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KEY TO FLORA OF CAPE PENINSULA 
Leaves roundish ; nectary subinfundibuliform ; sepals ovate-lanceo- 
late, acuminate. Frequenting damp places. 
grossularioides, Ait. 
Leaves oblong; nectary cylindrical; sepals oblong, acute. Frequenting 
dry sandy places. chamaedry folium, Jacq. 
Flowers >4 Is. long; petals distinctly longer than the sepals. 
Two upper petals narrower than the lower. zonale, Willd. 
Two upper petals broader than the lower. 
Herbaceous or scarcely suffruticose, slender ; leaves often zoned ; 
petioles twice as long as the blade or more. 
Leaves glabrescent, glaucous. saniculi 'folium, Willd. 
Leaves pubescent, not glaucous. 
Stipules cordate-ovate acute. alchemilloides, Willd. 
Stipules lanceolate, rigidly ciliate. tabidare, Lher. 
Shrubby or suffruticose, not slender ; leaves never zoned, petioles 
usually < twice as long as blade. 
Leaves not cordate at base, petiole shorter than blade. 
Leaves ovate-oblong, rarely > 1 in. long. betulinum, Ait. 
Leaves as broad as or broader than long, usually > 2 in. 
long. angulosum, Ait. 
Leaves + cordate at base, petiole as long as or longer than 
blade. 
Leaves cup-shaped ; upper petals usually 1 in. or more long. 
cucullatum, Ait. 
Leaves not cup-shaped ; upper petals usually < 9 Is. long. 
Larger leaves lobed beyond the middle. capitatum, Ait. 
Larger leaves not lobed beyond the middle. 
vitifolium, Ait. 
OXALIS 
Flowers solitary. 
Leaves unifoliolate. monophylla, Linn. 
Leaves 3 — 19-foliolate. 
Leaflets 3. 
Upper leaves crowded, mostly on long petioles. 
Leaflets linear or linear-cuneate. 
Petals with a darker margin on the outside. 
Stem usually with undeveloped leaves (scales) below ; petioles 
more than 2 Is. long ; leaflets more than \ 1. wide ; 
stem-leaves not subsessile. versicolor, Linn. 
Stem usually leafy throughout ; petioles less than 2 Is. long ; 
leaflets | 1. or less wide ; stem-leaves subsessile in 
fascicles. tenui folia, Jacq. 
