396 L, CRASSULACEE (BRITTEN). [ Kalanchoe. 
14. K. brachycalyx, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 312 (ex descr.). Stem 
1-3 ft. high, glabrous below, densely glandular-pubescent above. Leaves 
2-4 in. long, obovate-oblong, obtuse, glabrous, coarsely dentate or 
crenate above, narrowed at the base, shortly petiolate, petioles amplexi- 
caul. Upper leaves lanceolate, or (on barren shoot) obovate-lanceolate, 
obtuse, nearly entire, often with short fascicles of flowers in their axils. 
Bracteoles short, linear. Flowers small, yellow, in elongate terminal 
anicles, with ascending or sometimes divaricate dichotomous branches. 
Dedicale pubescent, 1-8 lines long, upper flowers almost sessile. Calyx- 
segments 2-3 lines long, united for about } of their length, some- 
what spreading when in flower, oblong-lanceolate, acute, ciliate at 
the margins, glandular-pubescent. Corolla-tube slender, pubescent, 
4 in. long or rather more. Limb-segments ovate-obtuse, mucronate, 
elabrous or slightly pubescent beneath, rather exceeding 1 line in 
length. Carpels 3 lines long, greenish, not so conspicuously tapering 
as in the other species. Squamule filiform, membranous, 1—2 lines 
long. Seeds dark brown, linear, very small.—K. modesta, Kotsch. et 
Peyr., ex descr. in Plante Tinneane, 18. K. pubescens, R. Br. m 
Salt. Abyss. App. (name only). 
Upper Guinea. Niger Expedition, Barter! 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Quartin-Dillon. Salt! Dembo, Kotschy. 
Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi, Dr. Miller! Native name, ‘“ N’Kaka.” 
Although differing in one or two details, I cannot find any characters in the descrip- 
tion of K. modesta by which to separate it as a species. 
15. K. velutina, Welw. Suffruticose : rhizome thick, fleshy, creep- 
ing’, emitting barren and flowering shoots; whole plant, including the 
flowers, shortly and softly pubescent. Lower leaves ovate-lanceolate, 
sinuate, crenate above, obtuse, 2 in. long, narrowing into short slightly 
amplexicaul petioles, upper leaves linear-lanceolate, obtuse. Brac- 
teoles short, linear, acute. Inflorescence a terminal rounded panicle ; 
flowers yellow. Calyx adhering to the corolla, segments very short, 
scarcely a line long, united at the base, deltoid, acute. Corolla cir- 
cumsciss at the base, tube nearly }in. long, scarcely inflated below dur- 
ing flowering ; limb-segments short, ascending or slightly spreading, 
deltoid-ovate, mucronate. Squamule small, broad, brown. Carpels 
dark brown, attenuate. 
Lower Guinea. Angola, Pungo Andongo, 3800 ft., Dr. Welwitsch ! 
16. K. glandulosa, Hochst. ; A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 8312. Stem 2 ft. 
high, as well as the inflorescence glandular-pubescent. Radical leaves 
large, very fleshy, 8-9 in. long, prominently 3-nerved with a scattered 
glandular pubescence, sometimes almost glabrous, ovate- or obovate- 
lanceolate, coarsely and very irregularly dentate-crenate, obtuse, tapeT- 
ing to the base, scarcely petiolate ; lower stem-leaves obovate, nearly 
entire, tapering to the base, amplexicaul; upper leaves densely glan- 
dular-pubescent, sessile, amplexicaul, lanceolate or oblanceolate, obtuse, 
with a few wide scattered teeth above, sometimes almost entire. In- 
» florescence paniculate-cymose ; axillary cymes short, 1-2 in. long, the 
