362 R. Knuth. — Oxalidaceae. 



usque ad J / 4 sinu latissimo incisa; lobi late oblongi vel oblongo-ovati, zb falcatim di- 

 vergentes, apice rotundati, margine callis atro-purpureis graciliter, sed non manifeste 

 ornati; petioli foliolis multiplo longiores. Flores longe pedunculati; pedunculi foliis 

 <Y 4 — 2V2-P 10 longiores, petiolis parum crassiores, 1 Y 4 — 2 cm infra florem solitarium 

 bracteis 2 instructi. Bracteae 4 mm longae, lineares vel lineari-subulatae, acutae vel 

 acutissimae. Sepala 6 mm longa, lanceolata, acuta vel acutiuscula, apice non callis 

 notata. Corolla purpureo-violacea, sepalis 4-plo longior, usque 18 mm longa; petala 

 obovato-cuneata. Stamina stylique hirsutula. Styli (in specim. obviis) sepalis 1 i / 4 — 

 ^/3-plo longiores. 



Nordwestliche Kapprovinz: Khamiesberg, unter Buschwerk (Pearson in Percy 

 Sladen Mem. Exp. a. 1911, n. 6676 — Typus in herb. Berol.l). — Blühend September. 



727. 0. incerta R. Knuth in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. LXI. Beibl. n. 139. (l 927) 20. 

 — Acaulis, 3Y2 cm a ^ a - Radix verticalis, 7 cm et ultra longa, verticalis, vix radiculis 

 obsita, zb brunnea. Folia omnia basalia, glabra; foliola 3, manifeste obreniformia, 

 basi fere retusa vel latissime cuneata, antice sinu latissimo incisa, circ. 6 mm lata et 

 3 mm longa, crassiuscula, ad marginem subtus non raro maculis parvis callosis notata, 

 anguste marginata; petiolus usque 1 cm longus, filiformis. Pedunculus in specimine 

 obvio solitarius, basalis, uniflorus, sicut sepala glaber, 2 cm longus, tenuis, sed strictus, 

 parum ultra medium bibracteatus, bracteis subulatis 2 mm longis. Sepala ovato-lanceolata 

 vel lanceolata, acutiuscula vel obtusiuscula, 5 mm longa. Petala e basi angusto-cuneata 

 obovata, apice zb rotundata, 1 6 mm longa. Stamina maiora floris mediostylosi calyce 

 1 Y2"Pl° longiora. 



Kapland: Näherer Standort unbekannt (Eckion sub nomine falso 0. cuneata 

 Jacq. in herb. Berol. !). 



Nota. Species insignis est forma foliolorum. 



728. 0. Marlothii Schlechter in sched. — Acaulis, bulbosa, estipitata, usque 19 cm 

 alta. Bulbus verisimiliter 1 cm crassus, zb rotundatus. Folia multa, basalia, usque 

 10 — 4 2 cm longa; foliola 3, facie superiore glabra, facie inferiore pilis satis sparsis 

 longioribus adpressis obsita, usque 1 3 mm lata et 1 mm longa, viridia, ambitu triquetro- 

 obcordata, margine anteriore usque ad Y3 s i nu rectangulari incisa, lobulis bene rotun- 

 datis; petiolus foliolis multiplo longior, 1 mm crassus, subglaber. Pedunculi numerosi, 

 basales, 15 — 18 cm longi, 1-flori, circ. 4 1 / 2 cm infra florem bibracteati; bracteae 

 lineares vel lineari-subulatae, acutae, circ. 4 — 5 mm longae, sicut pars superior pedun- 

 culi pilis minutis adpressis obsitae; pars inferior pedunculi subglabra, 1 — 1 ] /± mm crassa. 

 Flos magnus, usque 3 cm longus. Sepala lanceolata, acuta, 9 mm longa, 2 mm lata, 

 pilis minutissimis dense adpressis sparsis obsita vel subglabra, callis destituta. Petala e 

 basi angustato-cuneata dilatata, margine anteriore rotundata, roseo-violacea vel violacea. 

 Styli sepalis paullulo longiores, dense viscoso-pubescentes. Stamina maiora stylis 2-plo 

 breviora, basi dilatata, subglabra vel puberula. 



Südliche Kapprovinz: Roggeveld, Farm Uitkyk, Sneuwkrans, 1700 m (Marloth 

 a. 1920, n. 9909 — Typus in herb. Berol.!). 



729. 0. Galpinii Schlechter in Journ. Bot. (1896) 391. — Acaulis, usque 11 cm 

 alta. Rhizoma circ. 1 mm crassum, pallidum, subterraneum, verticale, radiculis spar- 

 sissimis instructum, squamis ovatis acutiusculis pallidis 1 Y2 — 2 mm longis sparsim ob- 

 situm. Folia basalia, sparsa, circ. 5, rosulata, longe petiolata; foliola 3, vix tenera, 

 facie superiore glabra, inferiore minutissime arachnoidea, fere secus totum marginem 

 minute atro-callosa, usque 8 mm longa; medium e basi late cuneata latissime triquetrum, 

 sinu angustissimo lineari usque ad medium incisum; lateralia vix obliqua, medio aequalia; 

 petioli usque 8 cm longi, foliolis multiplo longiores, zb laxi, glabri. Pedunculi basales, 

 pauci, plerumque 3 — 5, petiolis 4 , / 4 — 1 YrPlo longiores, glabri, usque 10 cm alti, 1 — 

 3Y2 cm i n f ra calycem bibracteati; bracteae lineari-subulatae, acutae, 1Y2 — 8V2 mm 

 longae, glabrae. Sepala usque 7 mm longa, glabra, lanceolata, apice obtusa et tuber- 

 culis circ. 4 zb confluentibus crassis pulchre carmineis instructa. Petala sepalis 2Y2 — 

 3-plo longiora, usque 20 mm longa, purpureo- vel coeruleo-violacea, infra medium 



