340 OXALIDEZ (Sond.) [Owalis, 
above the middle, very thinly puberulent ; lower leaves alternate, upper- 
most crowded ; petiole slender, not wing-stipulated at base; leaflets obcor- 
date, glabrous above, puberulous underneath ; peduncles longer than the 
leaves, puberulous, bcbracteolate above the middle ; sepals lanceolate, 
hairy, 6 times shorter than the corolla. DC. No. 125. O.divergens, B. 
§ Z./ 722. O. cylindrica, L. Mey. 
Has. Moist soil, near Brackfontein, Clanw., FZ. 4 Z./ Hills near Bergeriver, 
Drege! June. (Herb. Vind., E. Mey., Lehm., Sond.) 
Bulb } inch, . Stem 2-3 inches. Petioles slender, upper 1-2 inches, lower few 
and short. Leaves 3-4 lines long, 2-3 lines wide, in some specimens equally wide 
and long. Peduncles 2-3 inches, mostly terminal, a few axillary. Sepals acum 
nate, 13-2 lines long, sometimes with minute, golden calli at the point. Corolla 
8-10 lines long, pale violaceous. 
74. 0. ebracteata (Savig. ! in Lam. Encyel. IV. p.682. No. 15) ; bulb 
ovate ; stem erect, weak, leafy from the base or the middle, downy with 
glandular-hairs, lower leaves alternate, uppermost crowded ; petiole 
slender, not wing-stipuled at base ; the leaflets obcordate or oblong- 
obcordate, remotely glandular-ciliated ; peduncles axillary and terminal, 
much longer than the leaves, ebracteolate, glandularly pubescent, as well 
as the calyx; sepals lanceolate, acuminate, 6 times shorter than the 
corolla. DC. No. 52. 0. aganophylla, E.d& Z.! 672. 0. laxa, E. Mey. 
Has. Heathy places near Brackfontein, Eé Z./ Rocky hills at Langevallei and 
Se cigs once Drege! Zey.! 222. Jun.-July. (Herb. Lamarck, E. Mey., Vind., 
Le! Sond.) 
Very like the preceding, but differs in the taller stem, the pubescence, the leaves 
remotely ciliate, glabrous at each side, and glandular on the midrib below ; the pe- 
duncles mostly axillary, few terminal, weaker and 3-5 inch. long. Corolla white, 
with a yellowish tube, 8-10 lines long. 
75. 0. incarnata (Lin. Sp. 622); bulb ovate ; stem erect, branching, 
glabrous, leafy ; leaves petiolate, here and there tufted or whorled ; leat- 
lets widely obcordate, equal ; peduncles equalling the leaves, nodding, - 
with 2 oblong bracteoles above the middle ; sepals oblong, subacute, 
callous, spreading, pilose, 3-4 times shorter than the corolla. Thwnb.! 
Diss. No. 15. Jacg.! tab. 71. Hort. Vind.t. 71. DO.No. 49. E. § Z.1 65°. 
Has. Rocky places round Table Mountain and Rondebosch. Woods at Puspas 
Valley and Grootevadersbosch, Swell., Thunberg! E & Z.! Zey. 121, 213 b. (Herb. 
Holm., Vind., Lam., Lehm., Sond.) : 
Green. Stem often bearing bulbs in the axils. Petioles 2 inch. long. Leaflets 
flat, } inch long, 5 lines wide, dotted underneath and red- e. Bracteoles op- 
posite. Flowers bell-shaped, 8 lines long, whitish or flesh-coloured. Inner fila 
(4). Leaflets deeply two-lobed. Seapes terminal. (Sp. 76-81). 
76. 0. comosa (E. Mey.!); stem erect, branched, glabrous, somewhat 
wdery, leafy; leaves Ss alase, tufted or whorled at the ends of the 
ternately tufted along the side of the branches; leaflets 
ate-two-lobed, the lobes obtuse, on each surface and at 
ubrous, often callous-dotted; peduncles equalling the 
th 2 setaceous bracts above the middle ; sepals lan- 
at the point, 3~4 times shorter than the corolla. 
ig shrubs. Uitkomst, KI. Namaqualand, Drege/ Aug. 
