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POPULAR GARDEN BOTANY. 



its pretty yellow flowers from October through the winter to 

 March ; this circumstance makes it valuable, though other- 

 wise it is insignificant in size, and has no scent : it is an 

 Indian species. L. Mexicauum has also a yellow flower, 

 appearing from August to November ; Africanum and qua- 

 drifolium yellow, and grandiflorum, crimson-flowered, are 

 African species ; Cumingii is from Chili ; these last flower 

 in summer. The soil should be peat, loam, and sand. 



OXALIDACEM 



Exogens, with symmetrical flowers. Divisions of calyx five, 

 imbricated, and not falling off. Petals five, equal, clawed, spirally 

 twisted in bud, occasionally none. Stamens ten, more or less 

 united together, some longer than the others. Fruit membranous 

 or drupaceous. Leaves simple or compound. — Herbaceous plants, 

 trees, or- undershrubs ; natives of hot and temperate climates ; 

 properties acid. 



OXALIS. (Wood Sorrel.) 



Gen. Char. (Decandria Pentagynia.) Divisions of calyx five, 

 distinct, or united at the base ; petals five ; stamens united at 

 the base, the five outer shortest ; styles five, pencil-shaped or 

 capitate at the end ; capsule oblong or cylindrical. 



