NOYITATES AFRICANAE 
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longitudinaliter punctatus, atro-brunneus, 2'25 cm. longus ; caulis non 
exsertus; folia 3-foliolata, petiolis basi late dilatatis, dilatationibus 
petalorum exteriorum interdum conspicue lobatis, omnino glabris, 
0 4— 1‘5 cm. longis, foliolis polymorphis, saepissime obcordatis, conspicue 
utrinque punctatis, petiolulatis, omnino glabris, 0'25 — 0'4 cm. longis, 
0'25 — 0'45 cm. latis ; pedunculi 1-fl., omnino glabri, 0'4 — 07 cm. longi, 
dimidio superiore bibracteolati, bracteolis oppositis, glabris, ad O' 15 cm. 
longis ; calyx 0'35 cm. longus, segmentis oblanceolatis, acutis, glabris, 
saepe infra apicem purpureis; corolla infundibuliformis, l'l — 1'3 cm. 
longa, fauce circa 0'4 cm. diam., apice circa l'l cm. diam., tubo 
puberulo, petalorum lamina apice marginibusque puberula, subtruncata; 
filamenta glabra, interioribus edentatis ; ovarium apice minute puberulum 
vel pilosum, 0'15 cm. longum, stylis minute puberulis, e basi 0'1 cm. 
indivisis. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Clanwilliam Div., near 
Zoutrivier, 450 ft., tl. July, R. Schlechter, 8106. 
Easily distinguished from all the other acaulescent species with 
obcordate leaflets by its being entirely glabrous in all parts except the 
flowers, its small size, and its polymorphic leaflets, 
arenosa, Bob f., 0. saronensi accedit sed foliolorum forma indumentoque, 
corollae colore differt. 
Herba 3'5 — 8 cm. alta ; bulbus ignotus ; caulis exsertus, glanduloso- 
pilosus, conspicue striatus, inferne nudus vel 1 — 2 squamis, late ovatis, 
obtusis ornatus ; foliis omnibus ad apicem aggregatis vel rarius squama 
inferiore folifera ; folia 3-foliolata, petiolis glanduloso-pilosis, 0'5 — 2 cm. 
longis, foliolis oblongo-cuneatis, emarginatis, supra minute punctatis, 
glabris, infra punctatis parcissime pilosis, medio nervo nonnunquam 
glanduloso-piloso, subdistanter glanduloso-ciliatis, 0'4— 0'85 cm. longis, 
0-2 — 0'4 cm. latis; pedunculi 1-fl., terminales lateralesque, non- 
nunquam striati, glanduloso-pilosi, 1 — 3'9 cm. longi, paullo infra 
apicem bibracteolati, bracteolis oppositis vel suboppositis, ovatis vel 
lanceolatis, acutis, pilosis ; calyx 0'4— 0'5 cm. longus, segmentis lanceo- 
latis vel oblanceolatis, obtusis, parce pilosis, pilis eglandulosis vel 
glandulosis intermixtis, exterioribus quam interiores latioribus, sub- 
dense eglanduloso-ciliatis ; corolla infundibuliformis, 17 5 — 2 25 cm. 
longa, petalorum lamina apice rotundata, marginibus apiceque pubes- 
cente, alba; filamenta glabra, interioribus dentatis; ovarium 0'15 cm. 
longum, supra medium cum stylis dense pilosum, pilis crassis sublongis. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Piquetberg Div., near 
Piquetberg, fl. June, R. Sclilecliter , 7915. 
Nearest to 0. saronensis, Bol. f., but differs in the shape and 
indument of the leaflets and in the colour of the corolla. 
