Bryophyllum 



CRASSULACE.E 



24'J 



late or subcampannlate, shortly 4-lobed. Stamens 8 in two series, 

 inserted on the condla-tube. Carpels 4. Seeds numerous. 



Species 4, natives of tropical Africa, one {B. piunatum) 

 widely dispersed throughout the tropics. 



B. pinnatum Knrz in Jouru. As. Soc. Beng. xl.pt. 2, 52 (1871); 

 Urh. Symh. Ant. iv. 258. B. calycinum Salish. Parad. Land. t. 3 

 (1805); Griseh. Fl. Br. W. Lid.^SO'd. Cotyledon pinnata Lam. 



JEncyc. ii. 141 (17SG). (Fig. lO-').) 



Fig 105. Bryophyllum pinnatum Kurz. 



A, Inflorescence and leaf x J. C, Ovarj' cut across x 3. 



B, Flower cut lengthwise ; sc, scale ; nat. D, Seed x 40 ; c, cotyledon ; /, radicle. 



size. 



March; Blue ]Mts., Hitchcock; Halfway Tree, Miss Wood\ Widely 

 distributed throughout the tropics, presumably a native of Africa. 



Stem 1-3 ft. high. Leaves stalked, uppermost pinnate, lower simple ; 

 blade to 13 cm.l.,to 7 cm.br. Crt/?/.r,tube 2 -2-3 '5 cm. 1., lobes -7-1 cm. 1. 

 and br. Corolla, tube constricted below the middle, 2 -5-4 "5 cm. 1., lobes 

 triangular, very acute, 1-1*5 cm, 1., '5-*65 cm. br. Stamens, filaments 

 free upwards from the constriction below the middle of the corolla-tube. 

 Carpels 1-2-1 -45 cm. 1., passing up into styles 2*5-3 cm. 1. Scales 

 obloDg, 2-2-5 mm. 1., 1-1-25 mm. br. 



Family XXXV. BRUXELLIACE/E. 



Trees. Leaves opposite or 3 in a whorl, simple, 3-fuliolate or 

 imparipinnate, with very small deciduous stipules. Flowers in 

 corvmbiform, axillary and terminal ivmicles. Flowers ratlier 



