NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
Oxalis Guthriei, Bol. f. ( Geraniaceae-Oxalideae ). 0. englerianae proxime 
accedit sed pilis eglanduliferis corollaque longiore. 
Herba 10'5 — -17 cm. alta vel ultra, pilosa, pilis mollibus, albis, 
crispulatisque ; bulbus non visus ; caulis exsertus, teres, pilis ad basin 
densioribus, foliis 1 — 2 vel squamis pilosis donatus ; folia digitate 
3 — 7-foliolata, caulis apice aggregata, petiolis pilosis, 0'6 — 3‘5 cm. 
longis, foliolis linearibus vel lineari-oblongis, obtusis vel apice sub- 
emarginatis, supra glabris, dilute olivaceo-viridibus, infra pubescentibus 
vel pilosis, saepissime rubro-callosis, viridi-brunneis, ciliatis, 0'7 — 1'2 cm. 
longis, 0‘2 — 0'4 cm. latis; pedunculi 1-11., dimidio superiore bibracteolati, 
bracteolis oppositis vel suboppositis, pilosis, ad 025 cm. longis; calyx 
0'55 — 065 cm. longus, segmentis lanceolatis, acuminatis, pilosis, longo- 
ciliatis; corolla subhypocrateriformis, 1'5 — 25 cm. longa, fauce circa 
065 cm. diam., apice circa 1'!) cm. diam., tubo puberulo, petalorum 
lamina rotundata, apice marginibusque pubescente, ? purpurea; fila- 
menta ad basin parce puberula, edentata; ovarium dimidio superiore 
pilosum, 0'2 cm. longum, stylis pilosis, pilis adscendentibus. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Caledon Div., near Caledon, 
F. Guthi'ie, 4157. 
Very close to 0. engleriana, Schltr., but eglandular and the corolla 
shorter. 
0. Pearsonii, Bol. f., 0. mutabili accedit, sed pedunculis brevioribus, corolla 
longiore, foliolarum forma indumentoque differt. 
Herba 3'75 cm. alta ; bulbus ovalis, laevis, niger vel atrobrunneus, 
2 cm. longus, l'l — -1'2 cm. latus ; caulis non exsertus; folia trifoliolata, 
petiolis dense villosis, 0'9 — 1'7 cm. longis, foliolis mediis late cuneatis, 
apice obtusis vel deltoideis, lateralibus subobliquis, subobovatis, apice 
obtusis vel deltoideis, utrinque punctatis, superne villosis, in feme 
venosis, tenue pilosis denseque ciliatis crassis pilis praecipue valde 
prominentibus nervis, marginibus interdum purpureo-roseis, 0 8 1 1 
cm. longis, 0'45 — 0 - 6 cm. latis; pedunculus 1-fl., dense villosus, 
045 — 0'9 cm. longus, circa medio bibracteolatis, bracteolis oppositis 
plus minusve villosis; calyx 0'55 — 06 cm. longus, segmentis api< 
