Curtis Botanical Magazine Plate 1031 - Oxalis rubella (Red-flowered Oxalis) | Original Hand-Colored Print

Original hand-colored antique botanical print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine - Plate 1031, Oxalis rubella (Red-flowered Oxalis).

• Plate: 1031
• Latin name: Oxalis rubella
• Common name: Red-flowered Oxalis
• Native region: Cape of Good Hope
• Flowering: Spring
• Flower colour: Red
• Linnaean class / order: Decandria / Pentagynia
• Publication: July 1 1807
• Artist: Syd. Edwards
• Engraver: F. Sansom
• Medium: Original hand-colored engraving (physical print, not a reproduction)

Original Curtis text
Transcribed from the plate's accompanying description page:

[ 1031 ]

OXALIS RUBELLA. RED-FLOWERED OXALIS.

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Class and Order.
DECANDRIA PENTAGYNIA.

Generic Character.
Cal. 5-phyllus. Petala unguibus connexa. Stam. inæqualia, 5 breviora exteriora bafi connata. Capf. angulis dehilcens, 5-gona.

Specific Character and Synonyms.
OXALIS rubella; caule ramofo foliofo erecto, pedunculo unifloro foliis multoties longiore, foliis ternatis subfessilibius lineari-cuneiformibus, corollis campanulatis obtufis, stylis ftaminibus interioribus brevioribus. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. p. 796. OXALIS rubella; corollis campanulatis, stylis intermediis, filamentis edentulus. Jacq. Oxal. n. 29. p. 50. t. 16. OXALIS birta. Jacq. Collect. 3. p. 232. Ic. Rar. 3. t. 471. OXALIS radice fibrofa, caulibus ramofis, foliis ternatis anguftis, florum petiolis longiffimis. Burm. Afr. 71. t. 28. f. 2. OXALIS birta, rofacea, and rubella, are very nearly allied; perhaps too much so to be properly considered as diftinct fpecies. If they are to be diftinguished, our plant, having obtuse petals, muft be referred to the laft mentioned. Drawn at Mr. SALISBURY'S Botanic Garden at Brompton, in Octaber, but its proper time of flowering is probably in the fpring. Native of the Cape; requires the fhelter of a green-houle; propagated by tubers; introduced, according to Mr. DONN, in 1793.

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