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4.9. Oxalis reclinata,or reclining wood-forrel: filaments 
toothlefs ; ftyles middling ; leaflets linear. Bulb round¬ 
ifh, often an inch in diameter, covered with a brow n fkin, 
loofe. Stipe Handing out, a foot or eighteen inches long, 
round, fmaller than a pigeon’s quill, minutely and denfely 
villofe, brown ; below the middle having a few fcales 
but no leaves 5 above the middle leafy, and fometimes 
having a branchlet; when young wholly upright, but 
afterwards more or lefs reclining, and even entirely pro¬ 
cumbent, on account of its weaknefs and the weight of the 
umbel j terminated by a denfer loofe umbel of leaves and 
flowers. 
50. Oxalis miniata, or vermilion wood-forrel: filaments 
toothlefs; ftyles very fhort; leaflets linear. Stipe above 
ground, from one to four inches long, very weak, and 
always wholly proftrate, from its extreme flendernefs ; 
moitly leaflefs, and having only a few minute fcales, ex¬ 
cept at top, where there is a leaf or one or two umbels; 
it is terminated alfo by a denfer loofe umbel of leaves and 
flowers. 
51. Oxalis verficolor, or ftriped-flowered wood-forrel s 
filaments toothletted; ftyles very long; Item upright, 
hairy, generally Ample; leaflets linear, callous on the un¬ 
der fide at the tip. Bulb ovate, half an inch long, co¬ 
vered with a black flcin, within which are frequently fe¬ 
deral bulbs, hence, when cultivated, it has almoft always 
many ftipes; thefe are out of the ground, have a few 
fcales on them, are round, (lender, have a very few hairs 
fcattered over them, are fix inches long, fometimes leaf¬ 
lefs, fometimes having a Angle leaf at top, when young 
almoft upright, but afterwards wholly procumbent, ter¬ 
minated by a denfe umbel of leaves and flowers. Leaves 
feveral,upright, and lpreading a little. Dr. Smith remarks, 
that the flowers are expanded in the funlhine only, have 
no fcent, but are beautiful, and extremely elegant, even 
when clofed ; that the petals are feparate at the bafe, but, 
a little above it, united into a tube, then again feparated, 
folded over each other to the left, white with an exqui- 
fite red border; that the five longeft filaments are but half 
the length of the corolla, with didymous antherae; and 
five other very fhort filaments, without antherse, are at¬ 
tached to the longer ones, and ftand between the fhorter ; 
that the germen is fmooth and pellucid, full of little pro¬ 
tuberances, occafioned by the prominent rudiments of the 
feeds, the ftyles'the length of the longer ftamenS. Intro¬ 
duced in 1774, by Mr. Francis Maffon. It flowers abun¬ 
dantly in the hot-houfes of the botanic garden at Chelfea 
in the winter. 
5 2 . Oxalis elongata : filaments, toothletted ; ftyles very 
fhort; petals emarginate; leaflets linear. Bulb ovate, 
covered with a footy Ikin, fmaller than a hazel-nut. 
Stipe appearing fomewliat hirfute when examined by a 
glafs, haying a few fcales, and often one or two leaves, 
extremely weak, fo as to be wholly procumbent. 
53. Oxalis tenuifolia, or fine-leaved wood-forrel: fila¬ 
ments toothletted ; ftyles very fhort; petals quite entire; 
leaflets linear. Bulb ovate, with a black {kin, half the 
fizeof a hazel-nut. Stipe almoft upright, fmooth or fome- 
what villofe, purple at bottom, from two to four inches 
long, fcaly at the bafe, fometimes leaflefs, fometimes leafy 
all over; and even having barren branchlets ; the umbel 
of leaves and flowers that terminates it being elongated, 
but barren. 
54 - Oxalis polyphylla, or many-leaved wood-forrel : 
filaments gib'oofely-toothletted ; ftyles middling; leaflets 
linear. Bulb roundifh, the fize of a hazel-hut, or even 
of a walnut, covered with a brown Ikin, having ovate- 
acuminate loofe fcales, flefh-coloured or pale and fiefliy. 
Stipe from half an inch to fix inches in height, upright 
but weak, appearing fomevvhat villofe in the microfcope, 
purplifh or brownifh, the thicknefs of a pigeon’s quill ; 
fometimes leaflefs, and having only diftant fcales ; fbine- 
ttmes leafy; commonly quite Ample, but fometimes hav¬ 
ing a fmgle branchlet or two, terminated by a clGfely- 
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leafy and many-flowered umbel. Leaves very many. 
This is defcribed by Jacquin in his Colle&ions, and figured 
in his leones Rariores, under the name of O. verficolor. 
The three la ft, indeed, are probably confidered by Lin¬ 
naeus and Thunberg as varieties of O. verficolor. 
55. Oxaliscuneata: filaments toothlefs; ftyles very long ; 
leaflets wedge-lhaped. Bulb ovate, almoft the fize of a 
hazel-mn, with a blackilh-brown ikin, often loofe at top. 
Stipe ftanding out, round, fcaly, brown, villofe, procum¬ 
bent, leaflefs, {lender, two or three inches long, termi¬ 
nated by a denfe umbel of leaves and flowers. Leaves 
very many, fpreading a little. 
56. Oxalis cuneifolia : filaments toothlefs; ftyles very 
fliort; leaflets wedge-fhaped. Stipe about three inches 
long, frequently with a leaf or two on it. It differs from 
the preceding in having the interior filaments unequal, 
and the exterior filaments not fmooth, but hirfute; with 
capitate hairs, and the ftyles very fhort. 
57. Oxalis' glabra, or fmooth wood-forrel: filaments 
toothletted; ftyles very fhort; ftipe upright, fmooth; 
leaflets oblong, or wedge-fhaped, fmooth. Stipe Handing 
out, round, filiform, appearing fomewhat villofe in the 
microfcope, angular-grooved, one or two inches in length, 
having frequently a leaflet on it, terminated by an umbel 
of leaves and flowers. 
58. Oxalis pufilla, or dwarf wood-forrel: filaments 
toothletted 5 ftyles middling ; leaflets wedge-fhaped. 
Bulb ovate, with a brown Ikin, lefs than a pea. Stipe 
partly under and partly above ground, from half an inch 
to two inches in length, filiform, fmooth, the fhorter up¬ 
right, the longei* procumbent, fometimes leaflefs, fome¬ 
times having a few leaves at the bafe or at top, terminated 
by a denfer umbel of leaves. 
59. Oxalis ambigua, or doubtful wood-forrel: ftyles 
very long; leaflets unfpotted,flat; the middle ones wedge- 
lhaped ; the fide ones oblong; calycine leaflets equal. 
Bulb oval, an inch long, covered with a black hard fkin. 
Stipe Handing out, one or two inches in length, fcaly, 
round, the thicknefs of a pigeon’s quill, purplifh, fome¬ 
what villofe, ereit, terminated by a denfe umbel of leaves 
and flowers. Leaves very many, fpreading out in a ring, 
Calycine leaflets lanceolate, bluntilh, hirfute, ciliate, pale- 
green with whitifh edges, having generally below the tip 
one or two roundifh orange fpots, upright; corolla feve¬ 
ral times longer than the calyx; claws upright, fulphur- 
coloured ; borders wide, rounded, fnovv-white within, 
fomewhat fulphur-coloured without, one fide being varie¬ 
gated with red dots, fpreading very much. Antherse in¬ 
cumbent, yellow. Jacquin doubted a long time whether 
this was any thing more than a variety of the next fpecies ; 
but the conftant difference in the equal calycine leaflets, 
and the leaves never being waved, induced him at length 
to qonliderit as a diftindl fpecies. 
60. Oxalis undulata, or wave-leaved wood-forrel: 
ftyles very long; leaflets unfpotted, waved; middle 
wedge-fhaped ; lateral oblong; one leaflet of the calyx 
fpatulate. Bulb equal, an inch long, with a' blkckiih- 
brown Ikin. Stipe from one to three inches long, almoft 
upright, green or brownifh, flightly pubefeent, leaflefs, 
but having lanceolate acuminate ferruginous ciliate fcales, 
terminated by an -umbel of leaves and flowers. Leaves 
feveral, almoft upright, or fpreading a little. Calycine 
leaflets oblong, blunt, green above, below having blood- 
red fpots, variegated on tlie-back with roundifh, yellow, 
fcattered, ipots ; one of them is larger, and fpatulate; 
corolla five times as long as the calyx; claws fhort, yel¬ 
low; borders very wide, long, white, with one fide of 
the back dotted with purple. In other circumftances it 
agrees with the preceding, except in thofe pointed out 
before. 
61. Oxalis fufeata : ftyles very long; leaflets fpofted 
on both fides; middle wedge-fhaped, lateral, oblong. 
Bulb oval, covered with a black hard fkin, an inch long. 
Stipe lubterraneous, fcaly above, an inch and more in 
N n length. 
