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Umbilicus malacophyllus. Soft-leaved 

 Umbilicus. 



Class and Order. 

 Decandria Pentagynia. 



( Nat. Ord. — Crassulace^r. ) 



Generic Character. 



Calyx 5-partitus. Corolla gamopetala campanulata 

 5-fida, lobis ovatis acutis erectis tubi circiter longitudine. 

 Stamina 10 corolla? inserta. Squamce 5 obtusae. Carpella 

 5 apice attenuata, stylis subulatis. — Herbae Europe austra- 

 lis aul orientalis indigence. Folia rosulata aut alterna in- 

 tegerrima aut subdentata. Flores albidi aut flavi, rarnosi 

 nee cymosi. De Cand. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Umbilicus malachophyllus ; foliis arete dense rosulatis obo- 

 vatis, spica terminali densissima cylindracea, bracteis 

 oblongis longitudine flornm sessiliuin patentium. 



Umbilicus malachophyllus. De Cand. Prodr. 3. p. 400. 



Cotyledon malachophyllus. Pall It. 



A very remarkable succulent plant, native of mountain 

 rocks in Dahuria, and well calculated for cultivation in a 

 dry, stony soil, or upon rock-work. It has been for some 

 years grown in the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, in the 

 open border. 



Descr. Leaves rosulate, spreading', but so crowded and 

 imbricated that, though they spring from a short stem, 

 they appear to the eye to be radical. They are broadly 

 obovate in form, obtuse, yet subapiculate, thick and fleshy, 

 green tinged with purple. From the summit of this short, 

 thickly foliaged stein, arises the long, sessile, thick, cylin- 

 drical 



