366 R- Knuth. — Oxalidaceae. 



Nota. See. autorem species affinis est 0. uitenhagensi Sond., a qua differt foliis tuber- 

 culato-callosis, supra et subtus pilosis. 



739. 0. promontorii R. Knuth in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. LXI. Beibl. n. 139. (1927) 

 22. — Acaulis, 7 — H cm alta, gracilis. Rhizoma 1 mm crassum, =b fuscum, sub- 

 terraneum, radiculis filiformibus vel capillaribus longis dense vel densissime instruetum. 

 Folia basalia, vix numerosa, 6 — 14, rosulata, vix laxa, petiolata; foliola 3, utraque 

 facie glabra, margine remote minute eroso-ciliata, usque 1 mm longa lataque, rotun- 

 dato- vel late obeordata, tenuia, viridia, non calloso-tuberculata; petioli usque 6 cm 

 longi, foliolis 4 — 8-plo longiores, ascendentes, exs. 2 / 5 — x / 2 mm crassi, glabri, basi non 

 dilatati. Pedunculi basales, 1 — 3, petiolis 1 — 2-plo longiores, sicut sepala glabri, 

 4 J / 2 — 9 cm longi, suberecti, exs. 1 mm crassi, 5 mm infra apicem bibracteolati ; brac- 

 teolae subulatae, 2 mm longae, suboppositae, non raro rubellae. Sepala 5 — 6 mm 

 longa, lanceolata, acuminata, acuta, apice non callosa, saepe pallide fusca. Corolla 

 20 mm longa, late conica, sepalis circ. 4-plo longior; tubus limbo fere longior, luteus; 

 petala e basi angustata euneato-obovata, margine anteriore retuso-rotundata, integra, 

 pallide violacea (?). Stamina maiora sepalis 1 1 /2~pl° longiora. 



Südwestliche Kapprovinz: Rondebosch, bei Kapstadt (Wilms, Fl. Afr. austr. 

 a. 4 883, n. 3077 — Typus in herb. Berol.!). 



740. 0. decora R. Knuth in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. LXI. Beibl. n. 139. (1927) 22. 

 — O. rupestris Schlechter in sched. — Gracilis, acaulis, 3^ cm a ^ a - Bulbus rotun- 

 datus, dz glaber, 5 — 6 mm diam., pallide fuscus. Rhizoma 4 — 6 cm et ultra longum, 

 fuscum, ^ — * mm crassum, subterraneum, verticale, radiculis filiformibus tortuosis vix 

 dense instruetum, squamis nullis vel nonnullis rotundato-ovatis pallidis 1 mm longis 

 obsitum. Folia basalia, numerosa, saepe 12 — 30, rosulata, petiolata; foliola 3, supra 

 glabra, subtus pilis minutissimis dense puberula, non impresso-punetulata, usque 5 — 

 6 mm longa et 4 mm lata, latissime vel rotundato-euneato-obeordata, margine anteriora 

 retusa vel sinu latissimo leviter incisa, non calloso-tuberculata; petioli 12 — 22 mm 

 longi, foliolis 2 — 5-plo longiores, filiformes, stricti, pilis patulis glandulosis demum sim- 

 plicibus obsiti, basi vix squamis minutis suffulti. Pedunculi basales, petiolis aequilongi, 

 sicut sepala pilis patulis glandulosis mox simplieibus obsiti, 1 — 2 cm longi, in speeim. 

 1 — 4, supra medium bracteolis — 2 setaeeis 1 — 1 1 / 2 mm longis pubescentibus in- 

 strueti. Sepala % l / 2 mm l° n g a ? ovato-oblonga, acutiuscula, apice non callosa. Corolla 

 13 — 16 mm longa, e basi angustata campanulata, sepalis 6 — 8-plo longior; tubus 

 luteus; limbus albus; petala e basi unguiculata late obovata, apice rotundata. Stamina 

 maiora sepalis 3 — 3 l / 2 -p\o longiora. 



Südwestliche Kapprovinz: Brandewynriver, 350 m (Schlechter, Austro-afric. 

 a. 1897, n. 10826 — Typus in herb. Berol.!). 



Nota. Nomen mutandum erat ob O. rupestris St. Hil. (1825). 



741. 0. uliginosa Schlechter in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXVII. (1900) 157. — 

 O. limosa Schlechter in sched. — Acaulis. Rhizoma 4 — 5 cm longum vel longius, zb 

 pallide fuscum, tenue, subterraneum, verticale vel inferne obliquum, radieibus multis 

 brevibus fibrillosis tortuosis instruetum, circ. 1 mm crassum, squamis satis multis semi- 

 amplexicaulibus membranaeeis pallidis rotundato-triquetris obtusis 1 — 1 J / 4 mm longis 

 obsitum. Folia basalia, numerosa, 6 — 15, rosulata, petiolata; foliola 3, utraque facie 

 glabra, margine calloso-punctulata, =t glaueoidea, usque 7 mm longa et G l / 2 mm lata, 

 =ir euneata, margine anteriore rotundato leviter incisa, satis firma; petioli usque 3 cm 

 longi, foliolis 5 — 6-plo longiores, glabri vel sparsim glanduloso-puberuli, basi infima 

 dilatati. Pedunculi basales, petiolis circ. aequilongi, sicut sepala glabri vel sparsim 

 glanduloso-puberuli, 2 — 4 cm longi, in speeim. 1 — 4, bracteis 2 subulatis 2 mm longis 

 glabris 5 7 mm infra calycem instrueti, supra bracteas tenuiores. Sepala 3*^ — 4 mm 

 longa, latissime obovata, obtusa, viridia. Corolla usque 15 — 16 mm longa, late conica, 

 sepalis 6 — 8-plo longior, lutea, prope marginem punetis luteo-rubris parvis notata; 

 tubus a limbo non distinetus; petala late euneata, antice retuso-rotundata. Stamina 

 maiora sepalis 2V4 — 2 , /2*pl° longiora. 





