388 R- Knuth. — Oxalidaceae. 



incisa. Pedunculi axillares, quam folia 3 — 6-(vulgo 5-)plo lougiores, zb pilosi, 2 — 

 6 cm longi, tenues, fere filiformes, versus apicem caulis siti, vix numerosi, 4 cm infra 

 calycem 4 — 2-bracteolati; bracteae subulatae, glanduloso-pilosae, acutissimae, laxae. Se- 

 pala 2 3 /4 — ^Va mm l° n £ a > lanceolata vel linearia, db glanduloso-pilosa, acuta vel acu- 

 tissima. Corolla 4 3 — 4 5 mm longa, sepalis 3 — 5-plo longior, campanuliformis, lutea; 

 tubus latus, limbo pallidiori circ. aequilongus. Stamina minora sepalis breviora; maiora 

 eis vix longiora. 



Südwestliche Kapprovinz: Zwartland und Pietersfontein, Piquetberg (Drege ■ — 

 Typus!). Heerelogement (Zeyher n. 24 Ol). Piqueniers Kloof (Schlechter, Austro-afric. 

 a. 4 896, n.7932!). 



787. 0. microphylla Schlechter in sched., ex R. Knuth in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. LXI. 

 Beibl. n. 439. (4927) 26. — Caulescens, usque 4 7 cm alta. Caulis unicus, erectus vel 

 fere strictus, tenuis, usque 4 7 cm altus, indumento minuto glanduloso satis dense obsitus, 

 parte infima squamis 4 Y2 — 2 Y2 mm l° n gis ovato-lanceolatis obtusis zb sparsim instructus, 

 supra medium foliis sessilibus vel (inferioribus) breviter petiolatis ornatus. Folia alterna; 

 foliola 3, supra glabra, subtus pilis glandulosis vix sparsim obsita, 3 3 / 4 — 5 mm longa, 

 4 mm lata, zb linearia, margine anteriore leviter incisa, crassiuscula, callis destituta; 

 petioli foliorum inferiorum — 2 mm longi. Pedunculi ex axillis foliorum mediorum et 

 superiorum exorti, foliis multiplo longiores, zb sparsim minute puberuli, 4 — i 1 /^ cm 

 longi, parum numerosi, 4 — 4 in specim., laxi, filiformes, — 4 mm infra calycem 

 2-bracteolati; bracteae zb alternantes, subulatae, 4 mm longae, parum conspicuae. Sepala 



3 mm longa, subviscida, linearia vel lineari-subulata, acuta vel acutissima, db rubella, 

 ad apices intensius tincta, sed non tuberculis instructa. Petala sepalis 6-plo longiora, 

 usque 2 4 mm longa, angustissime cuneata, margine anteriore retuso-rotundata vel ro- 

 tundata, pallide vel albido-violacea. Stamina maiora non appendiculata, sepalis 3 — 4-plo 

 longiora; minora maioribus 2-plo breviora; filamenta omnia glabra, filiformia, parum 

 connata. Styli inferne pilosi, cum germine piloso sepalis 2-plo longiores. 



Kapland: Näherer Standort unbekannt (Herb. Schlechter — Typus in herb. 

 Berol.!). 



788. 0. Leipoldtii Schlechter in Journ. Bot. XXXVI. (4 898) 2 4. — Perennis, gra- 

 cilis, fere spithamaea. Caulis strictus vel subflexuosus, simplex, teretiusculus, glanduloso- 

 puberulus, foliatus. Folia omnia sessilia; foliola 3, subaequilonga, linearia vel cuneato- 

 oblonga, glanduloso-puberula, supra glabra, Ys — Y2 cm longa. Pedunculi axillares, 

 erecto-patentes, filiformes, glanduloso-puberuli, sub anthesi 4 Y2 — 2 cm longi, post an- 

 thesin elongati, usque 4Y2 cm longi. Bracteolae nullae. Sepala dense glanduloso- 

 puberula, 2 — 3 mm longa, lineari-lanceolata, acuta. Corolla alte infundibularis, 4 5 — 



4 6 mm longa; tubus apicem versus paullo dilatatus, Uli 0. purpuratae similis, glaber- 

 rimus; petala rotundata, basin versus angustata, glabra. Styli basi hispiduli, supra 

 medium glaberrimi. Germen strigosum. Capsula rotundata, strigosa, calycem haud 

 excedens. Semina oblonga. 



Südwestliche Kapprovinz: Clanwilliam, 420 m (Leipoldt a. 4897 nach 

 Schlechter — Typus). 



Nota. Species affinis est sec. autorem 0. viscosae, a qua (Jiffert pedicellis laxioribus, 

 bracteolis nullis, corollae tubo longiore raagis cylindraceo, corollae limbo purpureo. Caulibus 

 numerosis species similis est 0. multicauli. 



789. 0. pardalis Sond. in Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. I. (4 859 — 60) 345. — Aceto- 

 sella pardalis (Sond.) 0. Kuntze, Bev. Gen. I. (4 891) 94. — Glabra. Caulis zb tenuis, 

 simplex vel ramosus, foliatus, basi squamis instructus, 5 — 8 cm longus. Folia sub- 

 sessilia; foliola linearia, basi multo angustata cuneata, margine anteriore incisa, subtus 

 lineolis et punctis nigrescentibus callosis notata, 8 — 43 mm longa, 4 Y2 mm l ata > su P ra 

 pallidiora, marginibus subinvolutis. Pedunculi axillares, laxi, 2Y2 — "Y2 cm ^ on ?') f° H0 

 multo longiores, bibracteolati. Calyx circ. 8Ya~3 mm longus; sepala ovata, striatula, 

 brevissime ciliolata, quam corolla 5 - 6-plo breviora. Corolla 4 2 Y2 — < 5 mm longa, 

 albida vel pallide rosea; tubus limbo aequilongus vel eo longior. 





