. 497 



Facies omnino jR, Acetosae, sed certe distiucta valvis 

 duplo majoribus, miaus lucidis etc. 



12, R, lativalvis j nob,, raonoicus, glaber, radice pyriformi- 

 tuberosa, solida; caulc erecto, saepc flcxuoso; foliis petio- 

 latis, hastato- trilobis, cauliaoruin lobis liueari-laiiccolatis 

 indivisis, termluali longiore, lateralibus pateutibus; paui- 

 cula termluali subaphylia, verticillis dimidiatis iuferioribus 

 remotis, supcrioribus contiguis, pedicellis capillaribus pa- 

 teutibus infra medium arliculatis; caljce frnctifero peiidulo> 

 valvis membranaceis late triaugulari - ovatis demum snb- 

 rcniforraibus tenerrirae venosis nudis integerrimis. 

 a. acetosoides f foliorum iufcriorum lobo termluali oblongo- 

 lanccolato lateralibus ovatis v. oblongis triplo v. qua- 

 druple longiore et latiore. 

 ß» decipiens ^ foliorum lobis liuearibus v. auguste lanceo- 

 latis, lateralibus termluali dimidio brevioribus interdum 

 latioribus saepequc sursum falcatis. 

 «. Prope Witteboom, alt. 400 pcd. (III. D. b.) — et in 



planitle propc Zilvcrfonteln, alt. 2000 ped. (III. B.) 

 ß. In planitle Capensl, infra alt. 200 ped. (III. E. b.) — 

 Drakensteenbcrgcn (III. A. e.) — in rupestribus raon- 

 tauis !circa Kasparskloof , alt. 2000 — 3000 ped. — 

 allisquc locis baud memoratis leglt cl. Drege. 



Species inter R, Acctosam, inlcrmcdium et tubero- 

 sum quasi ambigua, ab omnibus tarnen bene distiucta valva- 

 vum forma maturitatis tempore latitudlue longltudlnem su- 

 perante, a R. tuberöse insuper foliorum lobis lateralibus 

 dlvarlcato-pateutlssimis (nee petlolo approximatls) et radi- 

 cis tubcre multo crasslorc obovato constauter (?) solitarlo. — 

 Variat caule simplici et ramoso, Vg — 2-pcdali et ultra. Ra- 

 dicis luber solitarium, magnltud. amygdalae v. pruui mlno- 

 lis, Interdum dcorsumattenuato-clongatum. Fulia inferiora 



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