. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . Sepals without apical tubercles; rootstocks elongated. Sepals with apical tubercles : rootstocks bulb-like. Plants caulescent; corolla yellow. Oxalis. 2. 3. Xanlhoxalis. I. OXALIS L. Sp. PI. 433- 1753- Perennial herbs, with slender more or less scaly rootstocks. Leave; basal, solitary or several together, witii the petioles dilated at the base, palmately 3-folio
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . Sepals without apical tubercles; rootstocks elongated. Sepals with apical tubercles : rootstocks bulb-like. Plants caulescent; corolla yellow. Oxalis. 2. 3. Xanlhoxalis. I. OXALIS L. Sp. PI. 433- 1753- Perennial herbs, with slender more or less scaly rootstocks. Leave; basal, solitary or several together, witii the petioles dilated at the base, palmately 3-folioIate; leaflets notched at the apex, usually with a membranous fold in the sinus. Scapes solitary or several together, topped by a single pedicel or rarely with an umbel-like cyme. Flowers perfect, homogenous. Seplls S, the inner longer than the outer. Petals white or pink, delicate, much longer than the sepals, often obliquely notched at the apex. Stamens 10: filaments commonly glabrous. Capsule relatively short. Seeds few or several in each cavity, pitted and grooved or striate. [Greek, sour, from the acid juice.] About 6 species, natives of the northern hemisphere, the following typical. * Revised by Dr. J. K.
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