328 OXALIDEZ (Sond.) [ Oxalis. 
A remarkable species. One or two feet high, with a few broad scales at the base, — 
soon dividing into several longer or shorter branches. Petioles uncial. Leaflets — 
about three lines long, 14-2 lines wide. Bracteoles sub-opposite, setaceous. a 
24 lines long. Corolla yellow at base, the limb pale rose-red. Var. §. differs in tl 
smaller leaves, often not more than a line long, and flowers half the size, with 
blueish-red limb.—This nearly approaches the section whose species have roundish or 
obcordate leaves ; but its habit is nearer that of this section. = 
(8). Not glandular ; beset with long, jointed, yellowish hairs : flowers rosy, vio- 
let-purple or white. Xanthotriche. (Sp. 33-37). 
33. 0. Meyeri (Sond.) ; stipitate, scaly ; leaves on long petioles ; leaf- 
lets obovate, minutely emarginate, glabrous, with impressed and netted 
veins, but not dotted above, sparingly pilose underneath and ciliated; _ 
scapes equal to the petiole, bi-bracteolate ; sepals lanceolate, four times — 
as short as the corolla. 0. ciliaris, a., H. Mey.! non Jacq. 
Var. 8. minor; with shorter petioles, and smaller, rounded-obo- 
vate leaflets. O. purpurea and O. speciosa, «., purpurea, LE, Mey. ! 
Has. Hills near the Great Berg River. 8. between Kanonenberg and Bergriver, 
Rhinostersbosch, Drege! (Herb. Vind., Lehm., E. Mey., T.C,D., Sond.). 
Stipe hairy, several inches long, scaly in the upper half. Petioles slender, two 
inches Jong ; in B. one inch, hairy. Leaflets petiolulate, sub-coriaceous, 9-12 lines 
long, 4-6 lines wide ; in 8. six lines, by five. Scapes hairy, with linear bracteoles. 4 
Sepals acuminate, hairy. Corolla white, inch long. = 
34. 0. florida (E. Mey. !) ; stipitate or caulescent, rarely stemless ; 
stem below with a few scales or leaves, many-leafed at summit ; leaves 
on short petioles ; leaflets oblong-cuneate, acutely emarginate, green above, 
glabrous, veinless, not dotted, hairy underneath and ciliated; scapes — 
equalling or exceeding the petiole, bi-bracteolate; sepals lanceolate, 4 
times shorter than the corolla. 
Var. «a. flower red. 0. florida, E. Mey. ! 
Var. 8. flower white. 0. virginea, E. Mey.! non Jacq. 
Has. Hills in Rhinosterbosjes, Zwartland, Drege/ Wolverivier, Burke and Zeyher ! 
— River, Zey.! 1890, 1891, June. (Herb. E Mey., Vind., Hook., T.C.D., 
d.). 
Stipe or stem a span long, scaly from the base, the scales now and then leaf- 
i Petioles of the upper leaves 4 inch long, hairy. Leaflets 4-6 lines long, 
two lines wide, the mid-rib impressed on the upper surface, but without visible veins. 
_ Seapes and sepals hairy. Corolla 10 lines long, with a yellowish tube ; limb white, 
aes. 0. affinis (Sond.) ; stipes hairy ; leaves on longish petioles ; leaf- 
— lets linear-obl g, obtuse or sub-emarginate, glabrous above, penninerved, 
veiny, and dotted, hairy beneath and ciliolate ; scapes equalling or excel- 
@ leaves, bi-bracteolate ; sepals ovate cuspidate-acuminate, 4-5 
than the corolla. 0. tricolor, E § Z.! 742. non Jacq. 
with few scales. Petioles very hairy, 1-2 inch long. Leaflets 
lines wide. Scapes very hairy, with setaceous bracts. Calyx 
yellow tuo and sale blueish limb, bordered with 
