Oxalis amblyosepala Schltr.

Lax, 5-10 cm high, rather densely clothed with viscous gland-tipped hairs. Bulb unknown. Stem scarcely exserted or up to 5 cm long, glandular-pilose. Leaves 6-24, terminally clustered, sometimes a few cauline, with petioles 1.3-5 cm long; leaflets 3, shortly petiolulate, cuneate-obcordate or cuneate-obovate, sometimes slightly attenuate at the base, lightly incised, often conduplicate-falcate, 6-11 mm long, 3.5-9 mm broad, glabrous above, glandular-pilose beneath and on the margins, ecallose. Peduncles few, 1-fld., terminal, 2.5 cm long; bracts 2, alternate, minute, on the upper half, rarely one wanting. Sepals ovate, obtuse, 3-3.5 mm long. Corolla usually 1.5-2 cm long, white, with a funnel-shaped yellow tube. Filaments, the longest 7 mm long, sparsely glandular-pilose with very short teeth. Ovary pilose with short thick viscous hairs on the upper half. Seeds without endosperm. Not seen in the living state. Var. ? minor Salter. Note. Owing to the impossibility of compiling a complete description of the typical form from the imperfect dried specimens, the following fuller description is given of the variety. Small, stemless or with a shortly exserted stem, 2-7 cm high, rather densely glandular-pilose on all parts. Bulb narrow-ovoid, acute at the apex, 0.6-1.2 long, with brown minutely pitted tunics. Rhizome1-2 cm long. Stem up to 2 cm long. Leaves 4-12; petioles basal or apically congested on the stem, often 1-2 cm long; leaflets 3, shortly petiolulate, obovate or cuneate-obovate, 4-6 mm long, 3-4 mm broad, entire or slightly retuse at the apex, glandular-ciliate on the margins and midrib beneath, ecallose. Peduncles 1-fld., 1-6 cm long, with 2 minute alternate bracts towards the apex. Sepals oblong, obtuse, about 2 mm long, ecallose. Corolla white, up to 1.3 cm long, with a yellow tube; petals up to 8 mm broad with the wide red margin beneath extending into the tube. Filaments (brevistylar form), the shorter 3.5mm, the longer 5-6 mm long, unequal, minutely glandular, edentate. Ovary sparsely pubescent towards the apex, ecallose, the chambers 2-ovuled; styles pubescent below.