_  Oxalis.] 2 OXALIDEX (Sond.) 319 
Var. 8. leporina ; leaflets elliptico-lanceolate ; flowers white, yellow 
at base. 0. leporina, Jacg.! 1. ¢. t. 25. DC. No. 89. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope. (v. s. c. in Hb. Jacq.) 
Bulb brownish, Petiole 2 inches long, with lanceolate wings, which are sometimes 
obsolete. Leaflets 2, rarely 3, 13-2 inches long, 4—1 inch wide ; in 8. smaller and 
more obtuse. Scapes bibracteolate, equalling or exceeding the leaves. Corolla 
yellow, in 8. white, with a reddish margin and yellow base. 
4. 0. fabsefolia (Jacq. !1.c. No. 41. t, 27); stemless, substipitate, gla- 
brous ; leaflets 2 or 3, obovate, emarginate, with a cartilaginous margin ; 
scape one-flowered. DC. No. go. 
Var. £. erispa ; leaflets broadly obovate, with an undulate, more evi- 
dently cartilaginous margin. O. crispa, Jacq. l. ¢. t. 23. DC. 1. ¢. No. 86. 
fl £ Has, Cape of Good Hope. (v. 8s. ¢. in Hb. Jacq.) 
This species differs from the preceding only by its leaflets, 2-3 inches long, 14-2 
inches wide, and the petiole which is mostly ovate or subrotund, Flowers pale yellow, 
in B whitish, yellow at base, size of those of O. asinina. 
III. Leaves trifoliolate, the petiole not winged. (Sp. 5-89). 
* Upper leaves, terminating the stem or branches, crowded, on long petioles. Sea, 
or peduncles terminal. Stemless or Caulescent species. (Sp. 5-81). 
(1). Leafiets linear, lanceolate, oblong, or obovate. (Sp. 5-43). 
(a). Not glandular ; glabrous, or clothed with short, whitish hairs. (Sp. 5-32). 
5. 0. goniorhiza (E. & Z.! 699); bulb oblong, acutely 5-10 angled ; 
stem short, erect ; leaflets narrow-linear, or subcuneate, keeled, with or 
without a callosity below the emarginate apex ; peduncles longer than 
the leaves; sepals lanceolate, glabrous, 4-5 times shorter than the co- 
rolla. O. pusilla, B. Mey ! O. paliens, BE. & Z! 700, ex parte, 
Var. 8. semiglauca; glabrous or downy ; stem rather taller, sub- 
foliate, leafless, with 2 or more callosities. O. semiglauca, H.g Z! 691 
“ey! 245, 218, : eee 
Has. Sands near Zwartland, E..&Z./ Burke! Drege! Berg River, Oliphant’s 
6. 0. glabra (Thunb. dissert. No. 17. f. 2); glabrous or pilose, witha 
small, ovate, smooth bulb ; stem very short, leafless, or elongate, scaly or 
leafy ; leaflets linear or oblong-linear, cuneate, with one or more 
callosities at the apex, or base; peduncles glabrous, longer than the 
leaves, bibracteolate at the apex ; sepals lanceolate, 3-4 times shorter 
than the externally glabrous corolla. 
Var. a. major; stem tall (a span long), glabrous or sparingly hairy, 
simple or somewhat branched, leafy ; leaflets linear-oblong or oblong, 
cuneate, glabrous, or ciliate, mostly bi-callous. 0. glabra, Thunb. lc 
O. venosa, Sav. ! in Lam. Die. 4, p. 681. DC. No. 51. i 
"Var. 8. minor; stem short (2-3 inches) ; leaflets oblong-linear, eu- 
neate, with 2 or more calli, ciliated and pilose underneath. 0. glabr 
— Jacq! lc. t.76.f. 3. DC. No. 139. EH. & Z.! 688. 0. cuneata, 
Cap. p. 54°. O. ciliaris, E. §& Z.! O. linearis, EB. § Z. ! 687. 
