342 OXALIDEH (Sond.) [Owales. 
duncles twice as long as the leaves, with setaceous bracteoles near the middle. 
Flowers 8 lines long. Petals yellowish at base, with violaceous limb, the margin 
more deeply coloured. 
80. 0. bifurca (Lodd. bot. Cab. t. 1056); stem erect, simple or 
branched, whitish-silky or tomentose, leafy ; cauline leaves shortly pe- 
tiolate, often tufted, the terminal crowded, on long petioles ; leaflets 
erect, all deeply bifid or forked, the segments spreading, oblong or linear, 
callous-dotted above, sub-silky, with a few scattered hairs below ; pe- 
duncles equalling or surpassing the leaves, bi-bracteolate beyond the 
middle ; sepals oblong-lanceolate, shortly hairy, four times shorter 
than the corolla, 
Var. a, latiloba ; leaflets bifid to the middle, the lobes flattish, ob- 
long, obtuse ; peduncles equalling leaves ;. flowers purple. 0. bifurea, 
Lodd, l.c. O., heterophylla, BE. Mey. ! non DC. 
Var. 8. angustiloba ; stem very leafy ; leaflets bifid to the middle 
or beyond it, the lobes involute, sub-linear ; peduncles equalling or 
surpassing the leaves ; flower purple. 0. argentea, E. & Z.! 670. 0. 
Brehmana, E. § Z.! 671. O. dissecta, EF. Mey. ! : 
Var. y. incana; stem taller, leafy, whitish-tomentose 5 leaflets bifid 
to or beyond the middle, the lobes involute, linear-sub-filiform, silky- 
canescent; peduncles mostly surpassing the leaves ; flower whitish, 
rarely purplish. O. incana, #.& Z./ 669. Zey. | 2134. 
Has. Var. a, in rocky places. Piquet , Drege! 5251. In grassy places be- 
tween Gekau and aah, and mae eri Drege! f. and y Uitenhage and 
Albany, several E, & Z.1 (Herb. E. Mey., Vind., Lehm., Sond., T.C.D.) 
Stem short ( inches Tong), and densely leafy, or 1-1} feet long, with sub- 
distant leaves. Stem-leaves shorter than the petiole, some as long or longer } pett- 
oles of the terminal leaves 1~2 inch, ap’ y silky. Leaflets in a, 5-6 lines long, 
the lobes one line wide or wider, in 8 and 7, 5-9 lines long, 1-3 line wide. Bracts 
opposite, setaceous. Sepals 2-3 lines long, appressedly pilose or hairy or glabrous. 
Cor, 8-12 lines long, the tube yellowish, limb purple or whitish. 
81, 0. Smithii (Sond.) stemless or shortly stipitate, quite glabrous ; 
bulb ovate, brownish ; all the leaves on long petioles ; leaflets forked 
or bi-lobed, the lobes spreading, ovate, oblong or linear, hollow-dotted ; 
peduncles equalling or excelling the leaves, bi-bracteolate beyond the 
middle ; sepals lanceolate, callous at the point, 3-4 times shorter than 
the corolla, 
__ Var. a. latiloba; leaves obcordate-bilobed, the lobes ovate-oblong of 
oblong, the midrib obsolete underneath ; flowers blueish or pale lilac. 
(0. tristis, Bd Z.1 No. 738. 0. Smithiana, BE. § Z.1 739. O. gre 
cilicaulis, E. & Z.! 720. 0. bisulea, E. Mey.! 
Var. 8. angustiloba ; leaflets deeply bi-lobed, the lobes linear, often 
elongate, with revolute margin, the midrib thicker. aa; flower blue- 
ish or Lilac. OQ. nemorosa, E. § Z.! 741. 0. rectangularis, E. Mey. ! 
and Drege 7436. 88. flower white. 0. candida, B.& Z.! 740. and 
PTR Bae to 
Soe 8. Hill sides and mountains in Uitenhage, Albany and Caffraria. Near Port 
Piet and a Port Natal, various collectors. (Herb. Vind, B. Mey., Hook 
Bulb inch long. ‘Leaves mostly reflexed, in a, 6-8 
