Ovalis.} OXALIDER (Sond.) 335 
8. glabrata ; petals and scape glabrous. 0, glabella, E. Mey ! 
Has. Hills near Capetown, Table Mountain, &. Simon’s Bay and Tul 
Thunb., E. & Z.! &e. B. Hills at Hollrivier, Drege’ Mar.-Aug. (H 
Vind., E. Mey,, Lehm., T.C.D., Sond.) ech Simo 
_ 2-3 inches high. Bulbs 5-6 lines long, blackish. Petioles very slender, 1~2 
inches long. Leaflets green, sometimes purple underneath, the medial sub-retuse. 
Scape about twice as long as the leaves. Calyx 1 line long. Cor. 5-6 lines long. 
with yellowish claw, and white or pale flesh-coloured or violet limb. 4 
56. 0. grammopetala (Sond.); stemless, glabrous ; bulb minute, 
ovate, smooth; leaflets rounded-cuneate, retuse, hollow-dotted on each 
side, veinless, paler underneath ; scapes much shorter than the petiole, 
with two opposite bracteoles in the middle; sepals broadly ovate, 7~8 
times shorter than the corolla ; claws of the petals shorter than the 
striate lamina. : 
Has. Sands near Gamke Riv., Burke, Zey/ 266. (Herb. Hook., T.C.D., Sond.) 
Bulb 3 lines long. Petioles inch long or shorter. Scape renee 2~3 lines long, 
rarely longer. Calyx pale, about 13 lines long. Cor. 10-12 lines long, yellowish on 
the claw, the limb violet-striate. 
(8). Flowers yellow or yellowish. (Sp. 57-62.) : Z 
57. 0. balsamifera (E. Mey. !); bulb very large, covered with balsami-— 
Serous, black, adnate scales ; petioles and scape hairy ; leaflets rounded, 
obtuse, pilose and ciliolate, minutely hollow-dotted underneath, the me- 
dial cuneate; scape shorter than the leaves, reflexed after flowering ; 
sepals ovato-lanceolate, pilose, 6 times shorter than the corolla ; claws 
of the petals suddenly widened, with a short rounded lamina. 
Has. Pietersfontein, oe 2000f. Drege / Between Grooterivier and Een- 
koker, Zey! 241. (Herb. Vind., Sond.). ; 
Bulb inch long or more. Petioles uncial. Leaflets 2-3 lines long and wide, the 
nerves and veins not conspicuous, the medial mostly rather broader than long, the 
lateral oblique. Scapes } inch long 
pale yellow. : 
58. 0. luteola (Jacq. ! tab. 65); stemless ; bulb ovate, smallish, with 
black, separable scales ; petiole terete, pubescent; leaflets roundish-cuneate, 
shortly emarginate, at each side somewhat villous, the old ones somewhat gla- 
brous above, hollow-dotted underneath, the medial petiolulate, lateral 
oblique at base, sessile ; scape pubescent, equalling the leaves, bibrac- 
teolate ; sepals oblong, sub-obtuse, 6 times shorter than the corolla ; 
claws of the petals equalling the limb ; interior stamens toothed. DC. 
No. 119. O. fallax, Jacq.! t.87. E. & Z.! 716, ex pte. O.macrogonya, 
Jacg.! tab.70. HG Z.1 717. O. lacula, Thunb. O. sulphurea, E. Mey.! 
Var. 8. marginata; petals rather large, externally bordered with 
violet. O. rigidula, E. § Z.1 709. O. strumosa, E. Mey.! ee 
Has. Sandy pines oe the Cape Flats, near Doornhoogte 
Simons- 
town, Hott. Holland, &c., both varieties in similar localities, Thunb., E.G Z.! de. 
[aaa eee length 
and wide, in cultivated mostly larger. Peduncles 
bracts. Corolla entirely yellow, often drying green, 8-10 lines 
. Corolla 7-8 lines long, tube yellowish, limb — 
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