322 OXALIDEH (Sond.) [Owalis. 
Var. y. pubescens ; densely pubescent in all parts, leaflets mostly — 
without calli ; sepals more acute. 0. polyph. 8. glandulosa, E.& Z. ! 
696, B. of 
Has. Moist sandy places on the Cape Flats, Hott. Holland, &c., common. 8, 
in the same places and at Drakenstein, Dreye. Vanstaadensberg, Uit., Zey/ 2132. 
‘y, on mountain sides near Brackfontein, Clanw., 2. & Z./ Ap.-Jun. (Herb. Thunb., 
‘Holm., Vind., E. Mey., T.C.D., Sond. &c.) 
Very like the preceding, with which, in many Herbaria, it is confounded, but 
readily known by the thin brown bulb-scales, narrower leaflets, and deep purple 
flowers. Var. 6 differs from O. Burkei, otherwise dissimilar, by its long petioles, 
twice as long as the leaflets, narrower corolla-tube, and blueish limb. 0, amoena 
Jacq. ! Schoenb. t. 206, seems to be a mere variety of O. polyphylla,, with a de- 
clinate, 1-2-leaved, downy stem, and rather larger flowers ; it is wanting in Herb. Jacq. 
12. 0. gracilis (Jacq. ! Ox. t. 33); bulb roundish, brown ; stem long, 
glabrous, leafy, mostly branched, many-leaved at summit; leaflets 
linear-obtuse or subemarginate, flattish, glabrous above, appressedly 
hairy underneath, without calli; peduncles equalling the leaves, or 
longer, bibracteolate at the top ; sepals downy, linear-lanceolate, 4 times 
shorter than the deep red or pale rosy corolla. DC. Prod. No. 136. P. 
versicolor. y, gracilis Willd. Sp. 2, p. 792. oe ae 
Var. 8. miniata; the subacute limb of the corolla deep crimson In- 
side. O.miniata, Jacqg.! t.35. DC. No. 137. 
Var. y. reclinata; stem very long, reclinate, glabrous or appressedly 
pilose; the rounded, obtuse limb of the corolla pale crimson. 0. rech- 
nata, Jacq. ! t. 34. DC. No. 135. 
Has. Moist sandy places. Between Oliphant’s River and Knackisberg, Zey.! 
211, (Herb. Vind., Sond.). : , 
Stem 6-18 inches high, erect or declined, brown, mostly quite glabrous, with a 
few scattered leaves or short branchlets. Petioles glabrescent, 14-2 inches long. 
Leaflets 4-1 inch long, 1-2 lines wide, green, flat or with the margin slightly rolled 
in ; the lateral horizontal. Peduncles pilose. Corolla bell-shaped, jf inch long; 
glabrous. Filaments mostly glabrous. Styles very variable, even in Jacquin 8 5pe 
cimens. The “ pale yellow calli, scattered over the under surface of the leaflets, 
attributed by Jacquin to his O. reclinata are not visible on his own authentica 
specimens. This species is known from 0. linearis, Jacq. by its bulb, its long leafy 
stem, longer leaflets and shorter, campanulate corolla, 
13. 0. teretifolia (Sond.) ; bulb roundish, yellow-brown ; stem simple, 
elongate, naked or scaly, glabrous, many-leaved at the summit ; ents 
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many calli wnderneath, and appressedly pilose ; peduncles as long as 
petioles, bibracteate; sepals lanceolate, 6-8 times shorter than the corolla ; 
tube of corolla narrow, limb obovate. ; e8 
Muddy places at Eenkoker, Zeyher, 212. (Herb. Sond. eee 
ills: Weems) Goals aenac’ feet with Na ai teas > Petioles terete, 
uncial, Leaflets 6 lines long, } line wide, dotted with blackish calli. Se 
diy pilose, 14 lines long, with a purple point. Petals glabrous, the 
limb red. Known from the two preceding by its narrow leaves, dilated 
rate corolla ; from 0. 
