. A spring flora for high schools. Botany. Lathyrus venosus. Wild pea. May to OXALIDACEAE (Wood Sorrel Family) Low herbs with sour, watery juice. Leaves palmate, with 3 obcordate leaflets. Flowers with 10 to 15 stamens and a superior ^-celled ovary. OXALIS Sepals 5, persistent; petals 5; stamens 10, usually united at base. Styles 5 and distinct. Pod cylindric. O. violacea, Violet Wood Sorkel. Stemless, nearly glabrous; base bulbous and scaly; leaves radical; stem naked, bearing an umbel of several violet flowers. Rocky places and open woods. O. stricta, Yellow Wood Sorrel. Pale green, pubescen


. A spring flora for high schools. Botany. Lathyrus venosus. Wild pea. May to OXALIDACEAE (Wood Sorrel Family) Low herbs with sour, watery juice. Leaves palmate, with 3 obcordate leaflets. Flowers with 10 to 15 stamens and a superior ^-celled ovary. OXALIS Sepals 5, persistent; petals 5; stamens 10, usually united at base. Styles 5 and distinct. Pod cylindric. O. violacea, Violet Wood Sorkel. Stemless, nearly glabrous; base bulbous and scaly; leaves radical; stem naked, bearing an umbel of several violet flowers. Rocky places and open woods. O. stricta, Yellow Wood Sorrel. Pale green, pubescent or strigose; stems several, decumbent, stoutish; pedicels at length deflexed, mostly 2; petals pale yellow, often with a reddish spot near the base. Dry or .sandy soil. O. corniculata. Yellow Wood Sorrel. Coalescent, regular or de-. OxaKs stricta, Yel- low wood Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cowles, Henry Chandler, 1869-1939; Coulter, John G. (John Gaylord), b. 1876. joint author. New York, Cincinnati [etc. ] American Book Company


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