170 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
NEW CAPE PLANTS. 
By Masor A. H. Woxtey-Dop, R.A. 
Oxanis versicotor L. var. LatTirouia, var. nu. Leaves muc 
broader than in the type. Peduncles densely glandular, often 
axillary. Black River, by Camp Ground, No. 70 of my collections. 
Except for the crimson edge to the corolla-lobes, the variety has 
little look of the type, and the axillary inflorescence might lead one 
to suppose it to be a distinct species; but this character occurs not 
infrequently in other allied species, notably in O. falcata Sond., in 
which it is described as terminal. Forms of the above-described 
variety are not infrequent in young pine-plantations about Claremont. 
O. denticulata, sp.n. Stemless. Corm very small, about 
31. by 141., with thin soft scales. Leaflets rounded, emarginate, 
pale green both sides, glabrous, 
on broad apiculate denticulations, translucent dots very obscure. 
Scape longer than the leaves, bibracteated near the top. 
acute, 81. to 41. long. Corolla 121. to 16 1., with a funnel-shaped 
golden yellow tube, and a white, rarely deep rose limb. 
Flats between Rondebosch and Claremont, No. 1265 (white), 
1298 (deep rose). 
requent plant, always growing in damp places, and in dense 
masses. It has been most unaccountably confused with 0. pur- 
purea Thunb., from which it is abundantly distinct. That species 
is readily distinguished by its deep green leaves, purplish beneath, 
generally pubescent, and densely woolly-edged, conspicuously dotted. 
act or peduncle usually only one, very minute, often absent. 
Corolla-tube quite cylindrical, dull reddish yellow. 0. denticulata 
is really much nearer O. convexula Jacq., but the latter has glaucous, 
hollow dotted leaves, never denticulate nor ciliate; its sepals an 
corm are also different. 
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Romulea papyracea, sp.n. Corm about 4 in. in diameter, 
with very thick papyraceous tunics. Basal leaves about three, 
glabrous, 4-6 in. long, recurved and adpressed to the ground, soft, 
with a very broad striate central and two prominent lateral ribs. 
Peduneles very short, branched low down into two to four short 
