Oxalis. 347 



giores, pilis patulis eglandulosis ± lanato-villosi, basi parum dilatati. Pedunculi ba- 

 sales, 1 — 6, petiolis summum aequilongi, saepe eis breviores, sicut sepala dense lanato- 

 villosi, usque 4*/a cm longi, supra medium bracteis 2 subulato-linearibus acutis 3 mm 

 longis hirsutis instructi. Sepala 5 — 6 mm longa, lanceolata vel ovata, obtusiuscula, 

 apice pulchre rubro-callosa, lanato-villosa vel -hirsuta. Gorolla 17 mm longa, sepalis 

 3^2 — 4-plo longior; limbus pallide violaceus, margine sparsim calloso-punctatus ; tubus 

 pallidior; petala late cuneata, margine anteriore zb retusa, integra. Stamina maiora 

 sepalis 1 1 /2-pl° longiora. 



Deutsch-Südwestafrika: Owinauanaua [Omaheke], auf dünnen schotterigen 

 Sandschichten über Kalkstein in der Buschsteppe (Seiner a. 1911, n. 439 — Typus 

 in herb. Berol. !). 



6 93. 0. aemula Schlechter in sched. — 0. decipiens Schlechter in Engler's Bot. 

 Jahrb. XXVII. (1900) 154. — Humilis, acaulis, 3 — 4 cm alta. Bulbus oblongus, 10 — 

 15 mm longus, 5 mm crassus, fuscus vel atro-fuscus. Rhizoma breve, 3 — 12 mm longum, 

 pallide fuscum, 1 mm crassum, subterraneum, radiculis fibrillosis longis satis dense in- 

 structum, squamis latissimis parvis fuscis apice obsitum. Folia basalia, vix numerosa, 

 5 — 12, rosulata, petiolata; foliola 3, utraque facie glabra, supra lineolis minimis atris 

 callosis notata, subtus zb glauca, saepe 5 mm longa, 4 mm lata; medium exacte cu- 

 neatum, margine anteriore rotundatum, apice obtusum; lateralia zb obliqua; petioli 1 Y2 — 

 tYl cm longi, foliolis 4 — 7-plo longiores, vix graciles, zb ascendentes, glabri vel pilis 

 nonnullis simplicibus obsiti. Pedunculi basales, petiolis plerumque aequilongi, rarius eis 

 2-plo longiores, sicut sepala glabri, 2 — 4 cm longi, in specim. plerumque 1 — 2, infra 

 medium bracteolis 2 setaceis iVj — 2 mm longis instructi. Sepala 4^2 — 5 mm longa, 

 oblongo-lanceolata, obtusiuscula vel acutiuscula, striis zb longis callosis purpureo-atris 

 percursa. Gorolla conico-campanulata, 17 — 23 mm longa, sepalis 6-plo longior, vio- 

 lacea, basi lutea; petala e basi anguste cuneata rotundato-obovata, apice integra. Sta- 

 mina maiora sepalis 2-plo longiora. 



Südwestliche Kapprovinz: Piquetberg Road, 130 m (Schlechter, Austro-afric. 

 a. 1896, n. 7837 — Typus in herb. Berol.!). 



Nota. Ob prioritem O. decipientis Prog. (a. 1877) species O. aemula nominanda est. 



694. 0. Schlechten Schinz in sched. — Acaulis, usque 7 cm alta. Bulbus ro- 

 tundatus vel rotundato-ovatus, 5 mm longüs vel longior, sordide brunneus. Rhizoma 

 1 mm crassum, pallidum, subterraneum, zb tortuosum, radiculis multis filiformibus vel 

 capillaribus instructum, squamis destitutum. Folia basalia, satis numerosa, saepe 8 — 1 0, 

 rosulata, petiolata; foliola 3, utraque facie glabra, subtus ad nervum medium ciliis non- 

 nullis obsita et zb conspicue nervata, usque 5 mm longa et 6Y2 mm ^ a ^ a ? latissime 

 cuneato-obcordata, margine anteriore sinu lato levissime incisa vel integra, non callosa ; 

 petioli usque 2 cm longi, foliolis 3 — 4-plo longiores, zb firmi, glabri. Pedunculi ba- 

 sales, sparsi, saepe 1 — 3, tantum unus plerumque florem apertum gerens, petiolis 1 Y2 — 

 2-plo longiores, glabri, usque 3Y2 cm longi, sub flore bibracteati. Bracteae lineari- 

 lanceolatae, acutae, 1 */j — 2Y2 mm longae, parte inferiore glabrae, apice fasciculo pi- 

 lorum longorum ornatae. Sepala 5 — 5Y2 mm longa, glabra vel pilis ciliaribus non- 

 nullis sparsim obsita, zb lanceolata, acuta, apice non calloso-tuberculata. Petala sepalis 

 4 — 6-plo longiora, usque 21 mm longa, lutea, saepe ad limbum pallidiora, cuneata, 

 margine anteriore zb retusa. Stamina maiora appendiculata, pilosa, sepalis 1 Y3-PI0 

 longiora; stamina minora sepalis breviora, glabra; filamenta omnia gracilia, tenuia. 

 Styli manifeste arcuatim ascendentes, basi setis longis circumdati, cum ovario sepalis 

 aequilongi. 



Südwestliche Kapprovinz: Constantia bei Kapstadt (Schlechter, Austro-afric. 

 a. 1892, n. 1023 — Typus in herb. Berol.!). — Blühend Juni. 



695. 0. denticulata Wolley-Dod in Journ. Bot. (1900) 170. — Acaulis; stipes 

 4 — 7 mm longus, squamis tenuibus obsitus. Foliola 3, rotundata, margine anteriore 

 incisa, utrinque pallide viridia, glabra vel margine rigide ciliata; ciliae saepe denticulis 

 latis apiculatis affixae. Scapus foliis longior, prope apicem bibracteatus. Sepala acuta, 





