Oxalis | OXALIDEE (Sond.) 321 
Var. y. minor ; leaflets shorter, linear-cuneate, obtuse or subemar- 
ginate, hairy underneath. 
Has. Cape, Jacquin! Acht valley, Zeyher! 8 Karroo, Drege, 3207. Between 
Grootriet and Eenkoker, Zeyher 241,’ ex parte. ‘y. Eenkoker, Zeyher 229. May. 
(Herb. Vind., E. Mey., Sond.) 
Bulb blackish. Stem or stipe 3-4 incheslong. Petioles numerous, 1-2 inches 
long. Leaflets 6-8 lines long, 1 line wide ; in 8, twice as wide ; in +. 3 lines longy 
1 line wide. Corolla ¢ inch long, purple or red, yellowish at base. Very near 0. 
cuneata (No. 27) which differs by its cuneate leaflets, pubescent on the upper side. 
10. 0. versicolor (Linn. Sp. 622); glabrous or somewhat hairy ; bulb 
ovate, with hard, black scales ; stem erect, with a few scales, or 1-2, - 
leaves, many-leaved at the summit ; leaflets linear-cuneate, channelled *““S 
above, emarginate, bicallous ; peduncles bibracteolate at the top, longer 
than the leaves ; sepals lanceolate, acute ; limb of the petals white or 
yellowish, with a red border. Jacq. Ox. t. 36 &t. 77. f.4. Thunb. Diss. 
No. 19, ex parte. DC. No. 140. EH. § Z.! No. 693. O pallens, E. & 
4! 700, ex parte. O. glabra, Meisn., non Thunb. O. tenuifolia, BE. Mey! 
non Jacq. 
Var. 8. flaviflora ; corolla yellow, limb with a deep red border ; leaf- 
lets with two or more calli. Zey/ 247. 
Var. y. elongata; stem more slender, often branched and leafy ; 
leaflets with or without calli ; corolla with a yellow tube, and a white, 
pale-red border. 0. elongata, Jacq. ! DC. No. 141. EL. & Z.! 694. 
Var. 6. Meyeri; leaflets shorter, with a minute callus ; sepals more 
acuminate, 0. versicolor, E. Mey. ! in Hb. Drege. 
Has. Cape Flats, and round Capetown, very common. 8. at Berg river, Burke 
and Zeyher. ‘y, a, and 8, in Zw d, Drege! Ap.-June. (Herb. Thunb., Vind., _ 
ny 
sate. UY ‘gad 
pilose. Capsule s-angled, inclosed in the calyx. Var. 7. looks very like 0. gracilis, y) | 
: % Pow 
Jacq., which has a very different corolla and 
11. 0. polyphyile (sea. | Ox. t. 39); bulb rather large, subrotund, 
with brown, membranous scales ; stem or stipe erect, simple or branched, 
leafless and scaly below, many-leaved at the summit ; leaflets narrow- 
linear or filiform, channelled or involute, emarginate, bicallous, glabrous at 
both sides or subpilose underneath ; peduncles bibracteolate at the 
summit, longer than the leaves; sepals lanceolate, obtuse, at length re- 
curved; corolla with a purple limb, Thunb. Fl. Cap. 541. Burm. Afr. 
t. 27. f. 1. 0. versicolor, Jacg.! Tc. Rarz t. 473. Hb. Lamk.!' Hb.|, 40 
Un. It. 106. 0. polyphylla, gracilis and filifolia, E. & Z. ! 695, 696,’ ~ 
697. Zey! 215. Sieb. Cap. No. 120. O. polyphylla, « § 8, Meisn. %> 
Var. @. filifolia ; leaflets very narrow, without calli, or with a very 
small callus. O. filifolia, Jacg. ! Schoenb. t. 273. DC. No. 1 
revoluta and O. filifolia, E. Mey. ia «eager 
