Bryophyllum. Crassulacez. 10 
y 
don pinnatus Lamk. Encycl. II, p. 141 (1786). Bryophyllum caly- 
cinum Salisb. Parad. Lond. t. 3 (1805). 
Stem erect, 1-3 ft. high; lower leaves pinnate or 3-folio- 
late, upper simple; lfts. oblong-elliptic, crenate; lamina 2-3} 
in. long; calyx 1-14 in. long; corolla-tube constricted below 
the middle; corolla-lobes acute. 
Common in rocky places. Fl. Jan., Mar. ; reddish. 
Native of Tropical Africa. 
Page 146.— 
2. Drosera indica Linn. 
bee fl. :. -winte’ read: 
BL“. .- bite,or mauve. 
Page 147.—For Serpicula Linn. read: 
1. LAUREMBERGIA Berg. (Aug. 1767). 
(Serpicula Linn., Oct. 1767.) 
Leaves cuneiform or obovate : 
Plants hairy: 
Pedicels of the male fils. o'1 in. long; upper 
leaves alternate . : : ; ‘ . J. L.. INDICA. 
Pedicels of the male fls. 0°3 in. long; upper 
leaves opposite : ; : . 2. L. WaANGERINIL. 
Plants glabrous ; : : . 3. L. GLABERRINA. 
Leaves narrowly linear, subverticillate a fy) Ll AZEMLANICA. 
1. G. indica Schindl. Halorrhagacez in Engl. Pflanzenreich p. 64 
(1905). Serpicula indica Thw. Enum. p. 123 (1859) pp. S. zeylanica 
Trim. Hbk. FI. Ceyl. p. 147 (1894) pp. non Arn. 
Prostrate herb, with erect, minutely hairy branches. 
‘ Lower leaves deciduous, subsessile; upper leaves sparse, per- 
sistent, sessile; older leaves oblong or obovate, 1-2 toothed 
on either side, teeth narrowly triangular; younger leaves 
linear-oblong, entire or 1-2 toothed, up to 0-5 in. long and 
0-2 in. broad, suberect, with erect hairs on either side and 
especially on the margin, when dry minutely rugulose. 
Flowers monececious, in 7-flowered dichasia in the leaf-axils, 
rarely solitary; male flowers terminal; pedicels suberect, 
glabrous, o-1 in. long; calyx tube with long white hairs; 
lobes ovate, acuminate, obtuse at apex, glabrous; petals 4, 
broadly linear, apex acute, cucullate, glabrous except on 
the back of the vein, deciduous; anthers linear; styles 4, 
usually minutely capitate; female fls. sessile or subsessile; 
calyx tube urceolate, hairy, 8-nerved; lobes 4, minute, ovate, 
glabrous; acuminate, apex obtuse; ovary with 4 ovules; styles 
4, capitate; stamens and petals wanting. Fruit a 1-seeded 
nut, 8-nerved, not costate. 
Part If. 
