DECANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. Oxalis. 
5. O. tota hirsuta; caule erecto ramoso, pedunculis um- 
belliferis petiolis brevioribus, foliis ternatis obcordatis, 
petalis obovatis, stylis longitudine staminum interio- 
rum. — IVilld. sp. pl. 2. p. 800. 
O. ambigua. Salisb. in act.soc. linn. lond. 2. t. 23. f. 4. 
O. corniculata. FI. dan. t. 873. 
Icon. Jacq. oxal. t. 4. Dill. elth. t. 221. f. 4. 
In cultivated grounds : Pensylvania to Virginia. I/ . 
June, July. v. v. Flowers yellow. 
6. O. hirsuta ; caule folioso erecto hirto, pedunculis um- 
belliferis foliis longioribus, foliis ternatis obcordatis, 
corollis emarginatis. IVilld. sp. pl. 2. p. 79 9- 
Icon. DHL elth. t. 221. 
In Carolina. Dillenius. © . -f . Flowers yellow, larger 
than the preceding one, with which it generally is 
confounded. 
396. PENTHORUM. Gen. pl. 79 0. 
1. P. caule ramoso, angulato; foliis lanceolatis subsessilibus 
inaequaliter dense-serratis, spicis terminalibus panicula- 
tis alternis cymosisque, seminibus scrobi form ibus. — ■ 
IVilld. sp. pl. 2. p. 7/0. 
Icon. Act. ups. 1744. t. 2. 
In ditches and small ponds : New England to Carolina. 
1/. June, July. v. v. Flowers white or pale yellow. 
In the Herbarium of A. B. Lambert, Esq, is a se- 
cond species, brought by Sir George Staunton from 
China, which I distinguish by the following charac- 
ters : Pent horum chinense , caule simplici tereti, foliis 
elongato-lineari-Janceolatis subpetiolatis inaequaliter 
serratis, spicis cymosis terminalibus, seminibus ovatis 
corneis. 
397. SEDUM. Gen. pl. 789. 
1. S. erectum, glabrum, 1-2-unciale ; foliis alternis tere- 
tiuscuiis oblongis, floribus ad summitatem pauciori- 
bus alternis subpedicellatis. Mich.fl. amer. 1. p. 276. 
In North Caroiina, on flat rocks. Michaux. On the 
east banks of the Shanadoah River, Virginia. P. 
If.. June, July. v. v. Flowers white, with eight 
stamina. 
2. S. glabrum ; caulibus assurgentibus, foliis sparsis pla- 
niuscule linearibus obtusis, cyma polystachya, floribus 
sessilibus octandris.— Mich.Jl, amer . I. p, 277 '• 
y 2 
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stricta . 
Dillenii . 
sedoides. 
pusillum. 
pulchellum.. 
