Type species: Oxalis violacca L 1 lonoxalis intermedia (A Kich) Small, N A Fl 25: 43 1907 Oxalis intermedia A Eich Ess Fl Cub 315 1845 Scape 1-3 dm high, sparingly pubescent, slender, as long as the leaves or longer.

Petioles sparingly pubescent;.

Leaflets 3, obdeltoid, 2-6 cm wide, bright green and glabrous above, paler and somewhat pubescent beneath, 2-lobed, the lobes ovate; cymes 4-13-flowered ; pedicels glabrous, 1-2 cm long; sepals 4-5 mm long, bearing 1 pair of apical tubercles; petals violet, 11-14 mm long; shorter filaments slightly pubescent, the longer ones copiously pubescent.

Waste and cultivated lands, New Providence, at Nassau : Cuba ; Virgin Islands ; Guadaloupe ; Martinique.

CUBAN PURPLE WOOD-SORREL.