Oxalis Caprina Goat's-foot Wood Sorrel

<p><em>Class and Order.</em></p>

<p>Decandria Pentagynia.</p>

<p><em>Generic Character.</em></p>

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<p><em>Cal.</em> 5-phyllus. <em>Petala</em> Unibus connect. <em>Caps.</em> Anglos discerns, 5-Gina. </p>

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<p><em>Specific Character and Synonyms.</em></p>

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<p>OXALIS <em>Carina</em> scapis unbeliefs, foliis ternaries glabris, floribus erects. <em>Thunb. Oxalic, n. 11.</em> <em>Linn. Syst. Vegetab. ed. 14.</em> <em>Murr. p. 433.</em></p>

<p>OXALIS <em>Peas Capra</em> scapo embellisher, foliis ternaries sub bipartite apiece subtus callouses. <em>Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 3. p. 622.</em></p>

<p>OXALIS bulbosa pentacle et hexagonal, floribus margins lutes et copiosis. <em>Burm. Afr. 80. t. 29. et t. 28. f. 3.</em> </p>

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<div> <img src="/images/flowers/img046tb.jpg" alt="" title="" height="400" width="251" /> No237. <br />

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<p>The Cape of Good-Hope, that most fertile source of curious and beautiful plants, affords numerous species of Wood Sorrel, and, among others, the present one, which is distinguished for the largeness of its blossoms; they are of a fine yellow colour, and, when expanded by the influence of the sun, make a very conspicuous figure in the green-house; it begins to flower early in April, and continues about two months in bloom, many flowering stems arising from the same root.</p>

<p>This species is of free growth, and increases plentifully by bulbs, which are produced on the crown of the root, as well as on its fibres; these, when the plant decays, should be taken up, and two or three of the largest planted in the middle of a pot filled with a mixture of bog earth and rotten leaves, well incorporated; towards winter, the pots mould be placed in the green-house, or in a frame so secured as perfectly to keep out frost.</p>

<p>Was cultivated by Mr. Miller, in 1757. <em>Ait. Kew.</em></p>