NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
Oxalis Edwardsiae, Bol. f. ( Geraniaceae ). 0. breviscapae, Jacq. et 0. pul- 
chellae, Jacq. affinis, sed a priore staminibus interioribus edentatis, a 
posteriore foliolis pagina inferiore omnino glabris, etiam ab utroque 
foliolis minoribus diverseque formatis, baud venosis, infra pallidiori- 
bus, conspicuis reliquis (in siccis) cellularum collapsarum pellucidarum 
subclavatarum epidermatarum et corollae colore differt. 
Herba ad 3-5 cm. alta; bulbi fusiformes, longitudinaliter sulcati, 
nonnunquam transverse rugosi, atro-brunnei, 1-3 — 1-7 cm. longi; 
caulis non exsertus; folia 3-foliolata, petiolis pilosis, ad 1-7 cm. longis, 
foliolis mediis subrenifornribus, cuneatis, lateralibus subreniformibus 
vel subrotundis, glabris, vel rare distanter ciliatis, marginibus dense 
rubro-callosis, in siccis supra punctatis, infra squamulosis per ccllulas 
collapsas, subclavatas, pellucidas, epidermas, pallidioribus, ad 0-4 cm. 
longis, 0-6 cm. latis; pedunculi 1-fl., pilosi, pilis saepissime supra 
medium densioribus, 0-4 — 0-8 cm. longi, bibracteolati parum supra 
basin, bracteolis linearibus, acutis, glabris, membranaceis, marginibus 
apice per 015 cm. vel minus rubro-callosis, ad 0-4 cm. longis; calyx 
0-3 cm. longus, segmentis oblongo-ovatis, acutis vel subacutis, glabris 
vel pilosis praecipue supra medium, minute ciliolatis, supra medium 
pilis longis interjectis, marginibus per tertiam superiorem rubro- 
callosis ; corolla infundibuliformis, ad 2-4 cm. longa, petalorum la- 
mina apice subtruncata, parcissime ciliolata, marginibus externe 
sparse rubro-callosis, valde pallide salmonea ; filainenta interiora 
edentata ; ovarium ad apicem pilosum, 0-15 cm. longum, stylis basin 
versus pilosis, ad apicem minute puberulis. 
Cape Province : South-Western Region ; Piquetberg Div., Monte 
Cristo near Porterville, fl. May, 1912, G. Edwards , No. 73. Malmes- 
bury Div., Kalabas Kraal, alt. circa 230 ft, A. May, 1915, F . Bolus 
(Bolus Herb. No. 14555). 
Allied to O. breviscapa, Jacq. and 0. pulchella, Jacq., but diffeis 
from the former in the toothless inner stamens, from the latter in the 
lower surface of the leaflets being entirely glabrous, and from both m 
the leaflets being smaller, differently shaped, not veined, palei below, 
in having in the dried state the conspicuous remains of collapsed, 
pellucid, subclavate epidermal cells, and in the colour of the corolla. 
