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CoTYLEDON DEcussATA. CRoss-LEAVED 
CoTyLepon. 
KEKE EER KEKE REE RK 
Class and Order. 
Decanpria PEnragyni. 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 5-fidus. Cor. I-petala. Squame nectarifere 5, ad 
basin germinis. Caps. 5. eo 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Cotytepon decussata ; fruticosa, foliis concinne decussatis 
subteretibus mucronatis glaucis, floribus paniculatis. 
pendulis. j 
CotyLepon papillaris ; farinoso-alba, foliis concinne decus- 
_ Satis oppositis numerosis oblongo-cuneatis teretibusve 
. vel subclavatis acutis, subhorizontalibus ; pagina su- 
periore depressa. Haworth Suppl. Pl. Succ. p. 21.— 
vix C. papillaris Thunbergii. 
Corytepon foliis angustis oppositis cum limbo purpureo, 
_ floribus pendulis. Burm. Afr. n. 54. t. 22. f. 1. 
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Descr. Stem shrubby, erect, but very little branched. 
Leaves opposite crosswise, sessile, fleshy, nearly cylin- 
drical, somewhat flattened on the upper side, glaucous, or 
even hoary, narrowed at both ends, varying somewhat in 
shape, and terminated with a dark purple mucro. Common 
peduncle terminal, erect, smooth, half a foot long, purple, 
nearly naked, or furnished*with a pair of smaller leaves 
only, terminated in a panicle of many_pendulous, red 
lowers. Calyx five-toothed, four times shorter than the 
tube of the corolla. Corolla large, shewy, red: tube cy- 
lindrical, nearly an inch long: limb half the length, divided 
Into fiye lacinte rolled back. Stamens ten, aemants 
