688 L. DROSERACE^. [Droscra. 



Leaves linear, narrow ; flowers rose pink . . • (i) D. indica 



Leaves spathulate, round ; flowers white . . • (2) D. Burmanni 



(i) D. indica Linn. Sp. PL 282 ; K.'i:g, I.e. 306. 



Stems erect 3 to 6 in. tall. Leaves scattered alternate, linear 

 very glandular-hairy, i in. long, very narrow ; petioles glabrous 

 •5 in. long. Racemes 2 to 4 in. long. Flowers rose pink 3 in. 

 across. Style 3, bifid. Hab. In damp sandy spots, usually in 

 the north. Province Wellesley (King). Lankawi (Curtis). Setul 

 Heath (Ridley). Disirih. Africa, Indo-Malaya, China, Australia. 



(2) D. Burmanni Vahl. Symh. iii. 50 ; King, I.e. 306. 



Stem very short. Leaves forming a rosette i in. across, radical, 

 spathulate-cuneate, rounded, glandular-pubescent, red "5 in. long; 

 petioles as long. Stipules as long as petioles. Scapes 2 to 8 in. 

 tall, slender, red glabrescent. Flowers few at top small, white ; 

 pedicels less than "25 in. long, glabrous. Styles 5, not bifid. Hab. 

 Not common, but locally plentiful, usually in damp sandy spots. 

 Pahang, sandy country, Pekan. Malacca, Mt. Ophir in moss 

 (leaves green) at 3000 ft. altitude. Tringganu (Yapp). Setul 

 Heath, with D. indica. Disirib. W. Africa, all tropical Asia, 

 China, Japan, Australia. 



Order LI. CRASSULACEi^. 



Herbs, usually fleshy, succulent. Leaves simple (or divided). 

 Flowers cymose or panicled, regular. Calyx 4- to 5-fid (rarely 

 more). Petals as many as calyx lobes (free) or connate. Stamens 

 as many or double (hypogynous) or attached to corolla. Carpels 

 as many as petals with a hypogynous (gland or) scale at the base. 

 Ovules many. Follicles dehiscing on inner face. Seeds many. 

 Species about 400, whole world except Malaya and Polynesia. 



1. BRYOPHYLLUM, Sahsb. 



A tall succulent herb. Leaves opposite, simple, crenate. 

 Flowers in a tall panicle of cymes, greenish or dull red. Calyx 

 inflated, cylindric, 4-lobed. Corolla campanulate, 4-lobed. Petals 

 connate. Stamens 8 in 2 series insert on the middle of the corolla 

 tube. Hypogynous scales 4 blunt. Carpels 4 attenuated into 

 the styles ; follicles 4, many-seeded. Species 4, African, one now 

 dispersed all over the tropics. 



(i) B. caiycinum Salisb. DC. Prodr. iii. 396; Hook. fil. F.B.I. 

 ii. 413 ; Bot. Mag. t. 1409. 



Stems I to 4 ft. tall. Leaves simple or 3-partite; leaflets 

 oblong or elliptic, crenate. Calyx purplish green, i to i'5 in. long. 

 Corolla green constrict in middle, reddish purple at top. Fruit 

 enclosed in the persistent now papery perianth. Hab. Sandy 



