OXALIS adspersaE. & Z. [family OXALIDACEAE], ! 743
Information
stipes hairy; leaves on long petioles; leaflets narrow-linear, scarcely emarginate, with involute margins, glabrous and nerveless above, sprinkled with orange-coloured glandular calli beneath; scapes longer than the leaves, bi-bracteolate; sepals ovate, cuspidate-acuminate, hairy, six times shorter than the corolla. Stipe 1–2-uncial, with few scales. Petioles glabrous, 1–2-uncial. Leaflets 12–15 lines long, scarcely one line wide, not hairy at either side. Scapes sub-pilose, with setaceous bracts. Corolla uncial, reddish-lilac or violet, with a yellow base.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA In sandy and muddy soil, near Brackfontein, Clanw., E. & Z.! May. (Herb. Sond.).