3oo Classim XIII, Ordo XIII, 
OXALTS, L. * Oxys , T. * Sure Ile. Sauetklee. Calix ^-partitus 
perfiltens. Petala $ hypogyna, latere leviter connexa. Sta- 
mina io hypogyna, filamentis bafi coalitis, alternis brevio- 
ribus; antherae fubrotundce. Germen fimplex; Ityli $ ; ltig- 
mata 5. Capfula brevis aut oblonga , s gona s-locularis loculis 
mono aut polyfpermis , <;-valvis valvis introfiexis & recep- 
taculo centrali affixis, ffingulis loculum conftituentibus & 
extus elaltice bipartitis ; femina comprefia tranfverbim multi- 
Uriata arillata , receptaculo annexa. Herba, quadam radice 
tuberosa , caulefcentts aut fcapofa\ folia confertim alterna , ternata 
aut rarius abrupte pinnata , petiolo bajt dilatato ( flipuiaceo ? ) , 
juniora Filicum more in fpiram involuta ; pedunculi in fcapis 
terminales , in caulibus axillares aut & terminales , nunc /- flori 
med o 2 ~fquamulofi , nunc umbellatim multiflori umbella fubinvo - 
lucrata. Stmmis minimi corculum videtur reblum abjque perifpermo. 
Genus d Geraniis dijlintfum flylis pluribus , capfula forma 6* 
dehifcendi modo , corculo reclo , perifpermi defeflu : an Tribftlo aut 
Zygophyllo affinius ? 
Obs. Gerania hinc Vitibus inde Malvaceis affinia. Habitu , flaminum 
monadelphia & foliis flipulaceis Malvaceas referunt , diffimiles tamen 
corculi lobis non corrugatis , capiularum ariflis ftylo applicitis & a bafi 
clehifcentibus , foliis interdum oppofitis. Pedunculus multiflorus foiio 
alterno flipulaceo oppofitus figmini ell Vitibus & Geraniis nonnullis com- 
mune, fed Vitium habitus paulo difpar, calix minimus, petala flaminibus 
oppofita, germen diflimile & fru&us baccatus. An ex Tropaeoli & Cifli 
cum Geraniis comparatione concludenda in his flaminum perigynia? 
