346 OXALIDE& (Sond.) [Oxalis. 
acutely emarginate, without calli, marked above with blackish lines ; scapes 
longer than the leaves, with two setaceous bracteoles ; sepals lanceo- 
late, striate, 3-4 times shorter than the corolla. 
Var. a, Meyeri; stipe pubescent; the petiole, the sub-capillaceous 
leaflets, and the bracteoles thinly pilose ; sepals glabrous, ciliate. 
Var. 8. major; petiole, scape and sepals pubescent; leaflets linear- 
sub-setaceous. 
Var. y. glabra; base of the petioles and sepals ciliate, otherwise 
glabrous ; leaflets linear, emarginate; scapes slender; fl. smaller. 
Has. Hills at Great Berg Riv. Drege/ Hex R. Burke, Zey. 251. 8. Brede R., 
Zey.! 259. y, Krumm Riy., Zey./ 213. May-June. (Herb. E. Mey., Vind. 
Hook., Sond.). : 
Bulb ovate, brown-black, smaller than a hazel nut, the scales much acuminate, 
uncial. Stipe 1-4 inch, with few scales, Petioles 1-2 inches, Leaflets 4-6 lines 
long. Sepals 14 lines, in f, three lines, in y, 1-2 lineslong. Petals with a whitish 
limb, externally margined with violet ; in B., judging from dried specimens, entirely 
yellowish. Capsule oblong, hairy, rather shorter than the calyx. 
91. 0. pentaphylloides (Sond.); stipitate, hairy; bulb blackish ; 
leaflets 5, dinear, channelled-involute, obtuse, green on ‘both sides, with- 
out calli ; scapes longer than the leaves, bi-bracteolate ; sepals: laneeo- 
late, eg times longer than the corolla, 0. heterophylla, HE. & 2.1 744 
non 
_ Van. £. glabriuseula ; leaflets at length sub-glabrous. O.pentaphylla, 
EE. Mey. ! non Sims, : 
_ Has. On muddy and ois soil near Brackfontein, Clanw., Bigd.1 Cue. 
among Rhinosterbosches ( Elytropappus) in Zw: / May-June. ord. 
E. Mey., Vind., Lehm., T.C.D., ond). oe 
Bulb ovate, blackish, with glabrous, acuminate scales } inch long, Flowers 
pale lilac, Leaflets rarely only four.—Like the preceding, but with a different bulb, 
obtuse leaflets, not lineate, non-striate sepals and longer petals, 
92. 0. pentaphylla (Sims. Bot. Mag. t. 1549); stipitate, glabrous or 
downy ; bulb pale-brown ; leaflets 5-8, linear, obtuse, scarcely emat- 
ginate, with two calli ; scapes. longer than the leaves, bi-bracteolate ; 
sepals oblong, obtuse, bi-callous, four times shorter than the corolla. 
DC. No. 145. 0. pentaphylla, and falcata, B. dé: Z.! 698, 749. 0. digt- 
Ai toes Powr. Suppl. 4. p. 254, excl. syn. P 
4B. Sandy and stony mountain places, M imonsbay, 2. 
4! May Joan (Herb.-Vind., Lehm., a. na pereneres : 
Bulb oblong ; scales slender, acuminate. Stipe short or long. Petioles a finger 
long or shorter. Leaflets 1 inch long, 4-1 line wide, sub-falcate. Sepals downy- 
Corolla lilac, or rosy-fleshcoloured, with yellowish base. 
