Ozxalis.] OXALIDEZ (Sond.) 349 
Var. 8. Namaquana ; smaller, stemless ; leaflets obcordate. sub-bi- 
lobed, below hollow-dotted, sub-pilose ; scapes 2-3 flowered; pedicels 
glabrescent, 4 inch long ; flowers smaller. O, caprina, E. Mey.! non Lin. 
Has. In cultivated ground and by road sides, very common round Capetown, &c. 
Kamps bay and Hott. Holland. 8. Sand hills in Kl. Namaqualand, Drege! June- 
Aug. (Herb. Holm., Vind., E. Mey., Lehm., Sond., T.C.D.) 
Frequently bulbiferous at base. Petioles 3-6 inches. Leaf-lobes divaricate, ob- 
tuse, the larger leaflets inch wide, 8 lines long, dotted and paler beneath. Scape 
twice as long as the petiole, with a many-flowered umbel ; pedicels 4-1 inch long. 
Flowers yellow, 10-12 lines long, the tube equalling the calyx. It varies with 
double flowers. 
(2.) Flowers purple, flesh-coloured, blueish or white. (Sp. 102-107.) 
102. 0. caprina (Lin. Syst. p. 433) ; stemless, glabrous ; bulb ovate- 
triangular ; leaves on longish petioles ; leaflets obcordate, sub-bilobed, 
keeled and purple beneath ; scapes twice as long as the leaves, umbel- 
lately 2—6-flowered ; pedicels erect ; sepals oblong-lanceolate, callous- 
pointed, 2-3 times shorter than the corolla. Thunb.! diss. No. 11. 
Burm. Afr.t.28, f.3. Willd. Sp. No. 45. DC. No. 71. O. macrophylla, 
Horn. Hort. Hafn. 1. p. 428. E. § Z.! 656. O. erecta, Savig.! in Lam. Dic. 
4.p.685. O.dentata, E. § Z.! 655. 
Has. In ditches, waste places and on the hills round Capetown, &c. Gardens 
and moist places near Zwartkop’s R., Uit. #. ¢ Z./ Zey./ 2105. Graaf Reynet and 
Somerset, Mrs. F. W. Barber. (Herb. Holm., Vind., Lehm., Hook., T.C.D., Sond.) 
Bulb small. Petioles 2-3 inches, glabrous or thinly hairy. Leaflets 4 lines long, 
6-7 lines wide, the lobes roundish. pestis slender, 4-1 foot long, terminal ; pedi- 
cels glabrous or pilose, inch long orlonger. Bracts 2, minute, at the base of the pedi- 
cels, Corolla 4 inch long, with yellowish tube, and oblong, obtuse, blueish limb. 
ee 
108. 0. livida (Jacq. Ox. t.8) ; caulescent, glabrous; bulb ovate ; 
stem scaly at base, leafy at the crown and lengthening beyond the tuft ; 
petioles crowded, elongate ; leaflets obcordate, sub-bilobed, green above, 
livid-purple and glabrous or sparsely pilose underneath ; peduncles /a- 
teral, longer than the petiole, umbellately 2—5-flowered ; pedicels and 
calyx'villous ; sepals oblong-lanceolate, callous, 3-4 times shorter than 
the corolla. DC.No.75. H.&.Z.1 654. O.caprina, H& Z.! 653. 
Var. 3. ; one or two sepals sometimes toothed. O dentata, Jacq.! t. 
4. DC. No. 74. ; oe 
Mountains round Capetown and Simon’s bay and Mu: , Thunberg, Be 
sae é&c. (Herb. Holm., Vind., T.C.D., ak —— aA Snchd 
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the axils of the upper scales, or lower leaves, never terminal, thicker than the pe- 
tiole, — or pilose ; inch long. Corolla flesh-colour, with a yel- 
lowish tul 
104. 0. purpurata (Jacq.; Schoenb. t. 356); stemless; bulb ovate, 
brownish ; leaves on long petioles ; petioles pilose, or very shortly pu- 
bescent; leaflets sciedeholieda te, the medial larger, glabrous above, 
appressedly pilose or downy underneath, ciliated ; scape longer than — 
the leaves, pilose or puberulent, umbellately 3-12-flowered ; ps 
