Oxulis.] OXALIDEX (Sond.) 339 
Bulb, according to Thunberg, “ ovate, angular and deep) furrowed, hard and 
smooth.” Stipe 1-3 inches long, woolly, with few scales. sake crowded, the 
ponte 4-1 inch long, hairy. ts 4 lines wide, 3 lines long. Scapes hairy 
racts lanceolate, acute. Calyx hairy, the sepals acute. Petals 8 i 
a yellowish claw and obtuse, white limb. Styles hairy. Capsule cylindrical, obtuse, 
5-angled, striate. Differs from 0. obtusa in the bulb, the firmer leaves woolly on 
both sides and the white corolla ; and from 0. truncatula by the less thick 
woolly not shining nor ciliate, and the white corolla, = =§ © 
(8). Caulescent ; the peduncles in some axillany as well as terminal, (Sp. 70-75.) 
70. 0. aganophila (Sond.); caulescent, with few stem-leaves, top 
leaves crowded, on long petioles ; the petioles dilated at base, and the 
peduncles glandularly hairy ; leaflets obcordate, pale green and glabrous 
above, purple underneath and sparingly pilose, at length glabrate, 
glandularly hairy at the margin ; seape longer than the leaves, bibrac- 
teolate above the middle ; sepals lanceolate, acuminate, glandularly 
ciliate, 4—5 times shorter than the corolla, the claws of the petals twice 
shorter than the limb. 
Has. Grassy hills at Karrega River, Zey.! 2127. (Herb. Sond.) 
A span long or less. Bulb wanting. Stipe and stem glandular. Petioles 2 inch, 
long. Leaflets 4-5 lines long and wide, equal, acutely emarginate. Peduncles 3~4 
inches long, few or none from the axils of the lower leaves. Sepals mostly callous- 
inted. Corolla 10-12 lines long, with a short, yellowish tube and violaceous limb. 
e O. incarnata in habit and foliage. ; 
71. 0. natans (Lin. f. Suppl. p. 243); bulb small, ovate, with black- 
brown scales ; stem elongate, flexuous, submersed, simple or branching, 
scaly, leafy at the summit, glabrous ; leaves numerous, petiolate, float- 
ing ; petioles short, wing stipuled, somewhat pilose; leaflets obcordate, 
glabrous, glaucous above ; peduncles equalling the leaves, or slightly 
surpassing them, bibracteolate above the base ; sepals obtuse, 3—4 times _ 
‘shorter than the corolla, Thunb. Diss. No. 4. t. 1. Jacq. ! tab. 76, f.2. 
DC. No. 126. F 
Stagnant waters on the Cape Flats and near Breede River, &c. Thunberg, 
Rani é&e, Dek Doe (Herb. Holm., Vind., T.0.D., Sond.) 
Bulb 1 or 2, in a common tunic, 4 lineslong. Stem filiform, sometimes 2~3 feet 
long or more, according to depth of water, sometimes leafy below the terminal tuft. 
Petioles equalling the leaves. Stipules wide, amplexicaul, whitish as in 0. disticha. 
Leaflets 3-4 lines , 2-3 lines wide. Sepals mostly with two golden lines at the 
point. Corolla 4 inch, white or whitish. | 3 
72. 0. disticha (Jacq, ! Ox. t. 18); bulb ovate, with black-brown 
scales ; stem elongate, flexuous, somewhat branched, ascending, leafy, 
glabrous ; leaves alternate, distichous ; petioles rather long, wing-stipuled, 
glabrous ; leaflets obcordate, glabrous, glaucous above ; peduncles equal- 
ling the leaves, bibracteolate at the apex; sepals obtuse, 3-4 times 
longer than the corolla. DC. No. 50. 
‘Has. Cape, Herb. Jacquin! _ 
WV eR ct Seaeak wk Wd fied Windle Nosy | ‘is Wonvin Aintichors, sear 
verticiliate. Perhaps . natans, altered by culture? Petioles 12 inch. long. Ste 
ich long, pale yellowish at base, the limb paler. ela as — wes x 
73. 0. tenella (Jacq. ! tab. 19); bulb ovate, brown; stem weak, leafy 
