Oxalis.] OXALIDE (Sond,) 333 
with a yellow tube, and rosy or white limb.—Allied to the preceding, and especiall | 
to the smaller forms of O. variabilis, but at once known by its oe ey tier, 
conspicuously hollow-dotted leaflets, pale when dry, and by the white-hairy petiole. 
49. 0. calligera (Sond ;) bulb rather small, oblong, brownish-black ; 
petioles, scapes, and calyces pubescent ; leaflets rounded-obovate, obtuse or 
minutely emarginate, tomentose on each side, hollow-dotted, marked at 
the apices and margins here and there with black calli ; the medial pe- 
tiolate ; scape shorter than the leaf, bibracteolate in the middle; sepals 
erect, obtuse, callous at the point, 6-times shorter than the corolla; 
claws of the petals united in a tube twice as long as the calyx, and equal- 
ling the lamina. 
Has. In Sandy places at Kamos, Bechuana Land, Zey/ 238. (Herb. Sond.) 
Bulb 4 inch long. Petioles 1-14-uncial. Lateral leaflets oblique at base, the 
medial cuneate, 2-3 lines long, 2 lines wide, all (under a lens) pellucid-dotted, calli- 
gerous at the margin. Bracteoles rather long, setaceous. Calyx very thinly pu- 
bescent. Corolla nearly uncial, with a yellow tube and 5 a al 
O. pulchella, but differing in the petioles and peduncles clothed with minute down, 
not with long hairs, and in the leaflets much smaller and more obovate. Perhaps, 
nevertheless, a mere variety ? 
50. 0. melanosticta (Sond.) ; bulb small, ovate, brownish ; petioles, 
scapes and calyces very hairy; leaflets roundish or subemarginate, ere- 
nated in front, on the upper side silky with long, appressed, soft hairs, 
underneath somewhat pilose and sprinkled with black dots ; the lateral 
oblique, the medial equally cuneate ; scapes half as long as the petiole, 
bibracteolate below the middle, deflexed after flowering ; sepals lanceo- 
late, four times shorter than the corolla, the claws of the petals equal- 
ling the limb. 
Var. B. ; leaflets not conspicuously crenulate in front. 
Has. On rocky hills at Geelbeck, Burke! Zey/ 258. 8. Wolverivier, Burke and 
Zey! 265. May. (Herb. Hook., T.C.D., Sond.) 
Bulb 3-4 lines long. Stipes, if present, }-1 inch long, with a few brown scales. 
Petioles semi-uncial. Leaflets 4 lines long, 3 lines wide, the prominent nerves 
sometimes t above. Bracteoles setaceous. Corolla 7—10 lines long, with 
a short, eat 2 wish tube, and a white or pale yellowish-white limb. 
51. 0. commutata (Sond.) ; glabrous ; bulb ovate, smooth; leaflets 
sub-rotund, obtuse or emarginate, cellular and whitish above, green, mi- 
nutely punctate and veiny beneath; scapes much longer than the leaves, 
bibracteolate above the middle ; sepals lanceolate, acute, bicallous, 3-4 
times shorter than the corolla; claws of the petals equalling the lamina 
or shorter. 0. tenella, H. & Z.! 727. E. Mey.! non Jacq. O. minima, 
E. & Z.! 729 (incorrectly described). O. erubescens, E. Mey.! O. livescens, 
E. Mey ! (leaves livid beneath). — 
Var. 8. grandiflora; flowers twice as large; purplish. 
Has. Sand round Capetown, and on the Cape Flats ; Groo aarl- 
" sere B goer Hex River, common. 8. Wolver vier, Zeyher. (Het owes 
E, Mey., Vind., Hook., T.C.D., Sond.) 
_ Varying from about an inch to nearly a span long. Leaflets 3~4 lines long, Co- 
rolla 8-10 lines, with a yellowish claw and violet or rosy limb.— Very Ii that 2 
ing in all its parts, but differing in the thinner leaflets, evi veiny, pale and _ 
cellular above, and not hollow beneath. 4 naire 
