338 OXALIDEE (Sond.) [Owals. 
E. § 2.736. 0. pulchella, E & Z. 711, ex pte. O. plagiantha, E. Mey. 
Zey. | 232, 2107, 2109, 2111, 2122. 
Var. a. pubescens ; leaflets smaller, 2-3 lines long. 
Var. 9. sub-villosa ; leaflets larger, 3-5 lines long. 
Var. y. glabrata ; petioles, scape, and sepals, pilose or glabrous ; 
leaflets small or large, glabrous above, pubescent beneath. 0. natans, 
EL. & Z.1 726, non Thunb. O.stylosa, FH. Mey.! 
Has. Var. a. and 8. common round Capetown and throughout the western dis- 
tricts : Uitenhage: and Klein-Namaqualand, &c., &c., Thunberg, E. § Z.! Drege! 
é&c. (Herb. Holm., Vind., E. Mey., T.C.D., Sond.) ar 
Bulb ovate, blackish. Stipe short, if any. Petioles in the smaller var. 1 inch, 
in the larger 2 inches long. Leaflets slightly or deeply obcordate, sometimes callous- 
dotted at margin. Scape 2~3inches long. Bracteoles opposite, lanceolate, 2 lines 
long. Corolla 8-10 lines long, reddish-purple or brick-dust colour, with a yellow 
base, and ample, glabrous or pubescent and ciliolate limb. Readily known by its an- 
gular and deeply pitted bulbs. 
67. 0. truncatula (Jacq. tab. 62); stipitate ; bulb broadly ovate- 
striate ; petioles thickish, very villous; leatlets vather thick, triangular, 
obcordate, truncate, or emarginate, on both sides silky with shining, ap- 
pressed hairs, green above, violet or rusty underneath, rigidly ciliate; 
scape hairy, longer than the leaves, bibracteolate near the middle ; 
sepals lanceolate, villous, 5 times shorter than the corolla, Willd. Sp. 
No. 31. DC. No.104. 0. cruentata, E. & Z.) 719. non Jacq. O. crassi- 
Jolia, E & Z.! 723. O.holosericea, E. Mey.! 
Has. Moist, sandy places on Mt. sides, Hott. Hollandsberg, near Grootepoost 
and Palmist Riv. Z.¢ Z./ Drakenstein, Drege/ Mar.-Apl. (Herb. Vind., E. Mey:, 
Bulb ther large, blackish. Stipes 1-2 inches long, woolly. Petioles 1-2 inches. 
Leaflets 6 lines long and wide, the midrib impressed ive, irene’ beneath, with- 
out obvious veins, the lateral mostly oblique, Scapes 3-4 inches, with opposite, 
linear bracts. Corolla 10 lines long, downy externally, with yellowish tube, and 
obtuse violaceous or purplish limb. Styles hairy. Often entirely rust-coloured. 
68. 0. holosericea (Sond.); substipitate ; petioles very villous; leaf- 
lets roundish-obcordate, thin, veiny, above silky with very short hairs, be- 
neath with appressed villi, the margin. ciliated ; scape pubescent, much 
longer than the leaves, bibracteolate in the middle ;. sepals acute, 
_ villous, 5 times as short as the corolla. : 
‘Has. Moist places at Knoblauch, Zeyher! (Herb. Sond. 
oe ncn ae ene dae tomo peat Ione woul .  Petioles 2-3 inches. 
_ Leaflets petiolulate, j inch long and wide, the lateral oblique at base, the 
_ emarginate, with reddish veins. Scape 5-6 inches. Corolla as in the preceding, from 
_ Which this is known by its thinner leaves, twice the size, and weak scape. 
0. lanata (Lin. f. Suppl. p. 244, excl. syn.) ; stemless or stipitate, 
ous and woolly ; leaflets obcordate, on seeiges woolly-tomentose with 
{ong, appressed, soft hairs; scape longer than the leaves, bibracteolate 
_ mM whe middle; sepals lanceolate, four times shorter than the corolla. 
i , Fl. Cap.No.7. Jacg.! Ox.t.77.f. 2. Willd. Sp. 
: _ E.&Z.1 721. 0. livida, Hb. Un, It. 593- 
