Ovalis.] OXALIDE (Sond.) Se 
© Leaflet sub-rotund, obtuse or scarcely retuse. All stemless. (Sp. 44-62.) 
hd (a). Flowers purple, rosy, violet or white. (Sp. 44~56.) 
44.0. purpurea (Thunb ! Cap. 535., excl. syn. Jacq.) - pubescent. 
nearly glabrous ; ab rather small, ovate, blackish, jl rs Ae 
cluster ; leaflets subequal, roundish, emarginate, glabrous above, livid 
purple, dotted and more or less pilose beneath, ciliated, the medial not 
cuneate; petiole terete ; scape longer than the leaves, bibracteolate ; 
sepals lanceolate, acuminate, many times shorter than the corolla, the — 
claws of the petals wnited in a narrow tube equalling the limb or longer. 
E. & 2.1707. O. speciosa, E. § Z. 1706. Herb. Un. It. 585. O. grandi- 
Jlora, Sieb. Hl. Cap. 123, ex pte. O. laxula, E. & Z. 708, O. variabilis, 
a. &b., O. humilis and O. purpurea 8. L. Mey.! be Tee ahs 
Var. a ; petioles and scape pubescent; leaflets pilose underneath. 
O. humilis, Thunb.! Fl. Cap. 535. 
Var. 8; pet. and scapes pubescent ; leaflets glabrous, or hairy on — 
the nerves. 
Var. v; pet. and scapes nearly glabrous, leaflets glabrous, distantly 
ciliate, with long hairs ; limb of the corolla purple or whitish. @, 
nidulans, H. & Z. | 724, ex pte. O. fallax E. & Z.! 716, ex pte. 
‘ . Sandy places among shrubs, in the Cape Flats and round the to 
die in Gaps pe Stellenbosch pat Zey. ek 2113, 2112, 2115. (Herb. Thunb. 
_ .C.D., Vind., E. Mey., Lehm., Sond.) 
_ 2-4 inches high. Bulb 4-uncial, Petioles t-2-uncial. Leaflets 4~6 lines long and 
wide, all equal, or the medial a very little larger. Cor. slender, uncial, longer or 
shorter, with a yellowish tube and spreading, mostly deep purple limb: rarely pale 
45, ©. wariabilis (Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1505); downy ; bulb rather large, 
east ovate, blackish, often several together ; leaflets roundish, glabrous or 
pubescent underneath, dotted, minutely ciliate, the medial cuneate at 
base; petiole terete ; scape equalling or rarely excelling the leaves, bi- 
bracteolate below the middle ; sepals lanceolate, erect, much shorter 
than the wide-tubed corolla, the claws of the petals shorter than the limb, 
rarely equalling it ; inner stamens toothed. — : 
— Var. a. alba; flowers white, sepals mostly sprinkled with glandular 
hairs, 0. variabilis, a, Jacg.! tab. <2. Willd. Sp. p. 777. excl. var. 8. 
DC. No. 108. Thunb. Diss. No. 12. O. grandij Jacq. /t. 54. Willd. 
Sp.p.778. E.& Z.!712. Bot. Mag.t. 1683. O. laxula, Jacg.! t. 57. 
O. rigidula. tab. 59. O. suggi Jacg.! t. 61. 0. reptatrix, Jacq.! 
tab. 20 fd hms monstrosity). O. grandiflora, Un. It. No. 584. O. pur- 
purea, L., ex Thunb. t.c. — ae 
‘Var. 8. rubra ; flowers red; sepals pilose, not glandular. 0. va- #.,°. | 
riabilis, 8, Jacg.! t. 53. O. purpurea, Jacg.! t. 56. Hb. Un. It. No. 
583. Sieb. Fl. Cap. No, 123, ex pte. O. speciosa, Jacg.! t.60. Thunb. 
i.¢. No. 10. O. humilis, B. & Z.! 705, non Thumb. O. speciosa. B, suggil- 
lata, BE. Mey! : 
Var. y. nana; bulb and leaves smaller; sepals rather obtuse; 
flowers white, turning rosy. 0. breviscapa, E. § Z.! 74., non Jaeg. O. 
Has. Cape Flats and Western districts, common. Zey.! 233, 23 
