Oxalis. 381 



Folia numerosa, 5 — 20, petiolata; foliola 6 — 10, linearia, 5 — 7 mm longa, apice obtusa 

 vel rotundata, canescentia ; petioli foliolis 1 — 2V2~pl° longiores, filiformes, sicut foliola 

 indumento denso pubescente canescentes. Pedunculi uniflori, folia demum 2-plo supe- 

 rantes, saepe 3*/i — 4 cm longi, numerosi, exs. 1 mm crassi, indumento pubescente 

 canescentes, 1 — 8 mm infra florem 1- vel 2-bracteati; bracteae setaceae, 2 mm longae, 

 alternantes. Sepala 5 — 7 mm longa, anguste lanceolato-linearia vel fere linearia, indu- 

 mento pubescente canescentia, marginem versus saepe profundius tincta, acuta vel acu- 

 tissima. Corolla 1% — 3 cm longa; petala sepalis 3 — 372~pl° longiora, rosea, basin 

 versus lutea, unguiculata, oblonga, apice rotundata. Stamina minora sepalis saltem 2-plo 

 breviora; maiora eis aequilonga. 



Südwestliche Kapprovinz: Bergrivier, auf feuchtem Boden (Zeyher n. 248 

 ex pte.). Piquetberg Road, auf Hügeln (Schlechter, Austro-afric. a. 1896, n. 784l!). 



Nota. See. cl. Sonder species affinis et similis est 0. quinatae, a qua autem differt foliolis 

 magis mimerosis et plerumque multo minoribus. Specimina Schlechteriana, a quibus diag- 

 nosis derivata est, habent autem foliola multo longiora, quam in Fl. cap. indicatum est. 



772. 0. hantamensis Schlechter in sched., ex R. Knuth in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. 

 LXI. Beibl. n. 139, (1927) 25. — Acaulis. Bulbus nigro-fuscus. Rhizoma 2 — 3 mm 

 crassum, saepe longissimum et zb tortuosum, squamis atro-fuscis ovatis ± obtusis 

 irregulariter dense obsitum. Folia vix numerosa, saepe 8, petiolata; foliola 6 — 9, linearia, 

 8 mm longa, 1 mm lata, apice retusa vel rotundata, pilis adpressis canescenti-argenteo- 

 sericea; petioli foliolis \ i / 2 -^\o longiores, zb filiformes, sicut foliola zb argentei. Pedun- 

 culi uniflori, (sine floribus) foliis aequilongi, saepe 2 cm longi, vix 1 mm crassi, parum 

 numerosi, saepe \ — 3, indumento citato obsiti, 2 — 5 mm infra florem 2-bracteati, 

 bracteis setaeeis 1 ] / 2 — 2 mm longis alternantibus. Sepala parva, 4 mm longa, anguste 

 lanceolato-linearia vel fere linearia, argentea, apicem versus saepe profundius tincta et 

 callosa, obtusa vel obtusiuscula. Corolla usque 2 cm longa; petala sepalis 5 — 6-plo 

 longiora, violacea(?), unguiculata, spathulato-oblonga, apice rotundata vel retusa. Stamina 

 minora sepalis 1 y 2 -plo longiora; maiora eis 2-plo longiora. 



Westliches Karroides Hochland: Hantam Gebirge (Meyer a. 1869 — Typus!). 



773. 0. Engleriana Schlechter in Englers Bot. Jahrb. XXIV. (1898) 438. — 

 Acaulis vel saepius caulescens; caulis usque 7 cm altus, foliis 1 — 4 sessilibus instruetus, 

 erectus, 1 — 2 mm crassus, puberulus, raro parce ramosus. Radix brunnea, ramosa, 

 Collum versus squamis pallide fuscis ovatis obtusiusculis vix dense obsita. Folia apicalia 

 caulinis maiora, satis numerosa, circ. 10 et ultra; foliola 5 — 8, oblongo-lanceolata vel 

 lineari-lanceolata, usque 10 mm longa, 2Y2 mm ^ a ^ a » apice obtusa vel parum incisa, 

 pilis incanis zb pubescentia; petioli foliolis l*/j — 2V2~pl° longiores, tenues, stricti, pilis 

 glandulosis zb sparsim obtecti, exs. filiformes. Pedunculi uniflori, foliis circ. aequilongi, 

 1 — 3 cm longi, vix numerosi, in speeim. 2 — 5, fere filiformes, sicut calyx pilis densis 

 glandulosis mox simplieibus puberuli, 2 — 8 mm infra calycem bibracteolati; bracteolae 

 saepe suboppositae, subulatae, l 1 /^ — 3 mm longae. Sepala 4 — 5 mm longa, lanceolato- 

 linearia, acuta, mox dense puberula. Corolla circ. 18 mm longa; petala sepalis 5-plo 

 longiora, rosea, exs. violaceo-purpurea, ad tubum pallidiora, e basi unguiculata obovato- 

 spathulata, apice rotundata. Stamina minora sepalis vix 2-plo breviora; maiora eis 

 paullo longiora. 



Südwestliche Kapprovinz: Caledon, 330 m, auf Hügeln (Schlechter, Austro- 

 afric. a. 1896, n. 7955 — Typus in herb. Berol.!). 



774. 0. tomentosa L. f. Suppl. (1781) 244; Thunb. Diss. (1781) 24, n. 25; Jacq. 

 Oxal. (1794) 119, t. 81; DC. Prodr. I. (1824) 702, n. 152; Eckl. et Zeyh. Enum. I. 

 (1836) 95, n. 750; Sonder in Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. I. (1859—60) 347; Pluk. 

 Almath. (1 700) t. 350, f. 3. — Äeetosella tomentosa (L. f.) 0. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. I. (1891) 

 91. — Acaulis. Bulbus nigricans. Rhizoma 2 — 3 mm crassum, usque 10 mm longum, 

 squamis fuscis latissime ovatis obtusis usque 5 — 7 mm longis dense obsitum. Folia 

 satis numerosa, 5 — 12, pro rata magna, satis longe petiolata; foliola 12 — 19, oblonga 

 vel spathulato-oblonga, usque 1 y 4 cm longa, margine anteriore rotundato-retuso leviter 



