Kalanchoe.] L. crassulace^e (britten). 391 



Leaves entire, lanceolate. 



Plant glabrous, 2-3 ft. high 5. K. brachyloba. 



Plant glabrous, 6-10 in., high . . . . . .' . . 6. K. angiistifolia. 



Plant pubescent 1. K. platysepala. 



Leaves entire or coarsely crenate, the lower ovate or 

 ovate-lanceolate. 

 Plant, or at least inflorescence, glabrous. 



Flowers in racemose cymes 8. K. Afzeliana. 



Flowers in corymbose cymes. 



Inflorescence glaucous . . . 9. K. glaucescens. 



Inflorescence glabrous, not glaucous. 



Corolla-tube f in. long, or more . . 4 . ... 10. iT. Welwitschii. 

 Corolla-tube 4 in. long, axillary peduncles many- 

 flowered 11. K. crenata. 



Corolla-tube 4 in. long, very slender, axillary pe- 

 duncles 2-5 flowered 12. K. stenotiphon. 



Leaves glabrous, inflorescence hispid or glandular-pu- 

 bescent. 



Flowers scarlet 13. K. coccinea. 



Flowers yellow. 



Corolla-tube \ in. long 11. IT. crenata. 



Corolla-tube less than 4 in. long . . . .- . . 1-4. K. brachy calyx. 



Whole plant pubescent . 15. K. velutina. 



Calyx 4-fid 16. K. glandulosa. 



Acaulescent or subacaulescent. 



Cymes dense 17. K. scapigera. 



Cymes lax 18. K. humilis. 



1. K. Schimperiana, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 310. Whole plant to- 

 mentose.. Stem dilated, thickened and somewhat woody below, con- 

 spicuously marked with the scars of the fallen leaves, terete ; leaves 

 ovate- orbicular, the upper somewhat spathulate, obtuse, crenate, 

 2-4 in. long", narrowed at the base into short amplexicaul petioles ; 

 bracts and bracteoles sessile, slightly amplexicaul, lanceolate, acute. 

 Flowers orang'e-yellow, in a rather dense much-branched trichotomous 

 corymbose cyme. Pedicels l-ljin. long*. Calyx-segments lanceolate- 

 oblong, acute, 1-1 J in. long, often spreading* ; corolla-tube slender, 

 2-2 J in. long, limb 1—1^ in. across, pubescent or almost glabrous, with 

 broadly ovate acuminate (sometimes abruptly acuminate) segments. 

 Squamulee linear, brown, acute, 3-4 lines long, bifid at the apex. 

 Carpels glabrous, narrow oblong, f in. long, elongated into the per- 

 sistent style. Seeds black, J line long. — Cotyledon (Verea) deficient, 

 Hochst. et Steud. in Hb. Schimp. Abyss., non Forsk. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! 



2. K. Quartiniana, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 311, t. 54. Whole plant 

 glabrous. Stem sulcate, 2-3 ft. high. Leaves pbovate or elliptical, 

 crenate, obtuse, 4-7 in. long, petiolate ; petioles 1-2 in. long, amplexi- 

 caul ; bracts entire, linear-ovate, obtuse, slightly amplexicaul. Flowers 

 yellow, in a much-branched somewhat lax trichotomous cyme. Pe- 

 dicels slender, 1 in. long. Calyx-segments about 5 lines long, slightly 

 spreading, membranous, lanceolate, acuminate. Corolla-tube 1-2 in. 

 long ; limb. 1 in. across, segments obovate, crenate, abruptly acurai- 



