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fewer by abortion), inserted on the summit of the torus. Styles 3. Capsule 
l-celled, 3-valved, few- or many-seeded.—Herbaceous diffuse branched 
plants. Leaves opposite, with several small membranaceous bristle-like sti- 
pules connecting the petioles. 
1116. (1) D. cordata (Willd.:) glabrous ; leaves on a petiole shorter than 
the limb, roundish ovate, mucronulate, slightly attenuated or rounded or 
somewhat cordate at the base: peduncles axillary and terminal, dichotomous, 
many-flowered : calyx longer than the petals: stamens often 3: ovary 5-10- 
seeded.— DC. prod. 1. p. 895; Spr. syst. 1. p. 942; Wight! cat. n. 152.— 
D. retusa, Wall.! L. n. 647.—Holosteum cordatum, Linn.; Lam. ill. t. 51. 
f. 2.—Stellaria cordata, Willd. ; DC. 1. c. p. 396; Spr. syst. 2. p. 392.—— 
Dindygul hills. 
Specimens from Porto-Rico as well as cultivated ones in Mr Arnott's her- 
barium, agree precisely with those from India : it is a plant met with in most 
mountainous situations throughout the tropics. The peduncles and calyx 
are sometimes pubescent. 
ORDER LXXIL—CRASSULACEJE. DC. 
Sepals 3-20, more or less united at the base. Petals equal in num- 
ber to the sepals and alternate with them, inserted upon the bottom 
of the calyx, either distinct or forming a gamopetalous corolla. Sta- 
mens inserted with the petals, equalling them in number and alternate, 
or twice as many, those opposite the petals being shortest, and arriving 
at perfection before the others: filaments distinct, subulate: anthers 
bilocular, bursting longitudinally. Nectariferous scales (abortive sta- 
mens), one at the base of each ovarium, sometimes obsolete. Ovaria 
equal in number to the petals, and opposite to them, 1-celled, and ta- 
pering each into a short style, distinct, or slightly connected at the 
base. Fruit of several follicles, opening by the ventral suture. Seeds 
variable in number. Embryo straight in the axis of a thin, fleshy al- 
bumen: radicle pointing to the hilum.— Leaves suceulent (or very 
rarely membranaceous), entire, or pinnatifid, exstipulate. 
I. KALANCHOE. Adans.; DC.—Vereia. Andr.—Verea. Wild. 
Calyx 4-partite ; the sepals scarcely combined at the base, narrow acute, 
somewhat distant. Corolla hypocrateriform ; tube cylindrical : limb spread-- 
ing 4-partite. Stamens 8, attached to the tube of the corolla at the base. 
Scales 4, linear. Carpels 4. Styles filiform.—Suffruticose fleshy plants. 
Leaves opposite, irregularly pinnatifid or ovate, usually toothed, thick. 
Cymes panicled, lax. Flowers yellow, or rarely reddish or whitish. 
1117. (1) K. grandi Wall. :) glabrous: leaves broadly obovate, cre- 
nated, bue ei A es e lax: sepals oblong, acute: seg- 
ments of the corolla oval, bluntish, with a short hooked mucronate point.— 
Wall.! L.n. 7226 ; Wight! cat. n.1174.—K. en oer Wall.! L. n. 1226. 
——  Dindygul hills, at an elevation of 3000 feet. + m : 
1118. . floribu : .:) upper. of the stem and cyme 
Covered it uon mem deeds r uo leaves alternate, lan- 
ceolate, crenated, pubescent: cymes panicled ; branches elongated, racemi- 
form : sepals subulate: petals oblong, mucronate.— Wight ! cat. n. 1175. — 
