stemless; bulb ovate, small, black; pe-tioles compressed and keeled, leaflets pubescent or glabrous on both sides, dotted with minute black or orange dots and striæ, the lateral smaller, oblique at base; scape equalling the leaves, bibracteolate in the middle; sepals ovato-lanceolate, rather obtuse, ciliolate, 5 times shorter than the corolla; claws of the petals equalling the lamina. Bulb blackish. Petioles 1/2– 3/4 inch long, in β. 2–3 inches. Leaflets 3–4 lines long and wide, very rarely sub-retuse; in β. 7–10 lines long, 5–8 lines wide, the medial remarkably cuneate. Sepals with orange striæ. Corolla 9–10 lines, in β inch long, yellow, the limb dotted with purple along the margin on the outside. Var. β. re. sembles O. variabilis, from which it is easily known by its yellow flowers.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Muddy spots near Draag, Wolverivier, Burke, Zey! 261. β. at Eland's-fontein, Harteveld and Eenkoker, Zey.! 242. May. (Herb. Hook., Sond.)
