CRASSULACEZ. XIV. Coryzepon. 
Mamillary Cotyledon. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. Sh. er. 
26 C. cunza‘ra (Thunb. fl. cap. p. 395.) leaves radical, cu- 
neated, fleshy, hairy, with purple margins; stem erect, some- 
what herbaceous, pubescent, viscid; corolla hairy. h.D.G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Cuneated-leaved Cotyledon. Fl. May. Clt.1818. Sh. 1 ft. 
27 C. inrergz'cra (Haw. in phil. mag. March, 1828, p. 185.) 
leaves glaucescent, narrow-oblong, acute, incurved, channelled ; 
stem short, strong. h. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. Very like C. spiria, but differs in being higher, in the 
leaves being shorter, thicker, and narrower, more channelled, 
and without doubt incurved. 
Cast Cotyledon. Clt.1823. Shrub 3 foot. 
28 C. caryornytia‘cea (N. L. Burm. prod. fl. cap. 13.) 
leaves aggregate, ovate, thick, flat, glaucous; flowers panicled, 
on long erect pedicels; stem branched. h. D. G. Native of 
the Cape of Good Hope. Burm. afr. dec. 2. p. 39. t. 17. 
Corolla tubular, form of the bud of a clove; lobes spreading, 
ovate, acute, flesh-coloured, with a red line. Very like C. he- 
misphe'rica, but differs in the flowers being distinctly pedi- 
cellate. 
Clove-like Cotyledon. Stem 1 foot. 
29 C. mucrona‘ra (Lam. dict. 2. p. 142.) leaves nearly radi- 
cal, oval, flat, with undulated margins, mucronate at the apex ; 
stem branched, very short; floriferous stem naked; flowers 
erect, in loose panicles. h}. D. G. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Burm. afr. p. 44. t.19.f2. C. undulata, Haw. 
Lobes of corolla acute. 
Mucronate-leaved Cotyledon. 
Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. 
Shrub 4 foot. e 
+ Species not sufficiently known. 
30 C. reticuza'ra (Thunb. fl. cap. p. 393.) leaves scattered 
at the tops of the branches, terete, acute, erect, soft, glabrous ; 
stem erect, shrubby, fleshy; flowers erect, in dichotomous pa- 
nicles. h. D. G. "Native of the Cape of Good Hope, in Carro. 
Caudex a hand high. Panicle decompound. 
Reticulated Cotyledon. Shrub 2 foot. 
31 C. picno’toma (Haw. suppl. 27. ex rev. 22.) leaves chan- 
nelled ; cymes dichotomous, puberulous, bracteated by spines ; 
tube of corolla somewhat bottle-formed, with a replicate limb. 
k. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Dichotomous Cotyledon. Shrub 4 to 1 foot. 
32 C. pa’rvuta (Burch. cat. geogr. no. 1818. ex voy. cap. 1. 
P. 219.) leaves oval, rather compressed, thick; panicle dichoto- 
mously branched; pedicels erect, very long, capillary; stem 
erect. h.D.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Plant 
6-9 inches high. 
Small Cotyledon. PI. 4 to 1 foot. 
33 C. rricyna (Burch. trav. afr. 2. p. 226.) stemless ; leaves 
glabrous, flattened, fleshy, cuneate-oval or nearly orbicular ; 
flowers erect, alternate on an elongated simple scape, rarely on a 
bifid one. h. D. G. . Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Co- 
rolla cylindrical, purplish, with a short reflexed limb, and a pur- 
ple throat. Carpels 3. 
Trig ynous Cotyledon. Pl. 4 to 1 foot. 
34 C. crista‘ra (Haw. phil. mag. 1827, April 1, p. 123.) 
leaves petiolate, cuneately triangular, curled and crested at the 
apex. h.D.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Herb 
succulent, leafy, evergreen. Stem short, with the surculi densely 
clothed with rufous hairs. Leaves erect, an inch long, thick, 
purplish at the apex, beset with dots of scurfy down. Spikes 
terminal, Flowers small, open in the morning. 
Crested Cotyledon. Fl. Sept. Cit. 1820. Pl. 4 foot. 
_ 85 C. CLAVIFÒLIA (Haw. 1. c.) leaves petiolate, club-formed, 
curved, acuminated, and rather curled at the apex. R. D. G. 
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XV. Pistorinia. XVI. Umsucus. 111 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Allied to the preceding 
species; but the flowers are about twice the size, and purple. 
Club-leaved Cotyledon. Fl. Sept. Clt.1824. Pl. 4 foot. 
Cult. Cotylédon is a genus of pretty succulent plants. The 
culture, propagation, and management of the species are the same 
as that for Globilea, p. 106. 
XV. PISTORI'NIA (meaning unknown tous). D. C. prod. 3. 
p- 399. mem. crass. p. 25. t. 10. f. 5.—Cotyledon species of 
authors. 
Lin. syst. Decdndria, Pentagynia. Calyx 5-parted, much 
shorter than the tube of the corolla. Corolla gamopctalous, 
funnel-shaped; tube long, terete; limb spreading, 5-parted. 
Stamens 10, adnate the whole length of the tube, but free at 
the throat, and exserted. Scales 5, oblong, obtuse. Carpels 5, 
each ending in a long filiform style.—Erect annual or biennial 
herbs. Leaves nearly terete, oblong, scattered, sessile. Flowers 
cymose, red. Habit of the plants belonging to that section of Um- 
biltcus called Mucizonia, and the flowers like those of Cotyledon. 
1 P. Hispva’nica (D.C. prod. 3. p. 399.) ©. or g.H. Na- 
tive of Spain and Barbary, in exposed sandy places. Cotylédon 
Hispánica, Læfl. itin. p. 77. t. 1. Lin. spec. 615. D. C. pl. 
grass. t. 122. Cotylèdon Pistorínia, Ort. mon. 1772. with a 
figure. 
Spanish Pistorinia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1796. Pl. 4 foot. 
Cult. Sow the seeds in any dry situation in a light soil in the 
open border, or on rock-work. 
XVI. UMBILICUS (from umbilicus, the navel; hollow leaves 
of some species). D.C. in bull. phil. 1801. no. 49. prod. 3. p. 399. 
Lin. syst. Decéndria, Pentagynia. Calyx 5-parted. Co- 
rolla gamopetalous, campanulate, 5-cleft; lobes ovate, acute, 
erect, about the length of the tube. Stamens 10, inserted in the 
corolla. Scales 5, obtuse. Carpels 5, attenuated at the apex. 
Styles subulate.— Herbs, indigenous to the south of Europe and 
the Levant. Leaves rosulate or alternate, quite entire, or a little 
toothed. Flowers white or yellow, in branched or simple termi- 
nal racemes, never in cymes. 
Secr. I. Rosuna‘ria (from rosa, a rose; in reference to the 
leaves being rosulate, or disposed like the petals in the flower of 
a rose), D.C. prod. 3. p. 399. Sepals equal to the tube of 
the corolla. Leaves radical, rosulate. Scapes subpanicled, an- 
nual.—Perennial herbs, natives of the Levant, with the habit of 
Sempervivum. 
1 U. Lisano’ricus (D. C. prod. 3. p. 399.) leaves radical, ro- 
sulate, cuneated, thickish, papillose; scape naked ; panicle race- 
mose, loose. 2.H. Native of Mount Libanon, and near Da- 
mascus. Cotylédon Libanética, Labill. syr. dec. 3. p. 3. t. 1. 
Flowers yellow ? 
Libanon Navel-wort. PI. 4 foot. 
2 U. semrervivum (D. C. l. c.) leaves radical, rosulate, 
crowded, cuneated, ciliately scabrous; scape naked; panicle 
racemose, loose. %.H. Native of Eastern Caucasus, among 
stones on the mountains. Cotylédon sempervivum, Bieb. casp. 
p. 176. append. no. 46. ann. bot. 2. p. 444. fi. taur. 1. p. 351. 
Perhaps sufficiently distinct from the preceding species. 
Houseleek-like Navel-wort. Pl. 4 foot. 
3 U. puse'scens (Meyer in verz. pflanz. p. 150. under Coty- 
lédon,) plant pubescent ; leaves linear-oblong, bluntish: radical 
ones rosulate, cauline ones scattered, erectly spreading ; racemes 
corymbose ; corolla twice the length of the calyx, with the seg- 
ments of the limb acute and spreading at the apex; stem herba- 
ceous, simple. XY. H. Native of Caucasus, among rocks in 
shady places on the mountains of Talush, at the altitude of 1200 
to 2700 feet. Sedum pildsum, Bieb. fl. taur. 1, p. 352. Flowers 
reddish. 
