O X A L I S A c e t o s e l l a , W o o d - S o r r e l .
O X A L I S L in noe i G en. P I. Decandria Pentagvnia.
m . 5 -p hy lIu s. Pc ta la ungu ibu s co n n e x a . Cap/, an gu lis dehifcens, 5 -gona.
R a n Syn. Gen. 18 , H a m f h 'ctd sicco singulari flore monopetalo.
O X A L I S AcetcfiUa^ rad ic e dentdta. ^ ^ ^
O X Ÿ S fc a p o um flo ro , foliis terna tis, rad ic e fq u am o fo -articu lata. H a lle r, h iß . p . 402.
O X Y S Accto ftlla. Scopoli F L 'C äm io l. n . g 6 i .
T R I F O L IU M aceto füm v u lga re . B a u h in P in , 330. P a r k in fm , 7 4 S .
O X Y S a lb a . G e r. em a c .1 2 0 1 .
A C E T O S E L L A e t L u ju la feu A lle lu ja Offic. R a i l S y n .f i . * 2 8 1 , W o o d -S o rre l.
Fluàfon FI. A n g l .f i. 170 .
Lightfoo t FI. Scot. p . 238.
ROOT perennial, red colourh. o, rizontal, fcaly, and of a bri°aht LEAVESi hagpreodw, ionfg a ytherleloew 'tiolhg egtrheeern, cionlvoeurrf,e flyre qhueeanrtt-- r alyn dp ufritptllneS u n0dn elronnega tfho, otb-eftfaeltk ws.ith a few hairs, LEAF-STnAghLtK, Ste nadbeoru, tp trhorceeee dinincgh efsr olmon ga, nlietatlrely b uuplb- wvehriyc hr efdo ramnsd ar okiunndd o; ft hfhee uatphp teor ipt aj rta tg brooottvoemd on one fide.
FLOWERltrSe awkehdit ew iothr rfeledl hv-ecionlso. u/red, and elegantly FLOWERle-nSgTthA oLfK th ef ulpeapvoersti,n fgu arn Ailhngedle nbeloafrf othme, . ttohpe fwuirtrho tuwnod oitv. al pointed Braden, which rp artl1y CALYX:l eag mPeenrtsi,a fNhotrht iaunmd pdeerempalyn ednitv, idoeftde ni nftpoo tftievde wmietmh bpraunropules; att hthee efedggmese,n t1s1 s. bil.u ntiffi, and COROLLbyA t:h efi vcela Pwes,t wa lhsic, h abffeinxde da tloit tlteh ein rweacredp,t ajuclfet £ alhbgohvtely tchree nacltaewd,s aanddh etirningged t oagt ebtohettro, mb lwuintth, f yellow, fig. 2.
|I STAMINfiAve: etexnte Fniolra moneens t sI,h ourptreifgt,h t and white, the fig.. a, a ; A n-
? rPiIoSiITLILIIU TMIM 8. ?a L elIowiIh- and bilocular, fig. 5. G ermen, four cornered and green :
I Styles five, very flender, and a little longer
« thantheStamina: STiGMATAbIunt,,fe.6, 7. | SEED-VESSEL: a C a p su l e fomewhat oval, ik e
^ : cornered, fpotted, with five cavities, the an- S o r r u c s , s burlling longitudinally, fig. 8, 8. I SEEDS: gtrhoroevee di nlo negaictuhd icnaavlliyty, ,c ohnevaerxt -olhna bpoetdh, fidaensd, | of a bright reddilh brown colour, and enclofed
UJ wbuitrhfitnin agI,h tihneinyg a wreh tihter oewlanft iocu At, r il lu s , which fig. p, n.
iRADIX perennis, h o rizo n ta lis , fq uam o fo -den ta ta , ru- $
Derrima. $
ftOLIA terna, ob co rd a ta , e x fla v o -v ire fcen tia , fubtus |
fæpe p u rp u rea, pilis raris adfperfa , petio lis 0
longis in lidentia.
(fETIOLI palma res, e re fliu fc u li, ten eri, e b u lb illo *
vaginante prod eu ntes, ad bafin ru b em m i, |
teretes, fup erne ad unum latu s fu lca ti. f
FLORES alb i äu t ca rn ei, Venis rubris e leg an ter ftriati. f
[SCAPI uniflori, lo n g itu d in e fo lio rum , braflaeis duabus f
ovato -acutis vaginantibus p ro p e a p ic em in - |
ftru£li. I
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p L Y X : PerianthiuM q tiin quepartitum, b rev e ■
perfiftens, ma cu lis p urpureis fiepe notatum* •
Jaciniis obtu fiü fcu lis m a rgine membra'naceis, 1
■ fig- l-
J/OROLLA : Petala q u inq u e, ungu ibu s p a u lu lum \
incurvatis rec ep ta cu lo a ffixa, e t p au lo fu p ra !
ungues cohasrentia, ob tu fä , fub erena ta, b afi <
flavedine tin ffa , fig . 2.
TAMINA: Filamenta decern, e re fla , alb a, q u in que
e x terio ra b rev io ra , fig . 3 , 4 Anthers
1 flavefcentes, b ilo cu la res , fig . g.
p T IL L U M : Germen qu inq u angu lä re, v irid e :
Styli q u inq u e ca pilla res, ftaminibus p au lo
longio res : Stigmata o b tufa, fir. 6, 7.
jERICARPIUM : Capsula fu b o v a ta , p en ta gon a,
maculata, q u in q u elo cu la ris, an gu lis lo n g itu -
1 dinaliter d ehifeentibus, fig. 8, 8.
[ ™ ^ A : tria in fin gu lo lo cu lam en to , co rd a ta , p er
longitudinem ftriata, utrinqu e co n v e x a , rufa,
A r il l o n itid o a'lbo ela ftico in clu fa , q u o dif-
rupto ejic iu n tu r, fig . g , g .
K « l p!anv there is a deIiC/ 7 of, flr“ a “ r,e fuPerior to what i l obferve in moft: there are feme cir
jMj^Uo been BnoticecL ^ITf h‘ie^lf iPriit™ o fb teh aelttee nist i\vheely f aombefe /pvreodc,e ilbt’^wwililt hb^er efofpSenfdt* to” the^plants p 6 d^Ve> Iv nKr dL^mg the Sreateft Part of the fummer, without any appearance of exnandeA WdS c , ,!;T
Ipulfion H fron? any elafticlty in the capfule itfelf, which continues unchanged : but the caufe of their
| to a conTlerlbleedmancSe.a ’ C°VelS ^ and »bich burftfng, by its elaflicity throws
| rsTClhadefeW W00dS abOUt US in WHich the W°°d-S°rr‘ l d°« not occur.It will not grow in'a garden
P r “ d May are the months in which it flowers,
the f ' t0 -Va^ $8 ! hlueifii and purple-coloured blofloms.
M id i? ? In wef wealher> are expanded; but in dry weather they droop; Linmei Ft Suerir The,,
k r ’toc^ “ ulh™ ’ ;° ” an* ft a daSrec of fenlibility on being firuck. pSlfefling a very grateful acidlafle
F ' d i S n W h i? ’ •],ey •Ver beenaufei , as an anufcpt.c medicine, in malignant fevefs, the feurvy and
Tthe C n in f iT C T - * are l nd‘cated' The only form at prefent in ufe, is® a conferve of the leaves
[ - of the leaves and the leaves themfelves, have been nfed indifferently
,nî >?en. * f ° r lhis purp o fe, the ftained p art is d ip p ed fprink led with a little o f t h e p ow d ered I » A .'“bbcd 00 3 V ™ * * P 'ate ‘ a fte r wh‘ich thc ,P'ot » wafhed out- with warm water; Newmmle Chan.
l l l l i l 5 fr°m -bich were obtained two otincus,;
L °ib ‘ 3 PieCS ° f hUman CalCU' US WaS d iffd l- d > # ju ic e o f this