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NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
infra bicallosis, callis rubris, exterioribus ovatis, subacutis, pilosis vel 
villosis, ciliatis, 025 cm. latis, interioribus elliptico-oblongis, obtusis, 
paulo angustioribus quam exteriores, glabris, vel margine apiceque 
pilis longis pauce ornatis ; corolla infundibuliformis, 2'8 — 3'4 cm. 
longa, apice circa 17 cm. diam., petalorum lamina apice rofcundata, 
ciliata, dilute lilacina ; filamenta glabra, interioribus dentatis ; ovarium 
supra medium pubescens, apice rubro-glandulosum, 0 175 cm. longum, 
stylis tenuiore pilosis. 
Little Namaqualand: Western Region; on the Khamiesberg at 
Kamsoap Ravine and Bailie’s Vlakte, fl. Sept., H. H. W. Pearson 
(Percy Sladen Memorial Expedition, No. 6549, 6538). 
This rather curious species seems to be nearest to 0. mutabilis, 
Sond., from which it differs in the shorter peduncles, longer corolla, 
and in the shape and indument of the leaflets. 
O. georgica, Bol. £, 0. imbricatae, var. /3 accedit sed foliolis subrotundis 
minusque pilosis, corolla breviore et stylis pilosis, pilis adscendentibus. 
Herba 7 - 5 cm. alta ; bulbus non visus ; caulis ut videtur parum 
exsertus; folia 3-foliolata, petiolis patenti-pilosis, 1 — -2 cm. longis, 
foliolis subrotundis, obtusis vel inconspicue emarginatis, mediis sub- 
cuneatis, supra glabris, pallide olivaceis, infra plus minusve tenue 
patenti-pilosis, subnervosis, rubro-brunneis, praecipue superiore dimidio 
ciliatis, pilis sublongis patentibus, 0 - 4 — 0'55 cm. longis, 0’5 — 0 - 65 cm. 
latis; pedunculi 1-fl., pilosi, pilis sublongis patentibus, 5 — 6'5 cm. 
longi, superiore dimidio bibracteolati, bracteolis oppositis, glabris vel 
parce pilosis, ad 045 cm. longis ; calyx 035 — 04 cm. longus, segmentis 
lineari-oblongis, subacutis vel obtusis, pilosis ; corolla infundibuliformis, 
glabra, T4 cm. longa, fauce 0’6 cm. diam., apice 1'3 cm. diam., 
petalorum lamina apice rotundata, purpurea ; filamenta glabra vel 
superiore dimidio parcissime minuteque puberula, interioribus longi- 
dentatis; ovarium manifeste stipitatum, inferne glabrum, ad apicem 
pilosum, 075 cm. longum, stylis pilosis, pilis adscendentibus. 
Cape Province : South-Western Region; George Div., North Station 
near George, fl. Jan., F. Guthrie, 4283. 
Nearest to 0. imbricata, E. and Z., but differs in having the leaflets 
subrotund and less hairy, the corolla shorter and the styles densely 
pilose with ascending hairs. 
Described from a single specimen the lower portion of which is 
imperfect. 
0. fibrosa, Bol. f., 0. viscidulae accedit sed foliolis multo minoribus, petiolis 
pedunculisque brevioribus, corollae forma dissimili dififert. 
Herba 175 — 2\5 cm. alta; bulbi nigri vel atro-brunnei, tunicis 
crasse fibrosis, ad 8 '5 cm. longi ; caulis non exsertus ; folia 3-foliolata, 
