Bryophyllum.| CRASSULACEAE. 121 
nate), obovate-oblong or lanceolate, 5—8‘  2—3‘, acuminate, closely 
serrate or dentate with incurved callose teeth, gradually tapering to a 
thick fleshy petiole of 1/2—2‘, which is sulcate above and dilated at the 
base, coriaceous, glabrous and dark-green above, paler underneath, with 
veins short-hirsute. Corymb 2—3’ in height and as much 
or more in width, the main branches hirsute, subtended + foliaceous 
sessile bracts of 1/2—1‘, the bractlets smaller and narrower, caducous; 
pedicels 2—3". Male fl. Petals greenish-blue, spreading, broad trian- 
ar, 3” high, malnastet twice or three times the length of the narrow 
acute sepals. Stamens exserted. Fem. fl. Calyx pep its narrow acute 
teeth or ba iY.one half or one third the length of the tube; the pe- 
tals scale-like, 1/2“. Ovary adnate to about %/4 of its uerth. erry 
bluish, globose, 4—5“ in diameter, with a free conical apex, pointed 
with the distinct persistent style and crowned by the calycine teeth and 
petals. Seeds 1/4 — Gray, Bot. U.S. E. E. p. 683, pl. 87. — Gaud. Bot. 
Bon. tab. 9, f. 11, 12. °— ieee. & Arn. in Bot. Beech. p. 84. — Mrs. 
Sinclair, pl. 36? 
Kauai! to Maui! in app at elevations of 1000 to 3000 ft.; not uncommon. 
In the specimens from Kauai the serratures of the leaves are straight. Nat. names 
«Kanawau», «Puahanui». 
2. B. pellucida, Gaud. Bot. Bon. tab. 9. —- Leaves whorled, ternate, 
narrower, not over 13/4‘ in width. Corymb larger and denser. Male fl 
Calyx about 1”. Petals 2“, reddish. Fem. fl. Calycine lobes short 
dentiform, not longer than the petaloid scales. Ovary adnate only in 
the lower half. Berry smaller, the stigma sessile on the free conical 
apex. — Gray, l. c. p. 685, 
Hawaii! in the woods of Kona and Puna. 
Orper XXVIII. CRASSULACEAE. 
Sepals 3 or more, usually 5, but sometimes up to 20, free from the 
inserted with the petals at the base of the calyx. Ovary superior, the 
carpels as many as the petals, distinct, usually with a small scale at the 
Ripe 
— Herbs or shrubs. Leaves succulent, alternate or rarely opposite. Sti- 
pules wanting. Flowers in terminal racem es, cymes or panicles. 
The plants contained is this Order inhabit chiefly dry and rocky regions. 
1. BRYOPHYLLUM, Salisb. 
Sepals united into an inflated 4-lobed calyx. Petals united into a eylin- 
drical 4lobed corolla. Stamens 8, attached to the base of the corolla. 
Scales gland-like. Carpels 4. Styles filiform. 
A single species. 
