OX'ALIS FIOTTM. 
piotta’s wood sorrel. 
Class. 
DECANDIUA. 
Order. 
PENTAGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
OXALIDACE^. 
Native of 
Height 
Flowers in 
Duration 
Introduced 
C.G.Hope. 
3 inches. 
June. 
Perennial. 
in 1816. 
No. 895. 
The Greek word on which the name of this 
genus is founded, alludes to the sour taste that pre- 
vails amongst its species, which are very numerous ; 
not less, perhaps, than two hundred; chiefly natives 
of the Cape of Good Hope, or at least of the south- 
thern districts of Africa. A few of the later intro- 
ductions have, however, been from that grand 
dopot of vegetable riches — South America. 
Oxalis Piottae is a showy and free flowering 
plant, that may be very well grown in a sitting- 
room window, where it will flower in May. By the 
month of July it will have done growing, and may 
then be laid aside, without water, till the end of No- 
vember. The bulbs should then be taken out of 
the old soil, and repotted in fresh sandy compost, 
and have a little water once a week, gradually 
increasing the quantity, and applying it more 
frequently, as the plant increases in growth. As 
its time of flowering approaches, and whilst it is 
in flower, it should have a liberal supply of water. 
Most plants demand more water at this period of 
their existence than at any other ; a fact to which 
we would call constant attention. 
