Kalanclwe.] l. crassulace^e (britten). 393 



minal few-flowered cyme. Calyx deciduous, lobes lanceolate, acute. 

 Corolla-tube much inflated at the base, 4-angled, scarcely twice as long 

 as the calyx ; limb-segments very long", narrow, lanceolate, very 

 acute, yellow at the margins, brown in the centre. Squamulae linear. 

 Carpels glabrous, oblong, very acute at the tips. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Shire, Quartin- Dillon. 

 Description from Richard. 



7. K. platysepala, Welw. mss. Annual. Stem erect, 1-3 ft. high, 

 pubescent, obscurely tetragonous, subulate. Leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 pubescent, 1-3 in. long, J in. broad, entire or rarely slightly sinuate 

 towards the apex, sessile, amplexicaul, subacute, the upper often with 

 short fascicles of flowers in the axils : internodes 2-4 in. long. In- 

 florescence cymose, loosely pilose. Cymes rounded, compact, terminal, 

 or in larger specimens also lateral, forming an elongated leafy panicle, 

 1-1 £ ft. long. Calyx subvesicular, lobes broadly ovate, united for 

 about J of their length, 2-3 lines long, acute, pubescent, margins 

 ciliolate. Corolla deep yellow, slightly pubescent externally ; tube 3—5 

 lines long, limb 3-5 lines across, segments broadly ovate, glabrous, 

 acuminate. Squamulae 1-2 lines long, entire. Carpels ovate-lanceo- 

 late, 3 lines long, style persistent. Seeds pale-brown, minute. 



Lower Guinea. Benguela, Huilla, Dr. Weltvitsch! 

 Mozamb. Distr. Shire Valley, Zambesi land, Dr. Kirk ! 



8. K. Afzeliana, Britten. Plant glabrous, or with a few scattered 

 hairs on the stem. Stems 2-4 ft. high, simple, almost naked above. 

 Root-leaves large, 8 in. or more long, oblong- or rotundate-ovate, ob- 

 tuse, coarsely crenate or with wide blunt rounded crenate teeth, some- 

 what cuneate at the base, glaucous beneath, distinctly petiolate. Lower 

 stem-leaves similar to the foregoing but smaller, about 4 in. long, 

 passing abruptly above into narrow obovate-spathulate bracts, distantly 

 toothed above, 1-2 in. long. Flowers in terminal racemose distichous 

 cymes, bright yellow. Calyx-segments ovate-lanceolate, acute or 

 subacute. Tube slender, \ in. long. Sr^amulae whitish, linear- 

 lanceolate, nearly as long as the calyx. — Vercia crenata, Andr. Bot. 

 Rep. t. 21. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzeliu*! 



1 have seen only a cultivated specimen, the type of the figure cited, in Herb. Mus. 

 Brit. 



9. K. glaucescens, Britten. Stem terete, glabrous, occasionally 

 with elongate ascending pubescent branches nearly leafless IWow, 2 ft. 

 or more in height. Lower leaves narrow-ovate, irregularly crenate, 

 obtuse, glabrous, 5 in. long, narrowed into broadly amplexicaul petioles. 

 Inflorescence glabrous, glaucous. Flowers red or dark -yellow, in com- 

 pact 2-3-chotomous panicles, or on few-flowered peduncles from the 

 upper nodes. Calyx-lobes glabrous, lanceolate, acute or subacute, 

 somewhat patent, about 2 lines long, united at the base. Corolla-tube 

 J in. long, segments short, narrow-ovate acute. Carpels £ in. long, 



