370 CRASSULACE (Harv.) [Cotyledon. 
VIL COTYLEDON, L. 
Calyx 5-parted, much shorter than the tube of the corolla. Corolla 
gamopetalous, with an ovate or cylindrical 5-angled tube, and a spread- 
ing or reflexed and revolute limb, spirally twisted in the bud. Stamens 
10, attached to the base of the tube of the corolla, exserted or sub- 
included. Squame oval. Carpels 5, many ovuled; styles subulate ; 
stigmata subcapitate. Follicles many seeded. DC. Prod. 3, p. 396. 
Shrubby or half-shrubby, or herbaceous succulents, natives of South Africa. 
Leaves entire, sessile or subsessile, opposite or scatte Flowers showy, either in 
oid panicles or spicato-racemose, pedunculate ; gery mostly terminal. 
Gans from KorvAn, a cavity ; referring to the cup-like leaves of some species. 
ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES. 
Sect. I. Paniculate. Inflorescence a branching, corymbose-cyme 
or panicle ; flowers conspicuously pedicellate. (Sp. 1-19.) 
1) Leaves opposite : 
a Loardi qiatetiiy peaks Squier 
_ Majores; stem robust ; peduncle 1-2 feet high : 
Lvs. roundish-obovate or oblong-obovate, flat (1) orbiculata. 
Lvs. cuneate-oblong, subcuspidate, concave... (2) coruscans. 
Lvs. broadly linear or strap-shaped, obtuse, 
concave tis) $852 ees Sees ede ops eee (3) purpurea. 
Lvs. subterete, elongate, subacute... ... ... (4) decussata. 
Minores : stem slender ; pedunc. 6-12 inches long : 
Lvs. ovoid-oblong, fleshy, acute ; stem decum- : 
bent ele Nace cand ers see ee tee (5) papillaris. 
Lys. obovate-cuneate, obtuse ; pedunc, 2-3-fl. (6) ramosissima 
Lys. obovate-cuneate, acute ; pedunc. several 
Howered  .6. 5.0 as ads oe te 
Lys. cuneate, tapering much at base, acute ; 
pedunes. several flowered, puberulous above (8) gracilis, 
Leaves pubescent, hirsute or tomentose : 
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Robust ; lvs. obovate-cuneate, obtuse ... ... ... (9) euneata. 
Slender ; lvs, ovate-oblong, subacute, (small) ... (10) tomentosa, 
Robust ; lvs. sub-cylindrical, long, acute ... ... (11) teretifolia. 
(2) Leaves scattered or tufted, never opposite :— 
Inflorescence ote & panicled ; flowers nodding or pen- 
dulous, subsecund : 
Panicle glabrous : 
flowers 9-12 lineslong ... .. ... (12) fascicularis. 
flowers 5-6 lines long... ... ... ... (13) Eckloniana. 
Panicle and flowers viscoso-pubescent ... ... 
ce corymbose or racemose ; flowers erect. 
Peduncles simple, elongate, corymb. at the summit : 
Corymb much branched, spreading ; fl. uncial (15) eacalioides. 
Pedune. few fl. ; corolla curved, 14-24 in. long (16) tubereulosa. 
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oes ag-zag, several flowered; fl, 8-10 
(14) Wallichii. 
lines long RNG OS ais gas ese FO) VERON, 
Peduncles simple, short, few flowered ; flowers 
glabrous, inch long Ce ere a QQ) ON, 
Peduncles divaricately much branched, zig-zag, in- 
terlaced, hardening and persistent ....... ... (19) reticulata. 
Sect. II. Spicate. Inflorescence an undivided or rarely forked 
_ spike or raceme ; flowers subsessile or on very short pedicels, erect. 
(Sp. 20-23.) 
