O X A L s I S. 
terraneous, terminating in an umbel of leaves and fcapes. 
Leaves very many. Corolla four times as long as the ca¬ 
lyx, bell-fliaped, yellow. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. _ , . 
20. Oxalis Burmanni, or digitate-leaved wood-forrel: 
leaves digitate. Bulb oblong. Stipe fubterraneous, ter¬ 
minating in an umbel of leaves and fcapes. Corolla .five 
times as long as the calyx, bell-lhaped, yellow. Native of 
the Cape of Good Hope. Linnaeus unites it with cernva, 
from which it is very different in the leaves. 
21. Oxalis fenfitiva, or fenfitive vi'ood-forrel: leaves 
pinnate. Root fibrous, brown. Stipe ftanding out, round, 
about the thicknefs of a pigeon’s quill, from half an inch 
to fix inches in height, obfcurely-jointed below, varie¬ 
gated with red or brown and green, filled with a white 
pith, terminating in a clofe umbel of leaves and flowers. 
Leaves nurnerous, abruptly pinnate, fpreading; they 
contraff on the flighted: touch ; hence the trivial name. 
Capfule pentagon-ovate, five-celled, five-valved, opening 
at the angles. It is a very beautiful plant. Native of 
Malabar, Ceylon, the Molucca-iflands, and other parts 
of the Eaft Indies j in China and Cochin-chin3. 
II. With one-flowered peduncles, i. Caulefcent. 
22. Oxalis rnacroftylis, or long-ftyled wood-forrel: co- 
rofllas caryophylleous; ftyles very long. Bulb ovate, co¬ 
vered with a ferruginous fhining coat, the fize of a hazel¬ 
nut. Stem round, hirfute, purple, flender, fomewhat 
branched, from fix to nine inches high, almoft upright. 
Leaves fubfeflile, fcattered, approximating, fpreading very 
much, ternate. Antherae oblong, twin, ereSf, yellow ; 
germen oblong, villofe at top, pale greenifh-yellow, cal¬ 
lous. Styles remarkable for their length; whence the 
trivial name; all thefe parts are hirfute, with Ample hairs. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. It flowers in Europe 
in OStober. 
23. Oxalis tubiflora, or tube-flowered wood-forrel: co¬ 
rollas caryophylleous; ftyles very fhort; filaments un¬ 
equal. Bulb roundifh, covered with a brownifli coat, the 
fize of a hazel-nut, or larger. Stem round, very hirfute, 
almoft all leafy, fometimes, .but feldom, having a Angle 
branchlet, half a foot high, almoft upright, weak, about 
half the thicknefs of a pigeon’s quill. Calycine leaflets 
lanceolate, (harpilh, ciliate, villofe, pale-green, with blood- 
red edges, ereft ; claws of the corolla yellow within, dirty 
without and villofe, erefl, forming a cylindric tube an 
inch long; bordersobovate, fharpilh, fpreading very much, 
lefs than half the length of the claws, red-purple within, 
a little paler on the outfide, with one fide dirty-yellow 
and fomewhat villofe; antherae incumbent, yellow; ftyles 
fmooth. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. It flowers 
in Europe in Odfoberand November. 
24. Oxalis canefcens, or hoary wood-forrel: corollas 
caryophylleous; ftyles very Ihort; filaments equal. Bulb 
roundifh or ovate, from the fize of a pea to that of a hazel¬ 
nut, with the fcales a little loofe ; the outer ones brown, 
the inner whitifli dotted with red. Stem round, villofe, 
half the thicknefs of a pigeon’s quill, upright, half a foot 
high, fcaly at the bafe, either quite Ample, or branched 
from the axils of the leaves. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. In Europe it flowers in September and October. 
25. Oxalis fecunda: corollas caryophylleous; ftyles of 
a middling length. Bulb roundifh, covered with a brown 
coat, larger than a hazel-nut. Stem round, the thick- 
nefs of a pigeon’s quill, extremely villofe, brownifli, only 
at bottom fcaly and leaflefs; weak, about a foot high, up¬ 
right for fome inches, and then more or lefs reclining. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. It flowers in Europe 
in Odfober and November. 
26. Oxalis hirta, or hairy wood-forrel: corollas bell- 
lhaped : ftyles very long; filaments toothlefs, equal. 
Stem round, flender, fmooth at bottom, the reft villofe, 
about eight inches in length, purplilh-brown, weak, flac¬ 
cid, hence it is fometimes almoft upright, fometimes de¬ 
cumbent orafcending, putting forth from the axils branch- 
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lets that feldom flower. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. It flowers in Europe in September and Odfober. 
This fpecies is remarkably rough in its wild ftate, but 
puts off much of its roughnefs when cultivated. 
27. Oxalis hirtella: corollas bell-lhaped; ftyles very 
long; filaments toothletted, unequal. Refembles tire 
preceding: it is alfo a native of the Cape of Good Hope; 
and, in Europe, flowers in Odfober and November. 
28. Oxalis multiflora, or many-flowered wood-forrel: co¬ 
rollas bell-lhaped ; ftyles very Ihort; leaflets wedge-lhaped. 
Stem round, almoft upright, brownilh-purple, from tire 
thicknefs of a pigeon’s quill to only half the fize, from 
fix inches to a foot in height, branched. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. In Europe it flowers in October 
and November. A very large fpecitnen is figured in Jac- 
quin’s Rare Plants, as a variety of O. hirta ; in his Mono- 
graphia, it is reprefented fmaller, and more branched. 
29. Oxalis rubella: corollas bell-lhaped; ftyles mid¬ 
dling; filaments toothlefs. Stem round, flender, fome¬ 
what hirfute, flelhy, weak, fo that it is feldom really up¬ 
right ; fcaly at the bafe ; brownilh-purple, about half a foot 
high. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In Europe it 
flowers from October to December. Jacquin at firft took 
this for O. hirta, and it is figured under that name in his 
Rare Plants, with larger leaves and flowers. Another 
fpecitnen is figured in his Monographia. 
30. Oxalis rofacea : corollas bell-lhaped ; ftyles mid¬ 
dling; filaments gibbofely-toothletted. Stem round, flen¬ 
der, very hirfute, leaflefs to the middle, with minute wan¬ 
dering fcales, fometimes, but very feldom, having an ax¬ 
illary flowering branchlet at top, weak, proftrate, riling 
up towards the top, from fix inches to near a foot in 
height. Leaves on very Ihort petioles, alternate, ternate, 
the upper ones colledted into a clofe hoary rofe. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. In Europe it flowers from 
September to November. This fpecies is eafily diftin- 
guilhed from all the reft, by having its leaves at the ends 
of the ftem, and branches very clofely colledted into a form 
like a double rofe. 
31. Oxalis difticha: corollas bell-lhaped ; ftyles mid¬ 
dling; petioles wingedly-ftipuled. Bulb elongated-ovate, 
half an inch long or more, covered with a brown Ikin, 
putting forth a long thick fibre from the bafe. Stem 
round, the thicknefs of a pigeon’s quill, fmooth, pale* 
green or dirty-purple, half a foot long or more, almoft 
upright at the bale, then reclining and afcending, branch¬ 
ed at the bafe, having diftant fcales at bottom, in other 
parts leafy, at all the fcales and leaves jointed. Leaves 
alternate, diftich, fmooth, ternate. Native of the Cape 
of Good Hope. In Europe it flowers in December and 
January. 
32. Oxalis tenella : fubcaulefcent; corollas bell-lhaped; 
filaments toothlefs; leaflets obcordate. Bulb ovate, acute, 
the fize of a pea, often feveral inclofed in one brown Ikin. 
Stem filiform, weak, an inch or a little more in length,, 
round, appearing villofe when magnified. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. In Europe flowering in November 
and December. This and the following fpecies connect 
the caulefcent with the fteinlefs Oxalides. 
33. Oxalis reptatrix: fubcaulefcent; corollas bell- 
lhaped; filaments toothletted; leaflets roundilh. Bulb 
roundifh, about the fize of a hazel-nut, with a black hard 
Ikin, and commonly a double nucleus, putting forth a 
flender whitejointed root, with a fcale at each joint, hav¬ 
ing fibres on every fide, here and there bulbiferous, creep¬ 
ing horizontally, from one to fix inches in length. Stem 
round, the thicknefs of a pigeon’s quill, fomewhat villofe, 
upright, below the leaves fcaly, and about an inch long, 
and then two or three inches more in length. Leaves al¬ 
ternate, ternate; petiole jointed at the bafe, round, vil¬ 
lofe, weak, red or green, from three to fix inches long; 
leaflets feflile, (lightly emarginate, appearing dotted with 
a magnifier on both fides; fomewhat villole at the edges 
and along the dorfal nerve; in other parts fmooth, green; 
but, when old, variegated with red and yellow. Scapes 
3 axillary. 
