Acelosella . 
violacea. 
Lyoni. 
twniculata. 
j&ECANDKlA PENTAGYNIA. Lychnis, 
In Labrador and Hudson’s Bay. 7/ . v. s. in Herb. 
Dickson, nec non Banks. About a span high $ Bowers 
red, with membranaceous bracteas. 
3C)5. OXALIS. Gen. pi 794. Wood-Sorrel. 
J. G. acaulis ; scapo unifloro foliis longiore, foliis ternatis 
dilatato-cbcordatis, lobis rotundatis, stylis longitudine 
staminum interiorum, radice dentata.- Willd. sp. 
pl. 2 p. 7 80. 
Icon. FI. dan 98O. EngL hot . 762. 
In shady woods : Canada. Michaux. On the high 
mountains of Pensyivania and New York, round the 
roots of old trees. P . 2/. May. v. v . Flowers 
large, white, with red veins and yellow at the bottom : 
the petals are cuneate, emarginate, and narrower than 
the European species. 
2. O. acaulis ; scapo umbellifero pedicellis subpubescen- 
tibus, floribus nutantibus, foliis ternatis obccrdatis 
glabris, calycis laciniis apice callosis, stylis stamirubus 
exterioribus brevioribus. — IViUd. sp. pl. 2. p. 786. 
Icon. Jacq.oxalt. 80. f. 2. Jacq. hort . 2. t. J8Q. 
P/nk. aim. t . 102 / 4. 
In shady woods, on the side of hills, in fertile soil : 
New England to Carolina. 7/. April, May. v. v. 
Flowers pink-coloured. 
3. O. tota sericeo-pilosa $ caule ramoso decumbente, pe- 
dunculis bifloris petiolis longioribus, foliis ternatis 
bilobo-obcordatis, laciniis rotundatis divaricatis, peta- 
lis cuneatis, siliquis tomentosis calyce lanceolato duplo 
longioribus. 
On Cumberland Island, Georgia. Lyon. %. June. v. s. 
in Herb. Lyon . Flowers yellow. 
4. O. tota pubescens ; caule ramoso diffuso seu procum- 
bente, pedunculis umbellatis petiolis brevioribus, foliis 
ternatis obcordatis, petalis obcuneatis apice erosis, 
stylis longitudine staminum interiorum. — tVilld. sp. 
pl. 2. p. 800, 
Icon. Jacq. oxal. t. 5. Salish. in act. soc. linn. lond. 2. 
t. 23. f. 5. O. pusilla. 
In cultivated grounds : Canada to Carolina. 0. 7/ . May 
— Oct. v. v. Flowers yellow ; the American plant 
has larger flowers than the European ; in every other 
respect they are very much alike. 
