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petiolis basi valde dilatatis, cum pedunculis satis brevibus albis, 
pellucidis pilis, cum glanduliferis interjectis, donatis, 0'2 — 0'55 cm. 
longis, foliolis obcordatis vel subrotundis, supra laevibus, viridibus, 
pilis, paucis, brevibus, pellucido-albis conspersis, marginibus parum 
involutis, infra pilosis, pilis longis, rectis, nitentibus, pellucido-albis, 
0'2 — 0'25 cm. longis, 015 — 0 2 cm. latis; pedunculi 01 — 0 35 cm. longi, 
dimidio inferiore bibracteolati, bracteolis oppositis velalternis; calyx 
0 - 3 cm. longus, segmentis ovatis, acutis, pilis crispulatis, pellucido- 
albis, brevibus glanduliferis interjectis, plus minusve ciliatis, purpureo- 
notatis; corolla subhypocrateriformis, minute puberula, 15 — 2 cm. 
longa, petalorum lamina apice rotundata, pallido-lilacina ; filamenta 
glabra, interioribus minute dentatis, dentibus apice purpuratis; ovarium 
apice pubescens, 0'1 cm. longum, stylis basi pubescentibus. 
Cape Province : Karroo Region; Worcester Div., near Matjesfontein, 
fl. May, F. Bolus (Bolus Herb. No. 13379). 
Nearest perhaps to 0. viscidula, Schltr. from which it differs in 
the much smaller leaflets, the shorter petioles and peduncles, and 
in the different shape of the corolla, 
aureo-ciliata, Bol. f., 0. vciriabili accedit sed foliolis densissime ciliatis, 
pilis perbrevibus, rigidis, nitentibus, flavidis vel albidis, coriaceis, 
petiolis pedunculisque rigidioribus. 
Herba 35 — 5'5 cm. alta ; bulbus ignotus ; caulis non exsertus ; 
folia 3-foliolata, petiolis teretibus, glabris, pubescentibus vel pilosis, 
1 2 cm. longis, foliolis subrotundis, obtusis vel rare subacutis, petiolu- 
latis, mediis e basi cuneata, lateralibus obliquis plus minusve e basi 
rotundata, utrinque minute punctatis, supra pallidioribus, glabris vel 
tenue pilosis, pilis brevibus, subrigidis, strictis, appressis, flavo-albidis, 
immaturis reticulatis, infra glabris, nervosis, 1— 14 cm. longis, 
0-8— 1-5 cm. latis; pedunculi 1-fi., teretes, pubescentes vel plus minusve 
dense pilosi, 0‘6 — 1'6 cm. longi, medio bibracteolati, bracteolis oppositis, 
glabris vel pubescentibus, ad 035 cm. longis ; calyx 0'45— 0’75 cm. 
longus, segmentis exterioribus ovatis, acutis vel subacutis, 0 3o cm. 
latis, interioribus paullo brevioribus angustioribusque, pubescentibus, 
ciliatis, ad apicem pilis paullo longioribus; corolla infundibuliformis, 
2 5 35 cm. longa, apice 2'5— 2'75 cm. in diam., petalorum lamina 
obovata, subtruncata, apice ciliata, ? pallide purpurea ; filamenta glabra, 
interioribus dentatis ; ovarium dense pilosum, 015 cm. longum, stylis 
tenue pilosis pilis adscendentibus. 
Cape Province: Western Region; Little Namaqualand, near 
Steinkopf, fl. May, Max Schlechter, 73. 
Nearest to 0. variabilis, Lindl., but differs in the leaflets being 
leathery and very densely ciliate with very short, rigid, golden-yellow 
