a weak stem but strong root. The O. cor- 

 niculata, var. stricta, of the sixth ed. of Gray's Manual. 



A far less common species, an annual or 

 Yellow Wood 

 Sorrel or perennial, sustaining itself by far-reaching 



Lady's Sorrel running roots. Generally less upright 

 Oxalis stricta than the last. With leafy formations at the 

 May-Septem- bages of the l ea f-stalks. Pods elongated, 

 and erect, [often set at a sharp angle 

 with their stalks. In other respects very similar to the 

 foregoing species, but rare ; near Burlington, Vt. (T. 

 E. Hazen). 



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