Oxalis. | OXALIDEZ (Sond.) 347 
middle of scape, aline long. Corolla uncial, externally minutely pubescent, with a 
narrow yellow tube and purplish or lilac limb. 
94. 0. Zeyheri sees in all parts canescent with appressed hairs ; 
stipes long and scaly ; leaflets g—11 (minute), linear-cuneate, compli- 
cate, obtuse, callous at the apex ; scapes downy, surpassing the leaves, 
bi-bracteolate ; sepals lanceolate, "four times shorter than the corolla. 
Has. snd Hopper at Bergrivier, Zey./ No. 248. ex pte. May. (Herb. Sond.). 
This resembles the preceding in habit and colour, but differs in the more numerous 
and generally much smaller leaflets, t}—-2 lines long, 4-} line wide, callous at point. 
Petioles 4 inch long. .Peduncles an inch long, with alternate, setaceous bracts. 
Flowers 44 inch long, whiteish, or lilac ? thinly downy outside, the tube yellowish, 
with five red streaks. 
95. 0. tomentosa (Linn. Syst. p. 434) ; almost stemless, tomentose ; 
leaflets peltate, 12-19, oblong-cuneate, convolute, obtuse, or sub-emar- 
ginate, without calli ; petioles and scapes hairy, of nearly equal length ; 
sepals lanceolate, six times shorter than the petals. Pluck. Almath. t. 
$66; Ff. 3: Thunb. Diss. No. 24. Jacq. / Ox. t. 81. DC. No. 152. 
HE. & Z.! 750. 
Has. Stony places round Capetown and Stellenbosch, Common. Clanwilliam, 
E.&Z.4 Zey.! 227. Wolveriver, Burke & Zeyher ! 244. Ap.-May. (Herb. Holm. 
E. Mey., Vind., Lehm., T.C.D., Hook., Sond.). 
Bulb ovate, smooth. "Stipe scarcely any, or 1-3 inches long, with numerous ter- 
minal leaves and peduncles, Leaflets six lines long, a line wi @. Scapes equalling 
or excelling the leaves, with setaceous bracts. Corolla large for the size of the plant, 
white, yellowish at base. Calyx silky. 
96. 0. flava (Linn. Sp. 621) ; stipitate, glabrous ; leaflets 5-9, oblong- 
linear, or linear, channelled-connivent, obtuse or acute, with or without 
ealli ; scapes bi-bracteolate, equalling or excelling the petioles ; sepals 
equal, oblong, acute, 4—5 times shorter than the yellow corolla. 
Var. «, Thunbergiana ; leaflets oblong-linear, channelled, recurved 
at point. Burm. Afr. t. 27. fed Thunb. Diss. No. 24. Jacg./ t. 73 & 
78. t.2. DC. No. 149. - #. & Z! 747. 
Var. 8. pectinata ; leaflets linear, with involite margins. 0. pecti- 
nata, Jacg.! t. 75. £. & Z.! 748. Burm. Afr. t. 30, f. 1. 
Has. saady places round os oe and eo common. 8. oe: 
97. 0. flabellifolia (Jacq.! Ox. t. 74); stemless, or shortly stipitate, 
glabrous ; leaflets 5-9, linear or linear-lanceolate, obtuse or subemar- 
ginate ; scapes equalling the petiole, bibracteolate ; sepals recurved at 
point, ‘unequal, 1-2 larger and spathulate, 3-4-times shorter than thie 
sulphur-coloured corolla. DC. No.151. £.§ Z.! 746. 
cr — latior ; leaflets oblong, cuneate. 
nie rics 1 near t” vé. cb de -s ! / 231, ee & 
antl ‘places Oliphant’s Zey. syutete a 
sade / and between Grootri 
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