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NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
O. minutifolia, Bol. £, 0. polytricliae accedit, sed foliolorum indumento, 
petiolis corollaque brevioribus differt. 
Herba l - 75 — 3'25 cm. alta ; bulbus ovatus vel ellipticus, sensim 
apicem versus attenuatus, squamis rubro-brunneis, tenuibus, laevibus 
ornatus, 1'2 — 2'1 cm. longus, 0'45 — 0'9 cm. latus; caulis paullo ex- 
sertus, puberulus, uno vel pluribus squamis late ovatis, acutis praeditus ; 
folia 3-foliolata, petiolis puberulis, basi late dilatatis, 0 - 2 — 0 - 4 cm. 
longis, foliolis lineari-oblongis, oblongis vel ovalibus, falcatis, sub- 
emarginatis, superne glabris, inferne puberulis, apicem infra et nervo 
medio utrinque rubro-callosis, 0‘1 — 0'25 cm. longis, 0'075 — 01 cm. 
latis; pedunculus 1-fl., 0 - 2 — 0 - 9 cm. longus, puberulus, bibracteolatus 
saepissime paullo apicem infra, bracteolis oppositis vel alternis, apicem 
infra bicallosis, ciliatis ; calyx 0'2 — 0'3 cm. longus, segmentis lineari- 
lanceolatis, acutis, glabris vel pauce puberulis, ciliatis, apice bicallosis, 
purpureo-marginatis ; corolla infundibuliformis, glabra, faucem infra 
longitudinaliter purpureoque 5-lineata, 0'9 — 11 cm. longa, petalorum 
lamina apice rotundata, lilacina dilute ; filamenta glabra, interiora 
edentata ; ovarium tertio inferiore glabrum, superne, densius ad apicem, 
pilosum, 0’17 cm. longum, stylis glabris. 
Cape Province : Karroo Region; Worcester Div., near Matjesfontein, 
2960 ft., fl. May, F. Bolus (Bolus Herb. No. 13381). 
Nearest to 0. polytricha, Sond., but differs in the indument of the 
leaflets and in the shorter petioles and corolla. 
O. Annae, Bol. £, 0. imbricatae var. [3 accedit sed foliolis minoribus, poly- 
morphis, utrinque conspicue punctatis, minus pilosis, corolla externe 
pilosa, calyce minus piloso, segmentis obtusis, et filamentis interioribus 
edentatis. 
Herba 175 — 3*75 cm. alta; bulbi atro-brunnei, plurimi, approxi- 
mate superpositi, ad 1*3 cm. diam., tunicis imbricatis, recentioribus 
vetustiores partim obtegentibus, longitudinaliter tenue punctatis, 
nonnunquam supremis laxis, dilute brunneis ; caulis non exsertus ; 
folia 3-foliolata, petiolis cum pedunculis parce patenti-pilosis vel sub- 
glabris, 0 - 8 — 2 cm. longis, basi late dilatatis, foliolis polymorphis, 
obcordatis vel obcordato-bilobis, ad basin nonnunquam cuneatis, 
utrinque conspicue punctatis, petiolulatis, glabris, vel infra parce 
pilosis, pilis mollibus patentibusque, tenue distanterque ciliatis, pilis 
satis longis, mollibus, 0 - 3 — 0 - 55 cm. longis, 025 — 0 - 4 cm. latis ; 
pedunculi 0’6 — l’l cm. longi, dimidio superiore bibracteolati, bracteolis 
oppositis, glabris ; calyx 035 — 0’4 cm. longus, segmentis ovato-ellipticis, 
obtusis, apice pilosis, ciliatis ; corolla infundibuliformis, tubo piloso, 
T4 — 1 - 8 cm. longa, petalorum lamina apice rotundata, externe margini- 
bus apiceque pilosa, purpurea ; filamenta glabra, interioribus edentatis ; 
