Tas. 8036. 
COTYLEDON uvstenis. 
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Nyasaland, 
CRASSULACER. 
Cotytepon, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 659; Engl. & 
Prantl, Pflanzenf. vol. 111. 2 A, p. 32. 
Cotyledon insignis, N.#. Br. (sp. nov.); inter species floribus majoribus, 
foliis oppositis et cymis axillaribus distinctissima. 
Planta succulenta, 2 ped. alta, omnino glabra, floribus exceptis ex toto viridis. 
Folia opposita, breviter petiolata, recurva, 3-5 poll. longa, 1-2 poll. lata, 
oblonga vel oblanceolato-oblonga, obtusa, basi angustata, mtegra vel 
obscure dentata. Cymz axillares et terminales, pedunculate, 1-3-flore. 
Bractez 3-1 poll. longee, 3-4 poll. late, lanceolate vel oblongo-lanceolate, 
acute. Pedicelli 6-9 lin. longi. Calyx 4-5 lin. longus, 4-lobus; lobi 
erecti, 3-4 lin. longi, lanceolati, acuti. Corolle tubus circiter 1} poll. 
longus, leviter curvatus, rubescens; lobi recurvi, 7-8 lin. longi, circiter 
; poll. lati, lanceclati, acuti, Iuteo-virentes, rubescentes, dorso rubri. 
Stamina exserta; antherz oblong, rubescentes. Glandule hypogynze 
3 lin. longee, elongato-ovatz, apice bifide. Carpella 4; styli filiformes, 
exserti. ‘ 
This fine Cotyledon is one of the most distinct in the 
genus, differing in habit from all other known species. 
Its flowers have some resemblance to those of C. curviflora, 
Sims (B. M. t. 2044), but in all other respects it is entirely 
different. It was discovered on one of the mountains of 
Nyasaland, British Central Africa, at an altitude of 7000 
feet, by Mr. John Mahon, who sent seeds of it to Kew 
in 1898, where it first flowered in February ofthis year. It 
requires coo) stove treatment, similar to that given to the 
various species of Kalanchoe. 
Descr.—A succulent plant about two feet high, glabrous © 
on all parts. Stems or branches erect, about half an inch 
thick, light green, not glaucous. Leaves opposite, much 
recurved, three to five inches long, one to two inches 
broad, one to one line and a half thick, oblong or oblan- 
ceolate-oblong, obtuse, cuneately narrowed into a short 
petiole at the base, entire or obscurely dentate, flat, with 
the midrib faintly channelled above, slightly prominent 
beneath, green, somewhat shining, not glaucous. Cymes 
from the axils of the upper leaves and terminal, pe- 
dunculate, one- to three-flowered. Peduncles two to ten 
lines long. Bracts half to one inch long, }-} inch 
SerTeMBER Ist, 1905. 
