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axillary, jointed at the bale, round, fomewhat villofe, red, 
flaccid, the length of the leaves, with alternate green 
bi'aftes below the middle. Calycine leaflets oblong, fharp- 
ifh, ciliate, hirfute, eredl, green. Corolla fix times as 
long as the calyx ; claws upright, twice as long as the ca¬ 
lyx, yeliowifh ; borders obovate, rounded, wide, fpreading 
very much, pale with a blufii of purple, fomewhat villofe 
at the back on one fide; antherse oblong, incumbent, 
yellow. Germen oblong, pale-green, villofe at top; ftyles 
very fiiort, very hirfute, with fimple hairs. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. In Europe it flowers in November 
and December. This fpecies increafes abundantly by its 
creeping roots generating many bulbs in their courfe, lb 
that the pots are in a fiiort time full of plants, all thus 
cauiefcent. Thefe numerous plants have flowered only 
once in four years that they have been cultivated. 
2. Stipitated. a. With fimple leaves. 
34- Gxalis lepida : ftyles very long. Bulb roundifh, 
■twice as large as a pea, and of a brownifh ftraw-colour. 
Stipe fubterraneous, from a line to an inch in length, hav¬ 
ing a few fcales at top, terminating in an umbel of a few 
leaves and flowers. Leaves few, green on both fides, and 
appearing dotted in the microfcope ; hirfute at the edges, 
and on the midrib, with capitate hairs, in other parts 
fmooth ; about an inch long. Scapes from one to four, 
not jointed at the bafe, weak, hirfute, with capitate hairs, 
longer than the leaves, yellowifh-green, without bradtes. 
Calycine leaflets oblong, bjuntilh, eredt, hirfute, with ca¬ 
pitate hairs, and ciliate, pale-green at bottom, variegated 
at top with blood-red fpots and orange dots, whitith at 
the edges; corolla fix times as long as the calyx, bell- 
fhaped ; claws upright, villofe, yellow ; borders obovate, 
rounded, pale-purple, with the back on one fide villofe; 
antherse oblong, incumbent, yellow. This and the two 
next fpecies are fo alike in habit, leaves, bulb, and flow¬ 
ers, that they can fcarcely be diftinguifhed. 
35. Oxalis monophylla, or iimple-leaved wood-forrel : 
ftyles of middling length. Leaves fpreading, from ob¬ 
long obovate, almoft entire, half an inch long, jointed 
below the leaf, but not at the bafe,. In other refpedts it 
agrees with the preceding. 
36. Oxalis roftrata, or beaked wood-forrel: ftyles very 
fiiort. Nearly agrees with the two preceding. 
j 2 . With binate leaves. 
37. Oxalis crifpa, or curled wood-forrel: leaflets obo¬ 
vate, curled. Bulb roundifh, with a brown ikin, the flze 
of a hazel-nut, often loofe. Stipe partly fubterraneous, 
about an inch long, and then ftanding out, flrorter, fcaly, 
leaflets, brownifli, the thicknefs of a pigeon’s quill, up¬ 
right, terminated by a thin umbel of leaves and flowers. 
Leaves few, generally three, upright, wholly fmooth, 
fometimes fimple, never ternate; the leaflets from an 
inch to three inches long. 
38. Oxalis afinina, or afs’s-eared wood-forrel : leaflets 
lanceolate; ftyles middling. Bulb ovate, with a brown 
firm, the fize-of a hazel-nut. Stipe partly fubterraneous, 
about an inch long, fcaly, then ftanding out, fliorter, 
fcaly, leaflefs, almoft upright, terminated by an umbel of 
leaves and flowers. Leaves feveral, erect, linooth, very 
feldom fimple, never ternate. Petiole jointed at the bafe, 
half round, about two inches long, winged. Leaflets 
bluntifh, quite entire, or very feldom flightly emarginate, 
from two to three inches long, green on both fides, ap¬ 
pearing dotted in the microfcope, along the edges toge¬ 
ther with the wings cartilaginous-crenulate, ereft. It has 
the trivial name from its long binate leaflets, refembling 
afs’s ears. 
39. Oxalis leporina, or hare’s-eared wood-forrel: leaf¬ 
lets lanceolate; ftyles very long; filaments toothletted. 
Bulb roundiih, pale flefh-colour, with a brown fkin, the 
fize of a hazel-nut. Stipe, the part under-ground about 
an inch, above fliorter,fcaly, leaflefs, brownifh, almoft up¬ 
right, terminated by a thin umbel of leaves and flowers. 
L I S. 
Leaves few, commonly two only, upright, fmooth, very 
feldom fimple, never ternate. It has the trivial name from 
the binate leaves refembling a hare’s ear. 
40. Oxalis lanceaefolia: leaves binate and ternate; ftyles 
very long ; filaments toothlefs. Bulb ovate, fmaller than 
a hazel-nut; covered with a brown ikin. Stipe fubterra-. 
neous, one or two inches long, almoft the thicknefs of a 
pigeon’s quill, having a few fcales at top, and being bulb¬ 
bearing at bottom, terminatingpn an umbel of leaves and 
a few flowers. Leaves feveral, the lower ones binate, the 
reft ternate, almoft upright. 
y. With ternate leaves. 
41. Oxalis fabsefolia, or bean-leaved wood-forrel: leaves 
obovate, flat; petioles winged. Bulb roundifh, with a 
brown ikin, the fize of a hazel-nut, often loofe. Stipe 
about an inch, partly under ground, partly above, fcaly, 
leaflefs, nearly as thick as a reed at top, almoft upright, 
terminated by a thin umbel of leaves and flowers. Leaves 
few, upright, wholly fmooth. 
42. Oxalis laburnifolia, or laburnum-leaved wood- 
forrel : the middle leaflet fublanceolate; the fide ones- 
obliquely oblong; ftyles very long; filaments toothletted. 
Bulb ovate, with a blackifli-brown (kin, the fize of a ha¬ 
zel-nut. Stipe fubterraneous, round, white, almoft as 
thick as a pigeon’s quill, about an inch in length, termi¬ 
nated by a thin umbel of leaves and flowers. Leaves few, 
fpreading. 
43. Oxalis fanguinea, or bloody-leaved wood-forrel: 
the middle leaflet fublanceolate; the fide ones obliquely- 
oblong ; ftyles middling. Bulb ovate, minute, with A 
blackifli-brown fkin, loofe. Stipe fubterraneous, an inch 
long, of a dirty whitilh colour, nearly as thick as a pi¬ 
geon’s quill, terminated by a thin umbel of leaves and 
flowers. Leaves few, fometimes no more than two, al- 
moft upright, or fpreading a little. 
44. Oxalis minuta, or fmall wood-forrel: leaflets lan¬ 
ceolate, acute; ftyles very long; filaments toothlefs. 
Stipe fubterraneous, terminating in a poor umbel of leaves 
and flowers. Leaves few, minute, wholly fmooth. 
45. Oxalis ciliaris, or ciliate-leaved wood-forrel: leaf¬ 
lets oblong, blunt; ftyles very long; filaments toothlefs. 
Bulb ovate, the fize of a hazel-nut, with a black Ikin. 
Stipe out of the ground, having a few fcales and one or 
two leaves, round, villofe, often fmooth at bottom, flen- 
der, weak, almoft upright, terminated by a denfe umbel 
of leaves and flowers. Leaves feveral, upright, and fpread¬ 
ing very much. 
46. Oxalis arcuata, or bending wood-forrel: leaflets 
linear-oblong, emarginate ; ftyles very fhort. Bulb ovate, 
flender, with a blackifh-brown Ikin, almoft an inch in 
length. Stipe out of ground, round, almoft half the 
thicknefs of a pigeon’s quill, having a few fcales but no 
leaves, hirfute, brownifh-green, three or four inches long, 
procumbent, terminated by an umbel of leaves and flow¬ 
ers. Leaves very many, fpreading. 
47. Oxalis linearis, or linear-leaved wood-forrel: fila¬ 
ments toothlefs; ftyles very long; corollas caryophyl- 
leous; leaflets linear. Bulb ovate, with a blackifh-brown 
fkin, fmaller than a hazel-nut. Stipe out of the ground, 
round, flender, having a few fcales but feldom any leaves, 
fometimes a Angle leaflet at top, hirfute, brown, from 
four to feven inches long; at firft upright, but by age be¬ 
coming wholly procumbent, terminated by a clofifh um¬ 
bel of leaves and flowers, and fometimes, but rarely, 
lengthened out into another umbel. Leaves feveral, al- 
moft upright. 
- 48. Oxalis gracilis, or flender wood-forrel: filaments 
toothlefs; ftyles very long5 corollas bell-fhaped ; leaflets 
linear. Bulb roundifh, the fize of a hazel-nut, covered 
with a brown fkin, fometimes lopfe. Stipe ftanding out, 
filiform, brownifh, fmooth, about half a foot long, very 
weak, and wholly proftrate; at bottom leaflefs with a few 
fcales ; above having folitary leaves, and frequently an 
umbel, terminating in a thin umbel of leaves and flowers. 
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