139. 
OXALIDACEAE 
Oxalis 
1. Plant stemless, the leaves and scapes basal; petals 
purple or white. Expected (0. violacea). 
1. Plant with leafy stem; petals yellow. 
2. Petals 12-18 mm. long. Expected (0. grandis). 
2. Petals 5-11 mm. long. 
3. Stems prostrate, rooting at the node; stipules 
broad, brownish. Expected (0. corniculata). 
3. Stems ascending, not rooting above the base; 
stipules narrow or wanting. 
4. Fruiting pedicels straight, erect or 
ascending. Expected (0. europaea). 
4, Fruiting pedicels deflexed, the capsules 
erect. 
5. Lower internodes of flowering stems 
glabrous or strigose; styles 1-2 mn. 
long. 
6. Capsule densely puberulent, 15-25 
MM. LONG. .ccereeeeeeeeceeeeeceeseeeesess O. Stricta 
6. Capsule glabrous or remotely pilose, 
8-12 mm. Long...cccrecccescccsecccceese Of filipes 
5. Lower internodes spreading pilose; 
styles 3-4 mm. long.......secceecceccseess O«. florida 
Oxalis stricta L. Wood Sorrel, Sheep Sorrel 
Java Farm. Infrequent to moderately abundant in old fields. 
Higman 760. 
O. filipes Small Wood Sorrel, Sheep Sorrel 
(combined with 0. stricta in Britton and Brown) 
Java Farm and Ivy Neck. Infrequent to moderately abundant in 
old fields; infrequent in open forest. Higman 171, 390, 396, 1115. 
0. florida Salisb. Wood Sorrel, Sheep Sorrel 
(combined with 0. stricta in Britton and Brown) 
Java Farm. One station: side of ravine, of tributary to tidal 
portion of Muddy Creek. Hectare 3437. Canopy of Juglans nigra, Fagus 
grandifolia, Quercus alba, Quercus velutina. Higman 718. 
