350 OXALIDEZ (Sond.) [Owalis. 
1 and calyx downy, orten gland-bearing ; sepals oblong, acute, or lanceo- 
late, thrice as short as the corolla. 
HH Var. «. Jaequini ; pilose, leaflets 4 inch long, livid or reddish, the 
younger silky ; scape 2~3 times as long as the leaves, 3—6-flowered ; 
flowers white, rosy, or purple. Jacg./l.c. DC. No. 76. HE. & Z.! 652. 
Var. £8. petiolaris ; leaflets larger, 1-3 inch long ; petioles elongate, 
equalling the foot-long scape ; sepals calloso-striate ; flowers rosy. 
petiolaris, H. Mey.! in Hb. Drege. 
Var. y. Bowiei; whole plant minutely pubescent ; leaflets very 
large, the medial 2 inch long, or longer; petioles glabrescent, much 
shorter than the umbellately 8—12-flowered scape ; flowers larger, deep 
rose-red. 0, Bowieana, Lodd. Cab. t. 1782. O. Bowiei, Lindl. Bot. Reg. 
t. 1585. 
Has. Cape, Hb. Jacquin. a. mountains near Klipplaat’s R., qe! Ab 
Salem, Alb., Zey./ 2125. 8. between Omtendo and Omsameulo, Drege! -y. 
beries and woods at Adow, Uit., #.42Z./ July. (Herb. Vind., HE. Mey, - 
Sond., T.C.D.) ie 
6 inches to a foot or more in height. Bulb moderate. Leaflets commonly sem 
uncial, the larger inch long and wide ; the medial sometimes 2 inch long, the la- 
longer, pilose or glabrate, or glandularly pubescent. Corolla 6-8 lines long, vary10g° 
from white to deep rosy-purple. Like 0. holosericea, Sond., in the form of the gig 
but with very different inflorescence. Var. +. is a favourite border flower in : 
105. 0. semiloba (Sond.) ; stemless; leaves on long glabrous or pl 
lose petioles; leaflets obcordate-bilobed, the lobes divaricate, rounded, gla- 
brous, ciliated ; scape twice as long as the leaves, umbellately 8-12-_ 
flowered; pedicels and calyx glandularly downy ; sepals oblong, ob- 
tuse, callous, thrice as short as the corolla. 
Has. or, Beare rocky places near Caledon River, Burke, Zey./ 271. Somerset, 
Atherstone! (Herb. Hook., Sond.) __ 
Near the preceding. 6-8 inches long. Leaflets 6-8 lines wide, 5-6 lines long ; 
bifid nearly to the middle and much more wedge-shaped than the leaflets of 0. pu” 
purata, which are rounded. Flowers half-inch long. Sepals with yellow calli, 
corolla whitish, mat- 
O. phellandroides, BH. — 
teral oblique at base. Pedicels of the umbel bibracteate at base, $-1 inch long or 
