DECANDRIA, PENTAGYNIA. 
219. OXALIS. Gen. pi. 794. (Gerania.) 
Calix 9-leaved, persistent. Petals 5, partly 
connected at the claws. Stamina unequal, 
connected at the base, 5 of them alternate- 
ly shorter. Capsule pentangular, 5-celled, 
bursting at the angles. Seeds covered by 
an elastic arillus. — utt. 
1. O. stemless; scape umbelliferous, pedicels sub- 
liubescent, flowers nutant, leaves ternate, ob- 
cordate, smooth ; segments of the calix callous 
at the apex, styles shorter than the external 
stamens. — Willd. and Pursh. 
Icon. Pluk. aim. t. 102. f. 4. 
Violet Wood-sorrel, 
A very beautiful and delicate plant, with reddish-purple 
flowers. It sometimes blooms a second time in autumn, when 
the scape appears without leaves. In shady woods, at the roots 
of trees, and on the sides of rich hills. Rare. Perennial. May. 
£. O. whole plant pubescent ; stem branched, dif- comicuiata* 
fused, or procumbent ; radicant, peduncle sub- 
umbellate, shorter than the petiole ; leaves ter- 
nate, ob-cordate, styles the length of the interior 
stamens.— Willd. 
O. pusilla, Salisb. 
Icon. Salisb. in. Act. Soc. Linn. Lond. 2. t. 23. 
f. 3. 
Yellow -sorrel. Common-sorrel. 
Found every where on the borders of cultivated fields, and 
well known under the above name. Flowers yellow. Annual. 
All summer. 
S. 0. stem erect, branched, peduncle umbellife- stricia, 
rous, shorter than the petiole ; leaves ternate, 
ob-cordate, corollas obtuse, styles the length of 
the interior stamens. — Willd. 
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