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cels ~l in. long-. Calyx oblong, inflatetl, membranous, 

 reddish |-| in. long, ^ in. diam. with i deltoid segments about 

 ;i third ;is long as the tube. Corolla with an ampulliform tube 

 rather longer than the calyx and ï orbicular deltoid crimson 

 segments \ in. long and broad. Filaments | in. long, inserted 

 above the middle of the corolla tube; anthers minute, orbi- 

 cular. Fruit-carpels with narrowly ampulliform contiguous 

 ovaries \ in. long and slender styles about |in. long ». 



Quatre ans plus tard, Baker 1 donnait le nom de Kalanchoe 

 laxiflora à une Crassulacée malgache récoltée par Baron et 

 conservée dans l'herbier de Kew sous le n° 1306, Crassulacée 

 à laquelle il attribuait les caractères suivants : « Perennis 

 glabra, foliis oblongis, obtusis carnosis crenatis caule elon- 

 gato, florïbus in paniculam laxam corymbosam dispositis, 

 panicula ramis primariis elongàtis ascendentibus pedicellis 

 flexuosis elongàtis cernuis, calyce laxo membranaceo rubello 

 tubo campanulato dentibus deltoidcis corollœ luteae tuho rnedio 

 constricto, segmentis parvis ovatis, sty lis elongàtis. — A peren- 

 nial, glabrous in ail its parts, with tlovering-stems 2-3 

 feet long. Pétiole slender, an inch long; blade 1 1-2 in. 

 long, conspicuously crenate. Panicle a foot long, with 3 main 

 branches, each several times dichotomouslv forked ; pedicels 

 very slender, \- fin. long. Galyx | in. long. Corolla pale 

 yellow, twice as long as the calyx, ampullaeform at the base 

 and the tube dilated again above the middle ; segments as 

 broad as long. Stamensas long as the corolla tube. Styles | in. 

 long. » 



Si l'on s'en tient à la comparaison des descriptions que je 

 viens de transcrire, les caractères différentiels du Bryophyl- 

 lum erenatum et du Kalanchoe laxiflora seraient les suivants: 



1. J. G. Baker, Conirib. to the FI. of Madagascar, in Journ. of the 

 Linn. Soc, Bot., t, XXÎI, p. 473 (1887). 



