Ozalis. | OXALIDEZ (Sond.) 343 
lines long, the lobes 4-5 lines long, 2-3 wide ; in 8, as much as 1-11 inches long, 
the lobes 15-3 line wide, divided sometimes nearly to the base, with divaricated 
lobes and a thick nerve vanishing below the point. Young peduncles nodding, the 
flowering erect, with opposite, linear bracts. Sepals very rarely without callus. 
Petals with a yellowish tube, and ample, rounded limb, 8-12 lines long. 
** All the leaves sessile or very shortly petiolate, the upper not crowded ; petio- 
les dilated at base. All are caulescent, with axillary peduncles. Flowers purple or 
violet, except in O. eana, which has yellow petals. Sessilifolie, DC. (Sp. 82-89). 
82. 0. tubiflora (Jacq. ! tab. 10); stem erect or declined, branch- 
ing, leafy, pubescent ; leaves sub-sessile, leaflets linear-cuneiform, ob- 
tuse or sub-emarginate, glabrous above, somewhat hairy beneath; pe- 
duncles axillary, longer than the leaf; sepals lanceolate, 5—6 times 
shorter than the corolla; tube of the petals narrow, 2-3 times as long 
as the limb. 
Var. a. Jacquiniana; limb of the corolla purple. 0. tubiflora, 
Jacq. ! DC. No. 39. LE. & Z.! 673, ex parte. O. macrostylis, Jacq. ! tab. 
9. DC. No. 38. 
Var. 8. secunda; leaflets broader ; flowers secund, the violet 
limb thrice as short as the claws. 0. secunda, Jacq! t. 12. 
Var. y. canescens; leaflets broader, 4-5 lines long, 1-14 wide ; 
flowers violet, the limb 14-twice as short as the claws. O. canes- 
cens, Jacg./ t. 11. #. & Z.1674. O. secunda, E.& Z.! 675. 
Var. 6. minor; stems very short (inch long) ; leaflets narrow, lan- 
ceolate, sub-acute, 2-3 lines long, 4 line wide; limb of the corolla 
purple, thrice shorter than the limb. 
Var. y. robusta; stem taller (a foot high), somewhat branched, 
the larger leaflets (six lines long) oblong-cuneate, somewhat pilose un- 
derneath ; limb of the corolla purple, thrice shorter than the claws. 
O. macrostylis, H. Mey. ! eae ae 
Has. Western and N. Western districts. a, Piquetberg, Achtvalley 
and meee aes Zey./ 205. ¥, Brackfontein, Clanw. kk ee Zey.! 
262. Hott. Holl., Ecklon/ , Grootberge rivier, Drege! May-June. (Herb. Holm., 
Vind., E. Mey., Lehm., Hook., T.C.D.,Sond.). aoe ea 
From a span to a foot long. Bulb rather large, roundish, brown. Leaflets 3-4- 
6 lines long. Peduncles mostly 1-2 inches long, in some specimens little longer 
than the leaves, toward the apex bi-bracteolate. Calyx 2-3 lines long. Corolla 
inch long, or more ; in yy somewhat shorter ; the claws yellowish, downy. It varies 
with denser or laxer pubescence, the leaflets sub-canescent or glabrescent. 
83. 0. hirta (Lin. spec. 623); stem erect or decumbent, branched, 
leafy, pubescent; leaves sub-sessile ; leaflets oblong-cuneate, lanceolate 
or linear-cuneiform, obtuse or emarginate, glabrous above, hairy under- 
neath ; peduncles axillary, longer than the leaf ; sepals lanceolate, 3-4 
times shorter than the corolla; tube of the petals widened from the 
base, equalling the limb or shorter. O. sessilifolia, Lin. Mant. p. 241. | 
Thunb. Diss. No. 18. Burm. Afr. t. 28, f. 1. O. hirta, Lam. Herb, — 
O. macromischos, Spr. cur. post. p. 185. O. hirta, Sieb. Fl. Cap. exs. 
No. 121. Herb. Un. It. No. 594. 0. hirta, hirtella, multiflora, rubella, 
rosacea, E. & Z. ! O. cuneata, Meisn. non Jacq. i ee 
Var. a. limb of the corolla pale violet. O. hirta, Jacg./ tab 13, 
