Oxalis. 315 



purpureo-viridia, adpresse hirsutulo-pilosa, usque 5 mm longa, apice tuberculis minimis 

 fuscis 2 vel nullis instructa. Petala 15 mm longa, sepalis l'*/j — S^-plo longiora, 

 usque ad medium in tubum connata, lutea, ad tubum profundius tincta, parte superiore 

 obovata, apice rotundata. Flos longistylosus: Filamenta maiora sepalis 2-plo breviora, 

 ad medium longe appendiculata, glabra; breviora sepalis 3-plo breviora, glabra, usque 

 ad medium cum maioribus connata. Stjli sepalis aequilongi, subglabri; ovarium hirsutum. 



Südwestliche Kapprovinz: Clanwilliam, Pakhuisberg (Leipoldt a. 1 896, n.294 

 in Cape Gov. Herb. — Typus!). 



618.. 0. subserieea R. Knuth in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. LXI. Beibl. n. 139. (1927) 6. 

 — Stipitata vel caulescens, 7 — 8 cm alta. Rhizoma verticale, crassiusculum, pallide 

 fuscum vel subluteum, circ. 2 mm crassum, squamis ovatis vel fere reniformibus semi- 

 amplexicaulibus obtusis vel obtusiusculis obsitum. Caulis 5 cm altus, basi et media 

 parte squamis magnis elongatis obsitus, superne foliis perpaucis nanis ornatus, indumento 

 zfc adpresso eglanduloso puberulo-sericeo obsitus, 3 / 4 — 1 */ 2 mm crassus. Folia apicalia 

 8 — 17, usque 2V2 cm l° n o a > petiolata; foliola 3, sessilia, dense adpresse eglanduloso- 

 sericea, linearia vel lineari-cuneata, apice obtusiusculo vel leviter emarginato callosa, 

 10 mm longa, 1 *fa mm lata; petiolus foliis 1 — 1 3 / 4 -plo longior, sericeus. Pedunculi 

 in specim. 2 — 5, uniflori, floribus 1 — 2-plo longiores, plerique apicales, nonnulli pauci 

 caulini; apicales foliis 2-plo breviores, usque 2V2 cm longi, sicut sepala sericei, zfc: 

 erecti, sub calyce bibracteati, bracteis subulatis 2 mm longis acutissimis db purpureis 

 suboppositis. Sepala e basi ovato-lanceolata elongato-acuminata, acuta vel acutissima, 

 3 — 6 mm longa, apice purpurea, sed vix callosa. Petala calyce 4 — 6-plo longiora, 

 circ. 18 mm longa, e basibus unguiculatis obovata, alba; tubus limbo patulo :fc longior. 

 Stamina maiora calyce fere 1 y 2 -plo longiora. 



Westliches karroides Hochland: Hantam-Gebirge (Meyer a. 1869 — Typus 

 in herb. Berol. !). 



619. 0. Mallyi Schlechter in sched., ex R. Knuth in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. LXI. 

 Beibl. n. 139. (1927) 6. — Acaulis vel brevissime stipitata, 5 — 6 cm alta. Stipes usque 

 O/2 cm altus, squamis 1 — 2 late ovatis acutis semiamplexicaulibus 2 mm longis obsitus. 

 Folia basalia, numerosa, 10 — 20, usque 3 cm longa, petiolata; foliola 3, lineari-cuneata, 

 apice emarginata et bicallosa, glabra vel subtus impresso-punctulata, 10 mm longa, 

 apice 2 mm lata; petiolus tenuis, glaber, foliolis 1 j / 2 — 2 1 / 2 ~pl° longior. Pedunculi in 

 specimine 2 — 6, basales, uniflori, =b ascendentes, saepe J 1 /^ cm longi et vix 1 mm 

 crassi, giabri, foliis petiolatis aequilongi, 1 — 7 mm infra calycem bibracteati, bracteolis 

 subulatis acutissimis 1 y 2 — 2V2 mm longis saepe plane purpureis. Sepala triquetro- 

 lanceolata, acuta, glabrescentia vel vix perspicue puberula, margine et apice toto pur- 

 purea, sed non callosa, 3 — 4 mm longa. Petala calyce 8-plo longiora, usque 30 mm 

 longa, apice retusa, usque ad medium fere unguiculata; limbus tubo pallidiori vel lutes- 

 centi aequilongus, violaceus, a tubo angusto distinctus. Stamina maiora sepalis 1 */ 2 — 

 2 1 /2~plo longiora. 



Südwestliche Kapprovinz: Packhuisberg , 700 m, an steinigen Stellen 

 (Schlechter, Austro-afric. a. 1897, n. 10797 — Typus in herb. Berol.!). — Blühend 

 September. 



620. 0. teretifolia Sonder in Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. I. (1859—60) 322. -- 

 Acetosella teretifolia (Sond.) 0. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. I. (1891) 91. — Stipitata, 15 — 

 45 cm alta. Bulbus rotundatus, luteo-brunneus. Caulis simplex, raro ramo unico in- 

 structus, elongatus, squamis ovatis acutis 1 — 2 mm longis obsitus vel nudus, apice foliis 

 numerosis (6 — 20) coronatus. Foliola 13 — 14 mm longa, */j — 3 / 4 mm lata, anguste 

 lineari-subteretia vel filiformia, margine involuta, apice parum dilatata, subtus tuberculis 

 multis nigris obsita, adpresse pilosa; petioli teretes, giabri, 25 mm longi, fere capillares. 

 Pedunculi petiolis aequilongi, 4 — 8 mm infra apicem bibracteati; bracteae capillares, 

 2 mm longae. Sepala lanceolata, corolla 6 — 8-plo breviora, adpresse pilosa, 4*/ 2 mm 

 longa, apice purpurea. Corolla glabra ; tubus angustus, luteus, limbo rubro aequilongus ; 

 petalorum pars superior obovata. 



