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NOVITATES AFRICAN AE 
or whitish shining hairs, and in the petioles and peduncles being more 
rigid. 
O. saronensis, Bol. f., 0. viulticauli accedit sed habitu, corollae peduncu- 
lorumque longitudine differt. 
Herba 10 — 11 cm. alta; bulbus ignotus; caulis exsertus, subdense 
glanduloso-pubescens, inferne 1 — 2 squamis, late ovatis, obtusis, glabris 
ornatus, superne foliatus ; folia omnia vel fere omnia ad apicem caulis 
aggregata, 3-foliolata, petiolis dense pilosis, pilis pellucidis, albidis, 
glanduliferis interjectis, 0'4 — 2'1 cm. longis, foliolis ovalibus vel 
oblongo-ovalibus, obtusis vel leviter emarginatis, supra glabris, infra 
crebre nigro-callosis, plus minusve dense pilosis, pilis longiusculis, 
albidis, nervo medio marginibusque autem pellucidis, albidis, glanduli- 
feris, 0‘5 — 0*85 cm. longis, 0*3 — 0‘4 cm. latis ; pedunculi 1-fl., terminales 
lateralesque, petal orum indumento, post anthesin deflexi, 12 — 4 cm. 
longi, bibracteolati, bracteolis saepissime paullo infra apicem, ad 
0'3 cm. longis, alternis cum sepalis glandulifero-pilosis, pilis pellucidis, 
albidis; calyx 0'5 — 0‘6 cm. longus, segmentis lanceolatis, acutis vel 
subacutis, glanduloso-ciliatis ; corolla infundibuliformSs, 1'8 — 2*7 cm. 
longa, apice circa 1*7 cm. diam., tubo puberulo, pilis glanduliferis 
interjectis, petalorum lamina apice rotundata, marginibus apiceque 
puberulis, pilis glanduliferis interjectis, rosea vel purpurea; filamenta 
glabra, interioribus dentatis ; ovarium ad apicem pilosum, 0'25 cm. 
longum, stylis infra medium pilosis, pilis adscendentibus, supra medium 
glabris vel minute puberulis. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Tulbagh Div., near Saron, 
900 ft., fl. June, R. Schlechter, 7858. 
Nearest to 0. multicaulis , E. and Z., but differs in habit, and in the 
length of the corolla and peduncles. 
0. Lawsonii, Bol. £, 0. collinae accedit sed foliolis clausis subfalcatis nec 
undulato-crenatis atque circuitu diverse conformatis distinguitur. 
Herba 4*5 cm. alta ; bulbus ignotus ; caulis non vel vix exsertus ; 
folia 3-foliolata, petiolis plus minusve dense pilosis, pilis patentibus, 
albis, 1*75 — 3'75 cm. longis, foliolis subrotundis vel late oblongis, 
mediis nonnunquam ovato-orbicularibus, lateralibus subobliquis, apice 
rotundatis vel subtruncatis, subemarginatis, utrinque conspicuissime 
punctatis, supra glabris, infra pilosis, pilis patentibus, albis, saepissime 
per nervos densioribus et nonnunquam modo per eos, marginibus 
involutis, 0'6 — l'l cm. longis, 0'5 — 1 cm. latis ; pedunculi 1-fl., petio- 
lorum indumento, 1*75 — 2 - 2 cm. longi, supra medium bibracteolati, 
bracteolis alternis, linearibus, pilosis vel subglabris, ad 0’45 cm. longis ; 
calyx 0'7 cm. longus, segmentis lanceolatis vel oblanceolatis, acutis, 
1 — 2 nonnunquam latioribus minusque acutis, dense pilosis ; corolla 
