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380 = @RASSULACE (Harv.)_ - [Bryophyllum. 
5. K. paniculata (Harv.) ; gittibns ; stem robust, rigid, naked 
upwards; lower ups oblong, obtuse, subentire, tapering at base into 
a broad petiole upper leaves . . . .; cyme several times ene 
tomous and icled, the partial and general panicles flat-topped’s 
_ bracts subula 3,8epals ovdte or deltoid, acute ; lobes of the corolla 
ovate, acute. Zey. / er % ie. 
Has. Vetrivier, Burke and Zeyher? Hb. (Herb. Hk., Sd.) 
Remarkable for its very large, spreading, flat-topped panicle which is 6-8 inches 
or more in diameter. *The stem is more rigid in K. crenata, and may be 3-4 
feet high. T have only seen a single leaf which, including the petiole, is 64 inches 
long, and 24 wide in its widest part. . 
6. K. thyrsiflora (Harv.); glabrous; stem robust, leafy ; leaves ob- 
longo-spathulate, obtuse, tapering at base, sessile, very entire ; cymes 
short-stalked, combined into a compact, oblong panicle or thyrsus ; bracts 
minute ; pedicels equalling or exceeding the corolla ; sepals ovate or 
ovato-lanceolate ; lobes of the corolla ovate, obtuse. K. alternans, E. & Z.! 
1953, (not of Pers. ?) 
_ Has. Near the sources of the Kat River, Z. & Z.! Rhinoster Kopf and Vaal 
River, Zey./670. Districts of Cradock and Queenstown, on rocky hill sides, Mrs. 
F. W. Barber, 221! Ger. Hk., Sd., D.) 
Stem 24-4 feet hig simple, leafy throughout, the upper leaves equalling or ex- 
ceeding the internodes. Leaves pale green, 4-6 inches long or perhaps longer, the 
cuneate base half-amplexicaul. Thyrsus 9-12 inches long, cylindrical, densely 
many flowered, Corolla orange. Quite distinct in inflorescence and the obtuse 
IX. BRYOPHYLLUM, Salisb. 
Calyx inflated, 4-cleft nearly to the middle, the lobes valyate in 
estivation. Corolla gamopetalous, with a long, sub-cylindrieal tube, . 
bluntly 4-angled at.base, and a 4-parted, spreading limb. Stamens 8, 
adnate to the base of the tube of the corolla. Squame 4, oblong. 
Carpels 4, with sububie styles. Follicles many-seeded. DC. Prod. p. 
395. 
Succulent suffrutices. Leaves o site, fleshy, petioled ; either imparipi te, or 
by abortion of the lateral sepanedite ality ts. tae Oymen pel i 
minal ; flowers yellow, changing to red. Name from Bpuw, to sprout, and pvadoy, 
a leaf ; young plants sprout notches in the leaves, , 
1. B. tubiflorum (Harv.) ; leaves (unknown); corolla thrice or four 
lo whorled leaves, at 
each stg ihc. > 3 lines long. Corolla uncial, bright red, its Tobes almost square, 
