O X A L IS Dóppìi.
Deppe s Wood-Sorrel.
Linnean Class ^ Order. P E N T -D E C A N D R IA M O N O G Y N IA .
Natural Order. O X A L ID EÆ . D C . prodr. 1. p . 689.
O X A L IS . Supia folia 54, series 2.
S e c t . V . C a p r i n æ . Acaules aut stipite nudo apice tantùm, foliosodo-
natæ, pedunculis nni-bi-aut sæpiùs-multifloris, fo liis radicalibus petiolatis
plurifoliolatis scepiùs trifoliolatis.
O. D ep p ii, acaulis, foliolis 4 magnis obcordatis pilosis subtus glaucescentibus;
brevissime petiolulatis, petiolulis dense pilosis, umbellis multifloris,
scapis pedicellisque laxe pilosis, stylis intermediis villosis, staminibus
valde inæqualibus alternis pilosis duplo longioribus.
O x a l i s D e p p i i . Lodd. bot. cab. t. 1500. Swt. hort. brit. edit. 2. p . 102.
Root a bulb-tuber, large, scaly, the scales composed of a
thin chaffy substance, in our specimen about the size of a
large Turnep Radish. Leaves several, produced in succession,
spreading round in all directions, the petioles being
bent downwards by their weight : leaflets four on each footstalk,
each attached to a very short footstalk of its own,
broadly obcordate, tapering to the base, some of them an
inch and half long, and about the same in breadth in the
broadest part, rather fleshy and succulent, and of a pleasant
acid taste, hairy on both sides, particularly on the nerves
underneath, of a bright green on the upper side, marked
about half way up from the base with a brownish purple
patch, a good part of which wears off as the leaves become
old : underneath somewhat glaucous, feather-nerved, the
veins extending from the midrib nearly to the edge of the
leaf. Leaflet footstalks very short, densely clothed with long
hairs, which from the four altogether forms a dense tuft.
Petioles succulent, thickest below, gradually tapering upwards,
very slightly flattened on the upper side, glossy, but
thickly clothed with hairs, many of which are rubbed or
washed off in time, declining downwards and more or less
crooked, owing most probably to the great weight of the
leaves. Stipules membranaceous, attached to the base of the
petiole. Peduncles or Scapes numerous, from four to six appearing
at a time, sometimes all of them more or less in flower,
generally more than twice the length of the leaf-stalks, seldom
upright, but more frequently ascending, at first thickly
clothed with loose hairs, the greater part of which soon wear
off, they are then smooth and of a glossy green. Umbels