OX'ALIS FLORIBUN'DA. 
MANY-FLOWERED WOOD-SORREL. 
Class. 
DECANDRIA. 
Natural Order. 
OXALIDACE.®. 
Order. 
PENTAGYNIA. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers 
Duration. 
Introdueed 
Brazil. 
1 foot. 
3Iay to Sep. 
Perennial. 
in 1829. 
No. 1053, 
Oxalis takes its name from the shaqi sour taste 
of its juices. It should be observed that this is 
not the plant published as Oxalis floribunda, in 
the Botanical Register, No. 1123; that species 
having proved to be Oxalis rosea. 
Oxalis floribunda was, for some years, cultivated 
only in the greenhouse, and it is quite w'orthy of 
such situation ; it requires, however, no such nurs- 
ing, having proved itself quite independent of pro- 
tection. It is a most desirable plant for general 
cultivation, being alike suitable for growth in pots 
or in the open borders, and is an almost perpetual 
flowerer. 
Few plants are more desii’able or convenient 
than Oxalis floribunda for window culture, being, as 
it is, of easy management, and, as just mentioned, 
a perpetual flowerer. It succeeds in any light 
rich soil ; but when potted, should have a mixture 
of turfy loam and peat, with sand sufl&cient to keep 
the compost open and pervious. Give a good stra- 
tum of drainers in the bottom of the pot. This 
shoifld never be neglected, for on proper drainage 
success often depends. 
