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NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
latis, lobis patentibus, rotundatis, ad 0‘3 cm. latis; pedunculi 1-fl., 
glaberrimi, 7 — 9 cm. longi, dimidio superiore bibracteolati, bracteolis 
oppositis, glabris, ad 0 - 35 cm. longis ; calyx O' 5 5 cm. longus, segmentis 
lanceolatis, subacutis, nonnunquam imparibus, glabris vel ad apicem 
ciliolatis; corolla infundibuliformis, glabra, saturate flava, 1'9 — 2'5 cm. 
longa, petalorum lamina rotundata; filamenta glabra, interioribus 
dentatis ; ovarium dimidio inferiore glabrum, superiore pilosum, 
manifeste stipitatum, 0'25 cm. longum, stylis dense pilosis, pilis 
adscendentibus. 
Little Namaqualand : Western Region ; near Klipfontein, 3100 ft., 
fl. Aug., H. Bolus, 6653. 
Nearest to 0. Smithii, Sond., var. a latiloba but with the leaves 
and flowers more numerous, the leaflets much smaller, the lobes shorter 
and the corolla yellow. 
0. Henrici, Bol. f., 0. Zeyheri (ex descr.) accedit sed indumento glandulifero, 
foliolis paucioi’ibus, pedunculis longioribus et corolla glabra differt. 
Herba gracillima, 6'5 — -10 cm. alta, plus minusve pubescens, pilis 
eglanduliferis vel glanduliferis interjectis ; bulbus ovalis, laevis, ad 
apicem attenuatus, castaneo-coloratus, 1'5 cm. longus, 0'9 cm. latus ; 
caulis exsertus, inferiore parte squamis 2 — 3, late ovatis, obtusis 
donatis ; folia digitate 3 — 5-foliolata, petiolis 05 — 0 - 95 cm. longis, 
foliolis linearibus, ad basin parum attenuatis, plus minusve emarginatis, 
infra apicem marginibusque rubris callis ornatis, superne glabris, 
inferne puberulis, 0'15 — 0’3 cm. longis, 0 - 075 — 01 cm. latis; pedun- 
culi 1-fl., 2’7 — 8 cm. longis, dimidio superiore bibracteolati, bracteolis 
oppositis vel suboppositis, 01 — 013 cm. longis; calyx 0'35 cm. longus, 
segmentis lanceolatis vel ovato-lanceolatis, acutis, puberulis, ciliatis, 
nonnunquam margine purpureo ; corolla subhypocrateriformis, glabra, 
15 — 2 cm. longa, fauce circa 0'4 cm. diam., apice circa 1 cm. diam., 
petalorum lamina obovata, rotundata, ? lilacina ; filamenta glabra ; 
ovarium ad apicem pubescens vel pilosum, vix 0'2 cm. longum, stylis 
pubescentibus, pilis dimidio inferiore multo densioribus. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Worcester Div., near De 
Dooms, fl. April, H. Bolus, 13079. 
This appears to be nearest 0. Zeyheri, Sond. (ex descr.), but differs 
in the glandular pubescence, fewer leaflets, longer peduncles and 
glabi’ous corolla. 
O. exigua, Bol. £, a ceteris acaulescentibus quae foliola obcordata habent 
propter omnes partes, praeter flores, glaberrimas, staturam minimam, 
ct foliola polymorpha facile distinguitur. 
Herba 1'5 — 2 cm. alta; bulbus (unus immaturus visus) apicem 
versus e paullo infra medium sensim attenuatus, minute crebreque 
