| 326 OXALIDER (Sond.) [Oxalia, 
Has. Sandy places at Olifant’s River, Clanw., Z. & Z./ Langevallei, Zey./'224. — 
May.-June. (Herb. Vind., Lehm., Sond.). 
Minute, with very few leaves. Bulb ovate, 3—4 lines long, brownish. Petioles 
mostly 4 inch, rare.y 1-2 inches. Leaflets in the smaller specimens 3-4 lines long, 
two lines wide, in the largest nine lines long, three lines wide, cordate at base, 
acutely emarginate, dotted underneath, and minutely ciliolate. Corolla pale yellow, 
with a, whitish or pale-rosy limb, inch long or longer. 
26, 0. approximata (Sond.) ; stemless or stipitate, hairy ; leaves 
3-6 ; leaflets oblong, obtuse, somewhat narrowed at base, with a slight- 
oe ly incurved margin, ciliated with rigid hairs, quite even above, concave- 
| dotted underneath ; scapes equalling the leaves, ebracteolate ; sepals 
es lanceolate, four times shorter than the corolla. 0. ciliaris, b. (non a.) 
es E. Mey. ! 
| Has, Piquetberg, Pietersfontein, Drege/ 3209. Jul. (Herb. E. Mey.,Sond.) 
Nearly allied to the preceding, this differs in its brownish bulb twice as large, 
hairy petiole and scape, rigidly ciliate leaflets (eight lines long, 24-3 lines wide) 
obtuse and rounded at each end, not emarginate ; in the longer calyx, and corolla 
with shorter tube. Corolla yellow at base, with a blush-white limb. 
27. 0. minuta (Thunb. ! diss. 2. t. 2) ; stemless, slender, glabrous ; 
leaves numerous ; leaflets oblong or oval, obtuse or retuse, quite even on 
both sides or minutely dotted underneath, the medial petiolulate ; scapes 
¥ longer than the leaves, bi-bracteolate ; sepals lanceolate, 4-5 times 
shorter than the corolla. Jacq. t. 79. f. 2. O. tenella, Lodd. Bot. Cab. 
t, 1096, non Jacq. O.litoralis, EZ. & Z.! 703. 
Var. 8. major; leaves larger, oval, or obovate, often ciliolate. 0. 
pratensis, E, & Z.! 702. ; 
Has. Hills round C: and on Hott. Hollandsberg, Thunberg, &c. 8. Paar- 
devalley and Hott. Holl. F. § Z.! Ap.Jul. (Herb. Thunb., Vind., T.C.D., Sond.) 
t-2 inches high, with a small, ovate bulb. Petioles 4 inch. Leaflets 3-4 lines 
long, two lines wide, or less, without glands. Scape 2-3 times longer than the leaf, 
with setaceous bracteoles. Corolla uncial, the tube yellowish, limb white, sometimes 
edged with lilac externally. Var. 8. has leaflets 6-7 lines long, 3~4 lines wide, with 
a naked or ciliolate margin. 
28, 0. ciliaris (Jacq. ! t. 30) ; caulescent, pubescent ; leaflets petio- 
_ lulate, all exactly oblong, obtuse or shortly emarginate, glabrous above, 
below and at the margins pubescent ; peduncles downy, longer than the 
leaves ; sepals lanceolate, four times shorter than the corolla. 
‘Has. Cape. Herb. Jacq.! (v. 8. cult.) bs 
_ A span long, covered with short, soft hairs. Leaves along the stem few, simple 
= and trifoliolate, numerous at the summit, with petioles 1-3 incheslong. Leaflets 
) lope long, three lines wide, not cuneate. Scape 3-4 inch long. Bracteoles 2, 
yx, narrow. Sepals about two lines long. Corolla purple with a yel- 
ea (Jacq. Schoenb. t. 275) ; canlescent, downy in all 
ong, striate ; stem erect, , ramulose ; leaves petio- 
aggregate ; lateral leaflets oblong, medial obovate-cu- 
shorter than the leaf ; sepals oblongo-lanceolate, 3-4 
mee DC No. 47. as 
lateral half inch. Petals six lines ~ 
