Oxalis. | OXALIDE (Sond.) 345 
than the corolla; tube of the petals widened from the base, equal to 
thelimb, or shorter. 
Has. On hills, among shrubs, Zwartland and Pietersfontein, Piquetberg, Drege / 
Horsclogusienis £aL.arp. tide Uileh, Nind., Lelonz, Sonn 
Bulb rather large, brown. Stem 4-1-13 foot high, with slender, erect branches, 
viscid with yellow hairs. Leaflets 3-4 lines long, one line wide, without calli, deeply 
emarginate. Peduncles two inch, with setaceous bracteoles, Cor. 6-8 lines long, 
with a pale limb, margined with violet. Like 0. droseroides, E. Mey., but easily 
known by the very long, lateral peduncles. 
87.0. pardalis(Sond.); glabrous ; stem slender, simple, or branched, 
leafy, squamulose at base ; leaves sub-sessile ; leaflets Linear, emargi- 
nate, cuneate at base, marked underneath with callous, blackish lines and 
dots ; peduncles axillary, slender, much longer than the leaf, bi-brac- 
teolate ; sepals ovate, striolate, very shortly ciliolate, 5-6 times shorter 
than the corolla, whose tube equals or exceeds the limb. 
Has. Sandy places at Hex River, Burke & Zeyher, 253. May. (Herb. Hook., 
T.C.D., Sond.) 
2-3 inches high, slender. Leaflets 4-6 lines long, 4 line wide, much narrowed at 
base, paler above, with sub-involute margins. Peduncles very slender, 1-3 inches 
long. Calyx about one line long. Corolla 6—7 lines, whitish or pale rosy. 
88. 0. Meisneri (Sond.) ; whitish-hairy ; stem erect, simple or 
slightly branched, leafy from the middle, pubescent, as well as the pe- 
duncles and calyx, with simple and glandular hairs ; leaves on very short 
petioles; leaflets linear-carinate, shortly emarginate, glabrous above, 
appressedly pilose beneath, bicallous at the apex ; peduncles much longer 
than the leaves, bi-bracteolate ; sepals lanceolate-acuminate, bicallous, 
thrice as short as the corolla; tube of the petals widened, longer than 
the limb. 0. cuneifolia, Meisn. ! in Pl. Krauss, non Jacq. 
Has. Pastures near Tulbagh, Krauss, 1156. May. (Herb. Meisn.) 
4 inches high, with a broadly ovate -bulb, covered with rigi 
pag Leaflets 5-6 aa Jong, os line ete Peduncles 1-3 Rereriho Corolla — 
ten lines af . ear O, polyph var. pubescens, but easily known 
89. 0. cana (Sond.) ; hairy tomentose ; stem short, branching, leafy 
from the middle; leaves sub-sessile ; leaflets linear, keeled, obtuse, or 
shortly emarginate, glabrous above, hatry and canous underneath, neither 
furnished with calli, nor glandular ; peduncles much exceeding the leaves, 
bi-bracteolate ; sepals lanceolate, acuminate, thrice shorter than the 
yellow corolla ; tube of the petals widened from the base, equalling or 
surpassing the limb. : 
Has. Sandy places at Hex Rivier, Burke & Ze . May. (Herb. Hook., : 
Stem three inches long or more, with Sie ean ora oe a Petiiicorers 
short and broad. Leaflets three lines , one-half line wide. Peduncles 1~2 inches 
or more, deflexed after flowering. 34-4 lines long. Corolla entirely yellow, 
the limb wide, pubescent near the in on the outside.—Knownfrom 0. Meisneri 
by the shorter and densely hairy, not ular, leaves, and the yellow flowers. 
IV. Leaves digitate, leaflets 5-12. Stemless or stipitate, the stipes naked, Ce 
with few scales, Scapes one-flowered. (Sp. 90-98). ye 
90. 0. eapillacea (E. Mey. !) ; stipitate; leaves crowded ; the pe ie 
- dilated at base and setoso-ciliate ; leaflets 5-7, linear-setaceous, im’ 
