324 OXALIDEZ (Sond.) [Oxalis. 
crown. Petioles 4-6 lines long. Peduncles 1-11 inches long. Cor. 8-9 lineslong, 
with a wide limb. Known from 0. linearis by the bulb, and hairy stem and leaves, — 
and short petioles ; from 0. Burkei by the pubescence and want of calli. 
17. 0. polytricha (Sond.); bulb swbrotund, with brown scales ; stem 
short, leafly, pubescent, many-leaved at the summit ; petioles equalling 
or exceeding the leaves, pilose; leaflets Hinear-obloug, keeled, emargi- 
nate, without calli, glabrous above, clothed below with long white hairs, 
and ciliate at the margin ; peduncles equalling the leaves, bi-bracteolate, 
and the calyx hairy ; sepals lanceolate, 6-7 times shorter than the 
corolla, 
Has. Achtvallei, near Oliphant’s River, Zeyher! 226, ex parte. May. (Herb. 
Vind., Sond.) 
Bulb } inch. Stem 2 inch, simple. Petiole 3-6 lines long. Leaflets 2-24 lines 
long, 3 lines wide, green above, very smooth. Corolla nearly uncial, with a nar- 
row, yellowish tube, and a violet-coloured or red limb. 
18, 0. ligulata (E. Mey.!); stemless, glabrous ; outer leaves trifolio- 
late, with linear, emarginate, dotted leaflets ; inner leaves elongate, with- 
out leaflets, with a lanceolate-ligulate pellucid petiole ; scape longer than 
the leaves, bi-bracteolate ; sepals lanceolate, thrice as short as the large 
corolla. 
2 ine Rocky places. Little Namaqualand, Drege, 3198. Aug. (Herb. Vind., 
. Mey., Sond.). ‘ 
A very remarkable species. Leaves numerous ; the leafless petioles (phyllodia ja 
span long, 2 lines wide ; the rest 3-4 inches. Leaflets inch long, 2 lines wide, some 
shorter and narrower, all either without calli, or below the tips and along the mar- 
gins marked with a row of spots. Scape 1 foot high, with two sub-opposite brac- 
teoles, three lines long. Flower nodding, at length sub-erect. Sepals 4-5 lines 
long, obtuse. Corolla campanulate, seemingly flesh-coloured or reddish, an inch or 
more in length, the tube four lines wide, the limbs of the petals rounded, obtuse. 
19. 0. cuneata (Jacq. ! tab. 40) ; stipitate or caulescent, pubescent ; 
leaflets flat, linear-oblong, cuneate, emarginate, thinly pubescent at each 
side, the lateral equal ; scapes as long as the petiole ; sepals lanceolate, 
5 times shorter than the corolla. DC. No. 131. 0. euneifolia, Jacg.! 
t. 41. DC. No. 132. 
Has. Cape. (v. s. Hb. Jacq.) : 
Bulb ovate, rather smaller than a hazel nut. Stipe or stem 2-3 inches. Petiole 
-2inch long. Leaflets } inch long, two lines wide at the top. Sepals pubescent. 
Petals 8-1o lines long, white, yellow at base. Like O. linearis, but with cuneate 
_ ® leaflets, pubescent on both sides. It is known from 0. mutabilis, Sond., by the nar- 
____- rower leaflets, the lateral equalling the medial, and all cuneate at base. 
20. 0. laburnifolia (Jacq. ! t. 28); stemless, thinly pubescent ; leaflets 
oblong, obtuse, the medial oblong-lanceolate, narrowed at base, the lateral 
obliq at base ; petiole semi-terete, compressed; scape as long as the 
i shorter, bi-bracteolate ; corolla yellow, 5-6 times longer than 
the acute sepals. DO. No.g1. 0. sanguinea, Jacg. | t.29. DC. No. 92- 
VAR. f Stata ; leaflets lanceolate, obtuse. 
a 
in. Sandy and stony places between Olifant’s River and 
same place, Zey,/ 225. June. (Herb. Vind., Sond.) 
toa dull green, at length glabrescent. Bulb ovate, 
ne -2 inch long. Leaves numerous. Petioles 
edial leaflets 14-2 inch long, §— inch wide, 
