110 CRASSULACEZ. 
Very like C. papillaris, but differs in the leaves being tricus- 
idate. 
3 Tricuspidate-leaved Cotyledon. Clt. 1823. Shrub 1 foot. 
10 C. purpu'rea (Thunb. fl. cap. p. 396.) leaves opposite, 
linear-oblong, fleshy, concave, glabrous ; flowers panicled, gla- 
brous; caudex erect, nearly herbaceous. h. D.G. Native of 
the Cape of Good Hope. Corolla purple, an inch long. 
Purple-flowered Cotyledon. Shrub 1 foot. 
11 C. TeRETrÒLIA (Thunb. prod. p. 83. fl. cap. p. 397. but 
not of Lam.) leaves opposite, nearly terete, fleshy, hairy, obtuse, 
with an acumen; flowers panicled, hairy; caudex erect, simple. 
h.D.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Terete-leaved Cotyledon. Shrub 1 foot. 
12 C. cunriro’rMis (Haw. in phil. mag. March, 1828. p. 185.) 
stems short, branched; leaves crowded, obovate, mucronate, 
rather white from mealiness. h.D.G. Native of the Cape 
of Good Hope. Like C. crassifdlia, but much more humble. 
Wedge-leaved Cotyledon. Shrub 1 foot. 
** Leaves alternate, marcescent. 
13 C. curvirLoOra (Sims, bot. mag. t. 2044.) leaves scat- 
tered, semicylindrical, glabrous; cicatrices of the stem, where 
the old leaves have fallen off, rather prominent; flowers pani- 
cled, nodding; calyxes loose; tube of corolla pentagonal, in- 
curved. h. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers 
of a dirty yellow-colour, almost reddish, about an inch long. 
Styles longer than the stamens. 
Curve-flowered Cotyledon. Fl. Oct. Clt. 1818. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 
14 C. TUBERCULÒsA (Lam. dict. 2. p. 139.) leaves scattered, 
subcylindrical, linear-oblong, acute; cicatrices of the old leaves 
tubercular ; flowers subpanicled, erect; peduncles and calyxes 
pubescent. h. D.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
—Burm. afr. t. 20. f. 1. C. grandiflora, N. L. Burm. prod. fl. 
cap. 13. C. tuberculòsa, D. C. pl. grass. 1. t. 86. Flowers 
showy, orange-coloured, tubular, an inch or more long; limb 
spreading, not replicate. 
Tubercular Cotyledon. 
to 2 feet. 
15 C. cacautoipss (Lin. fil. suppl. p. 242.) leaves scattered, 
terete, acute; cicatrices of the old leaves pitted; flowers pa- 
nicled, erect, seated on a long, elongated, nearly naked stem. 
h. D.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Burm. afr. t. 
20. f. 2. Flowers yellow, rather villous, half an inchlong. Leaves 
deciduous when the plant is in flower ; hence Burmann called it 
C. aphylla. 
Cacalia-like Cotyledon. Fl. May. Clt. 1818. Sh. 1 foot. 
16 C. ventricodsa (N. L. Burm. prod. fl. cap. p. 13.) leaves 
scattered, linear-oblong, acute at both ends; cicatrices on old 
stems tubercular; flowers in loose racemes, pedicellate, erect; 
tube ventricose, pentagonal ; lobes acute. h.D.G. Native of 
the Cape of Good Hope. Burm. afr. dec. 3. p. 51. t. 21. f. 1. 
Flowers greenish, almost like those of C. hemisphe’rica. Leaves 
like those of C. tuberculòsa, according to Burm. 
Ventricose-flowered Cotyledon. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
17 C. spuria (Lin. spec. p. 614.? exclusive of the syno- 
nymes,) leaves almost radical, terete, oblong, fleshy, obtuse, nar- 
rower at the base; caudex very short, thick ; flowering stem 
erect, naked; flowers somewhat panicled. h.D.G. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. Burm. afr. p. 43. t. 19. f. 1. Pluk. 
alm. t. 323. f. 1.—Willd. spec. 2. p. 754. C. teretifdlia, Lam. 
dict. 2. p. 139. but not of Thunb. 
Spurious Cotyledon. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1731. Shrub 1 ft. 
18 C. rascicura‘nis (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1. vol. 2. p. 106.) 
leaves scattered, but in fascicles at the tops of the branches, 
cuneiform, obtuse, flat, thick; caudex thickened, branched ; 
flowers panicled, pendulous, with revolute limbs. h. D. G. 
Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. Shrub 1 
XIV. Corytepon. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Burm. afr. p. 41. t.18 
C. paniculata, Thunb. fl. cap. p. 396. ex Burm. syn. C. tardi- 
flòra, Bonpl. nav. t. 37. Corolla with a short, greenish, broad, 
subpentagonal tube, and a reddish revolute limb. 
Fascicled-flowered Cotyledon. Fl. July, Sept. 
Shrub 1 foot. 
*#®* Leaves alternate, permanent. 
Clt. 1759, 
19 C. rrirtdra (Thunb. prod. p. 83. fl. cap. p. 396.) leaves 
scattered, oblong-spatulate, obtuse, fleshy, of a greyish shining 
colour ; flowers by threes, in spikes, approximate, with repli- 
cate limbs; stem suffrutescent. h. D. G. Native of the Cape 
of Good Hope, near Zehorivier. Salm-Dyck. obs. p. 6. C. 
elàta, Haw. suppl. Corolla with a green tube, and an acute 
limb, variegated with white and purple. 
Three-flowered Cotyledon. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1821. Shrub 
1 to 2 feet. 
20 C. macuta‘ra (Salm-Dyck. obs. p. 5.) leaves scattered, 
ovate-spatulate, somewhat auriculated at the base, fleshy, shin- 
ing, marked with dark red spots on both surfaces ; flowers spi- 
cate, almost alternate : limb spreading; stem suffruticose. h. 
D. G. Native country unknown. C. altérnans, Haw. suppl. ex 
Salm-Dyck. but not of Vahl. Spike terminal, generally simple, 
Tube of corolla green, subventricose, with the segments of the 
limb acute, variegated with white and purple. 
Spotted-leaved Cotyledon. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1816. Sh. 1 ft. 
21 C. rnompirdr1a (Haw. in phil. mag. 1825. July, p. 33.) 
leaves approximate, obovate-rhomboid, mucronate, white and 
mealy ; stem branched, strong, decumbent. R.D. G. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. Allied to C. hemisphe'rica, but 
more humble and branched, and the leaves are rhomboid, and 
more acuminated. Flowers unknown. 
Rhomb-leaved Cotyledon. Clt. 1823. Shrub decumbent. 
22 C. JASMINIFLÒRA (Salm-Dyck, obs. Haw. rev. p- 20.) 
leaves rather crowded, green, rhomboid-spatulate, fleshy ; stem 
humble; peduncle terminal, branched; flowers erect, with a 
green tube, and a revolute limb, variegated with white and pur- 
ple; pedicels long, thickened. h. D. G. Native of the Cape 
of Good Hope. Allied to C. hemisphe'rica, but the stems arè 
more humble, thickened from the root; the leaves longer, and 
the flowers with the tube and limb more ample, and more like a 
jasmine flower. Salm-Dyck in litt. 
Jasmine-flonered Cotyledon. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1818. Sb. 
1 foot. 
23 C. HEMISPHÆ'RICA (Lin. spec. p. 614.) leaves scattered, 
ovate-roundish, thick, dotted, glabrous ; flowers nearly sessile, 
erect, along an elongated peduncle; lobes of corolla spreading: 
h.D.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope.—Dill. elth. 2. t 
95.f.111. C. hemisphee’rica, D. C. pl. grass. 1. t. 87. Hore 
small, with a green tube, and the limb variegated with white an 
purple. 
Hemispherical Cotyledon. FI. Ju. July. Clt. 1731. Sh. 1 ft. 
24 C. rorunpiréuia (Haw. in phil. mag. 1826. p- 273.) 
shrubby, dwarf; leaves straight, crowded, roundish, dirty peg 
branches short, decumbent. h. D.G. Native of the Cape ° 
Good Hope. Leaves flat, convex beneath, mealy. Allied to 
C. hemisphe'rica. 
Round-leaved Cotyledon. Shrub decumbent. a 
25 C. maminza‘ris (Lin, fil. suppl. p. 242.) leaves scatters 
crowded into something like whorles, terete, ovate, obtuse, gla- 
brous ; flowers spreading on short pedicels, which are seate on 
an elongated peduncle; stem creeping. h. D.G. Native 0 
the Cape of Good Hope, near Olyfants Bad. Thunb. fl. cap. P' 
397. Haw. rev. p. 21. suppl. 22. Corolla tubular, glabrous 
with a green tube, and a spreadingly reflexed limb, which 1 
variegated with white and purple. 
