Tas. 8286. 
AKITCHINGIA wnirrora. 
Madagascar. 
CRASSULACEAE. 
Krtoninaia, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. vol. xviii. (1881), p. 268. 
ingia uniflora, Stapf in Kew Bull. 1908, p. 258; affinis K. gracilipedi, 
Baker, sed foliis brevissime pedicellatis, floribus minoribus saepissime 
solitariis et staminibus in corollae fundo insertis, carpellis maturis lanceo- 
latis distincta. 
Ferba humilis, caulibus prostratis e nodis radicantibus glabris. olia opposita, 
obovata, obtusa, utrinqgue 1-2-crenata, 7-15 mm. longa, 6-10 mm. lata, 
carnosa, laete viridia; petioli crassiusculi, 1-2 mm. (rarius ultra) longi. 
Flores terminales, solitarii vel interdum terni; pedicelli filiformes, patule 
tenuiter pubesceutes, purpurascentes, florum solitariorum ad medium 
minute bibracteolati. Calyx alte 4-fidus, segmentis late ovatis minute 
apiculatis, parce pubescens, 3-3°5 mm. altus. Corolla inflato-tubulosa, basin 
et os versus constricta, 4-dentata, circiter 2-2:5 cm. longa, medio 12 mm. 
lata, pulchre carminea, parce et tenuiter glanduloso-pilosa, dentibus late 
ovatis obtusiusculis. Stamina in fundo corollae inserta, filamenta epipetala 
paulo altius orta et basi dilatata quasi cucullae (nectario?) incidentia, 
quam episepala longiora, normaliter 8, sed interdum nonnulla abortiva. 
Disci glandulae lineari-oblongae, 2-dentatae. Carpella fere libera, sub 
anthesi conniventia, anguste lanceolata, 6-8 mm. longa; styli ad 12 mm. 
longi. olliculi sursum divergentes, 8-9 mm. longi.—O. Starr. 
The genus Kitchingia includes some ten species, all of 
which, except the one here figured, are certainly natives of 
Madagascar. The plant now described was raised from a 
cutting presented to Kew in January, 1908, by Mr. G. 
Bouvet, Director of the Jardin des Plantes at Angers; it 
_ resembles in habit some species of Sedum (the stems creep 
on the ground, rooting freely at the nodes), and now forms 
a patch some 12 in. across. In transmitting the plant 
Mr. Bouvet stated that the species appeared te have been 
originally introduced with other plants sent from Madagas- 
car to Dr. Bontemps of Saumure. Since then, however, 
Mr. Bouvet has learned that the original plant was purchased 
in Belgium, and that its origin is not definitely known, 
From the fact that all its congeners are Mascarene there is, 
however, hardly room for doubt that K. uniflora is also a 
Novemser, 1909. 
