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348 OXALIDE& (Sond.) [Oxalis | 
Very near 0. flava, from which it is chiefly to be known by its sepals recurved at — 
the point, one or two conspicuously larger than the rest. Petioles larger than the 
leaflets. Flowers sulphur-coloured, with a deeper limb. §. is smaller, with broader 
leaves, showing a transition to the following species. 
98. 0. lupinifolia (Jacq. ! tab. 72) ; stemless, glabrous ; leaflets 5-7, 
spreading in a circle, oblong or obovate, obtuse or subacute, with a cartr- 
laginous margin, rigid, discoloured underneath ; scapes equalling the 
petiole, bibracteolate ; sepals sub-equal, oblong, 3-4 times longer than 
the yellow corolla. #6 Z.! 745, DC. No. 148. 
Has. Grootepost, £.¢ Z./ Between Knakisberg and Oliphant’s Riv. Zey. 231 
= pte. Wolverivier, Burke § Zeyher / 263, 264. Ap.June. (Herb. Vind., Hook., 
nd. ). 
Quite like the preceding, and chiefly distinguishable by the broader, more rigid, 
and ed leaflets. Petioles broad, as long as the leaflets. Leaflets flattish, 
6-9 lines long, 4-6 lines wide, mostly blotched at base. Flowers yellow. 
B. Peduncles umbellately many-flowered. Leaves trifoliolate. (Sp. 99-108). 
(1). Root bulbous. Flowers yellow. (Sp. 99-101). 
99, 0. sericea (Lin. f. Suppl. p. 243) ; stemless, or shortly stipitate ; 
leaves on long petioles ; petioles and scapes hairy ; leaflets obcordate, 
silky ; scape longer than the leaves, umbellate ; flowers nodding ; sepals 
lanceolate, hairy, 2-3 times shorter than the corolla. Zhwnb. Diss. No. 
113. Jacq! tab. 77. f.1. DOC.No.59. E.§Z.! 658. Herb. Un. It. 
592. Zey.! 120, 
Has, In ditches, by road sides, and on the hills round Capetown and Wynberg; 
&e. Common among shrubs at Koopman’s River, £.g¢ Z.! Ap.Jun. (Herb. 
Sond., T.C.D., &e.) 
Stipe, if present, short and scaly. Petioles numerous, 1-3 inch. long. Leaflets 
wider than long, hairy above, at length glabrous, silky-tomentose underneath, the 
larger 8 lines broad, 6 lines long. Scapes twice as long as the leaves, or longer, 
umbelliferous ; pedicels 4-12, unequal, the longer uncial, with two ovate bracts at 
base. Corolla 4 inch long, yellow. St 
100. 0. compressa (Thunb.! diss, No. 7); stemless ; all the leaves 
on longish, compressed, ciliated, petioles ; leaflets obcordate, ciliated, 
glabrous above, hairy or pubescent and paler below ; scape hairy, eq 
the leaves, umbellately 2~4 flowered ; sepals lanceolate, 4 times shorter 
than thecorolla. Jacq. Ox. t. 78. f.3. DC.No.73. E.& Z.! No. 539- 
O. cernua, d. Drege! 
Has. Sandy fields beyond Capetown, in wet places, Thunberg/ Doornhoogde, — 
2. E.& Z.1657. O.Pes Capre, Sa-— | 
- Afr. t.74,f. 29. 0. lybica, Vir. 
