318 — OXALIDER (Sond) [Owalis. 
B. Peduncles many-flowered. Leaves tri-foliolate. (Sp. 99-108.) 
(1.) Root bulbous, Flowers yellow or yellowish. (Sp. 99-101.) 
Leafl. silky on both sides... ... 0 2... 4s. 1. (QQ) SePiCea. T 
Leajl. pubescent beneath only ; petiole compressed, 
Ciliates es eee ast tee vee aes (100) COMpTOSSA. | ae 
~ Leaf. pubescent beneath only ; petiole terete, glab- laden Vile 
BOO Sie © ape sar es a aes ee eg ee ee ee % + 
(2.) Root bulbous. Flowers blueish, purple, rosy or white. (Sp. 102-107.) 
Deaf. obcordate: 00 ee (104) purpurata. 
Leafl. deeply obcordate-bilobed : 
Stemless, pilose, glandular above ; umbel 8-12- : 
flowered i359 Gig he eins, FIO) eam, 
Stemless, glabrous ; umbel 2-6-flowered... ... (102) caprina. 
Stipitate or caulescent ; pedunc. terminal. . ... (107) stellata. 
Caulescent ; pedunc. axillary; leaf-lobes short, = 
YONG =: 45 OO a ee eee 
Caulescent ; pedune. axil.; leaf-lobes oblong or : 4 
Wnene Orne a By ee eee ee ; 
(3:) Root fibrous. Stem branched, diffuse or creeping (108) eorniculata. a = 
, ce 
A. Peduneles one-flowered. (Sp. 1-98). 
I, Leaves simple. (Sp. 1-2.) 
1. 0. monophylla (Linn. Syst. p. 432) ; stemless, puberulous ; leaves 
te or elliptical, obtuse or subemarginate ; scape one-flowered ; sepals 
rather acute. Thunb.! diss. No.1. Tab. 1. Fl. Cap. p. 532. Jacq. Oxal. 
t. 79. f. 3. O. lepida, Jacq. l. c. t. 21. O. rostrata, Jac.! 1.¢.t.22. DC. , 
Prod. No. 83, 84,85. £.§ Z.! 7o1. 
Var. 9. stenophylla ; leaves lanceolate or linear, obtuse. O. steno- 
phylla, Meisn.! in Hook, Lond. Jour. 2. p. 54. 
Has. Sandy hills, round Cape Town and Cape Flats, common (Thunberg, B. & — 
Z. i de. 8. re Tulbagh, Krauss / Apr.-May. (Herb. Thunb. Holm., Vind., Meisn-, > 
.C.D., Sond. 9 ss 
Bulb globose, with a very delicate, torn, rusty-brown, soft, as if Ilanuginous coat 
Leaves petiolate, the lamina 4-1 inch long. Peduncles 1-2 inches long or longer, 
equalling or exceeding the leaves. Corolla pale purplish, with a yellowish tube. 
__ 2. 0. Dregei (Sond.) ; stemless, quite glabrous ; leaves obcordate- 
__ bilobed, obtuse at base ; scape one-flowered ; sepals obtuse. O. rostrata, 
E. Mey! non Jacq. | 
tas. Near rivulets, in the Kamiesberg Mts., KI. Namaqualand, Drege! Aug- 
‘Herb. E. Mey., Sond. Vind.) oes — 
Like the receding, but er and entirely glabrous ; and well distinguished by 
leave Seen loss.. Leaves 4-5 lines wide, 3 lines long. Flowers 
ylla, but rather , and seemingly pale rosy. Sepals very obtuse. — 
Leaves bifotiolate ; the petiole broadly winged. (Sp. 3-4). | 
Jacq. | 1. c. No. 38. t. 24) ; stemless, substipitate, gla-_ ae 
e, cartilagine brous atthe edge ; scapes’ 
 lanceefolia, Jacg.! 1. c. No. 40. t. 
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