348 R- Knuth. — Oxalidaceae. 



6 — 9 mm longa. Gorolla 25 — 35 mm longa; tubus aureo-luteus, limbus albus, raro 

 intense roseus. 



Südwestliche Kapprovinz: Zwischen Rondebosch und Claremont (Wolley-Dod 

 n. 4 265 — Typus [corolla alba]; Wolley-Dod n. 1298 — Typus [corolla intense 

 rosea]). 



Nota. Species affinis est 0. purpureae, quae sec. autorcm autem distinguitur foliis intense 

 viridibus subtus purpureis plerumque pubescentibus dense lanuginoso-ciliatis conspicue punctu- 

 latis et bractea unica minutissima saepe nulla. 



696. 0. obliquifolia Steud. ex A. Rieh. Tent. Fl. Abyss. I. (1847) 4 23. — Ace- 

 tosella obliquifolia (Steud.) 0. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. I. (1891) 91. — Acaulis, 6 cm alta. 

 Bulbus rotundatus, circ. 8 mm diam., tunica nervosa fusca vestitus. Rhizoma 1 mm 

 crassum, 1 — 5 cm longum, db pallidum, subterraneum, dz tortuosum, satis tenue, ra- 

 diculis filiformibus crispulis ± dense instruetum, squamis lanceolatis vel ovatis acutis 

 pallidis 2 — 3 1 / 2 mm longis ± sparsim obsitum. Folia basalia, vix numerosa, 4 — 1 0, 

 rosulata, petiolata; foliola 3, tenera, utraque facie glabra vel sparsissime arachnoidea, 

 nee marginata, nee calloso-tuberculata ; lateralia obliqua, euneato-rotundata; medium e 

 basi euneata latissime triquetro-rotundatum, apice integrum; petioli usque 3 cm longi, 

 foliolis circ. 5-plo longiores, tenues, glabri, basi vix squamati. Pedunculi basales, 1 — 3, 

 petiolis 1 — 2-plo longiores, sicut sepala glabri, 2 — 5 cm longi, infra medium bracteis 2 

 subulato-linearibus vel subulatis acutissimis 2 — 3*/j mm longis glabris instrueti. Sepala 

 4Y2 mm longa, ovato-lanceolata , acutiuscula, pallida, apice minute callosa. Corolla 

 12 — 14 mm longa, conica vel conico-campanulata, sepalis 4 — 6-plo longior; tubus a limbo 

 non vel vix distinetus; petala e basi angustata, obovato-spathulata, margine anteriore 

 retusa vel rotundata, integra, pallide rosea. Stamina maiora sepalis \ z / 4 — 272"Pl° 

 longiora. 



Abessinien: Abba Gerima, 2100 m (Schimper a. 1862, n. 78!). Dscheladsche- 

 ranne (Schimper a. 1840, n. 1643!). — Galla-Hochland: Arussi Galla, 2600 m, 

 auf steinigem Boden von Bachrändern (Ellenbeck a. 1900, n. 1455!). — Tropisch 

 Ost-Afrika: Kilimandscharo, Marangu-Station (Volkens a. 1893, n. 236!). Usambara 

 (Buchwald a. 1896, n. 536!), Kimambiro (Stuhlmann, Exped. Emin Pascha a. 1890, 

 n. 110 sub O. Emini EDgl.!). Nyassa-Land, Uhehe (Goetze in Nyassa-See und Kinga- 

 Geb.-Exped. a. 1899, n. 708!). 



Angola (Newton n. 216!, Welwitsch, It. ang. n. 1614!). Huilla (Antunes!). 



West-Griqualand: Andriesberg, bei Bailey (Galpin a. 1897, n. 2278!). — 

 Transvaal: Spitzkop bei Lydenburg (Wilms a. 1888, n. 196!). Rhodesia, Matabeleland, 

 Gwelo (Klingberg a. 1895!). Betschuanaland, Krokodil-Fluß (Klingberg a. 1896!). 



— Natal: Howick (Schlechter, Austro-afric. a. 1895, n. 6774!). — Östliche Kap- 

 kolonie: Queenstown (Galpin a. 1896, n. 1969!). Bluekranz River (Schlechter, 

 Austro-afric. a. 1895, n. 6873!). 



Var. ß. transvaalensis R. Knuth, var. nov. — Quam typus 2 — 3-plo maior, ce- 

 terum toto modo aequalis. 



Transvaal: Pretoria (Wilms, Fl. Afr. austr. a. 1883, n. 197!). Lydenburg 

 (Wilms, Fl. Afr. austr. a. 1887, n. 195!). 



Var. y. hirsuta R. Knuth, var. nov. — Pedunculi petiolique praeeipue inferne pilis 

 longis lutescentibus hirsuti. 



Transvaal: Elandsspruitsberg (Schlechter, Austro-afric. a. 1893, n. 3887!). 



697. 0. Kassneri R. Knuth in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. LXI. Beibl. n. 139. (1927) 16. 



— Acaulis, 6 — 9 cm alta. Bulbus ignotus. Rhizoma 1 1 / 2 — 2 mm crassum, usque 

 5 cm et ultra longum, pallidum, subterraneum, verticale, zb carnosulum, parum radi- 

 culatum, squamis dz ovatis acutiusculis pallidis 2^2 mm longis sparsim obsitum. Folia 

 basalia, numerosa, 15 — 30, rosulata, satis longe petiolata; foliola 3, zb tenera, utraque 

 facie glabra, subtus minutissime impresso-punetulata, non calloso-tuberculata, usque 

 9 mm longa; medium e basi euneata latissime dilatato-triquetrum, antice integrum; late- 

 ralia zb obliqua, euneato-rotundata: petioli usque 7 cm longi, foliolis circ. 6 — 10-plo 



