glabra, loculis 5 — 5 spermis. Semina ovata, uti’inque acutiuscula, lineis longitudinalibus convexis 
crenatis reticulato -rugosa, fusca, arillata. Reliqua- congenerüm. 
Crescit in Brasiliae umbrosis prope Bio de Janeiro, a elar. Eq. de Martins ibidem deteita. 
Floret Ja'nuario, Februario. , (v, x.) 
75. Oxalis psoraleoides Kunlli. 
O. fruticosa, tomentosa, foliis ternatis, foliolis ovato-rhombeis ovatis vel ellipticis obtusis 
vel aculiusculis costatis tomentosis, pedunculis apice bifidis multifloris, calycibus tomen- 
tOSO " Ilil’tis. Oxalis psoraleoides Kunth l. c, p. 191. tob. 470. 
O. lignosa herb. mild. 
Radix lignosa, perennis. Caulis fruticösus, erectus, subsimplex, teres, basi cortice cinereo 
vel fuscescente glabro tectus, nodulosus, crassitie pennae anseriiiae, sursum ramosus, ramis stri- 
ctis, adultioribus cauli cönformibus, junioribus angulatis fuscescenti-tomentosis. Folia sparsa, 
subapproximata, ternata; foliola brevissime pedicellata, ovata, obovata vel subrhombea, basi 
aequilatera vel inaequilatera, apice obtusa, rotundata, vel quoque attenuata obtusiuscula, utrin- 
que albo-tomentosa et subtus argenteo - sericea vel supra virentia subtus incana, magnitudine vel 
inter se aequalia vel lateralia parum minora, semper tarnen integerrima, ciliata, venis supra palli- 
dioribus subtus prominentibus densius tomentosis parallclis costata, pollicem et quod excedit 
longa, 6 — 8 lineas lata; petioli sesqui — bipollicares, semiteretes, supra canaliculati, tomentosi, 
inter foliola lateralia in rachin 3 — 4 lineas longam producti; pedicelli brevissimi, tomentosi, basi 
articulati. Stipulae distinctae nullae. Pedunculi axillares, erecti, stricti, compresso-teretes, to¬ 
mentosi, folia subaequantes, basi articulati, apice dichotomo-bifidi, multiflori. Flores in pedunculi 
divisionibus i 5 , 20 vel plures, racemosi, secundi, alternatim distichi, approximati, pedicellati; 
pedicelli breves, teretes, supra basin articulati, bractea minima lineari villosa suffulti. Calycis 
foliola ovato - lanceolata, acutiuscula vel obtusa, integerrima, hirsuta, membranacea, nervosa, vi¬ 
rentia. Corolla quam in O. Acetosella major, flava, basi aurantiaca; peiala calyce duplo longiora, 
obovato - euneata, rotundata, glabra. Siaminum filamenla basi monadelpha; alterna duplo triplove 
longiora basi glabra compressa, sursum edentula, subulata, barbata, breviora reliqua stylos parum 
superantia (vel eis parum breviora Kunth ), planiuscula, glabra. Antherae ovatae, flavae. Ovarium 
ovato - oblongum, pentagonum, pubescens. Slyli breves, subulati, barbati. Stigmata capitata, 
glabra, flava. Capsula globoso-quinqucloba, angulis obtusis, pubescens, loculis monospermis. 
Semina majuscula, rugosa, fuscfa. 
Crescit in Brasiliae montibuj Serra de Tiuba dictis 1000 —14QP ped. alt. locis umbrosis, a cl. Eq. de Mar- 
tius ibidem lecta, nee non prope Santa Fe de Bogota (Humboldt), ‘ft. (o.s.specc. brasil.et peruv.) 
74 . Oxalis hirsutissima. -}-. 
O. caule suffruticoso, foliis obovato-ellipticis liirsutissimis, pedunculis umbelliferis 4 — 7 flo- 
ris, umbella inVölucrata, staminibus longioribus medio dentatis, capsula stipitata. 
Radix lignosa, perennis. Caulis. erectus, basi lignosus, ramosus, teres, apioem versus an- 
gulatus pilisque patentibus ferrugineo-fuscis hirsutissimus. Rami erecti, virgati, cauli similes. 
Folia ternata, petiolata, sparsa; foliola obovato - elliptica, basi rotundata - öbcordata, circumscri- 
ptione varia, ovata, ovato - elliptica vel (in juniore planta) non nunquam suborbicülaria, basi roturf- 
data vel subcordata, obtusa, brevissime mucronata, integerrima, utrinque hirsutissima, ciliata; 
lateralia remotiuscula, brevissime petiolata, pedicellis articülatis; petioli erecti, stricti, basi sub- 
