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7. — Descriptions of New Plants from the Gift Berg Collected by the 

 Percy Sladen Memorial Expedition. — By E. P. ' Phillips, 

 M.A., F.L.S. 



GERANIACEAE. 



Oxalis Light footii, Phillips, sp. nov. Stipes elongatus, paullo 

 4-angulatus, glaber. Stipidac, 3 mm. longae, ovatae, acuminatae, 

 glabrae. Folia 3-9-nata ; petiolus, 0-9-2-5 cm. longus ; laminae 5 mm. 

 longae, 8 mm. latae, 3-foliatae. Bracteae 2 mm. longae, lineares. 

 Calyx 4*5-5 mm. longus ; lobi ovato-lanceolati, apice obtusi, glabri. 

 Corolla l - 6 mm. longus, glaber; lobi apice obtusi. Ovarium 2 mm. 

 longum ; stylus 1 mm. longus, teres, glaber ; stigma capitatum. 



Cape Region. Van Rhynsdorp Div. : Gift Berg Eange, 1-2,000 ft. 

 Phillips 7601 in Percy Sladen Memorial Expedition to the Khamies- 

 berg, Gift Berg, and Oliphant's Eiver Mountains, 1911. 



Corms about 2 cm. long and 1*5 cm. wide, covered with long 

 membranous pubescent tunics which separate. Stems elongated, 

 somewhat 4-angled, glabrous, leafy. Stipules 3 mm. long, ovate, 

 acuminate, glabrous. Leaves in groups of 3 to 9, scattered along the 

 stem ; petiole 0-9-2-5 cm. long, pilose ; lamina 5 mm. long, 8 mm. 

 broad, digitately 3-foliate ; leaflets 3-5 mm. long, lobed to below the 

 middle, pilose below. Bracts 2 mm. long, linear, situated about 

 half-way up the petiole. Flotoers axillary, grouped at the end of the 

 stems. Calyx 4-5-5 mm. long ; lobes ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, 

 glabrous, with reddish streaks near the apex. Corolla 1-6 cm. long, 

 glabrous ; lobes obtuse. Stamens diplostemonous, connate at the 

 base ; filaments of longer 6 - 5 mm. long, pilose ; filaments of shorter 

 5 mm. long, glabrous; anthers oblong. Scales 3 - 5 long, linear, 

 obtuse. Gynaecium shortly stalked ; ovary 2 mm. long, about 

 5- ovulate, bearing 1-4 small red bodies above ; styles 1 mm. long, 

 terete, glabrous ; stigma capitate. 



Allied to 0. bifida, Thunb., from which it is at once distinguished 

 by the glabrous corolla. 



The species is named after Mr. R. M. Lightfoot, of the S.A. 

 Museum, who accompanied me to the Gift Berg. 



