394 l. CRASSULACEiE (britten). [Kalanchoe. 



glabrous. Squamulse brown, 2 lines long 1 , subacute. Seeds oblong, 

 dark brown, J line long*. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! 



10. K. Welwitschii, Britten. Whole plant glabrous. Stem 

 cylindrical, erect, 3-5 ft. high, nearly an inch thick at the base, glau- 

 cous. Radical leaves large, 8-10 in. long, petiolate, ovate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, obtuse, rounded at the base, crenate-dentate or coarsely 

 dentate, teeth purple-margined j petioles 1^—3 in. long. Upper leaves 

 lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, entire or very slightly crenate, the 

 uppermost scarcely petiolate. Bracts lanceolate, subacute. Flowers 

 bright sulphur, in a diffuse corymbose panicle. Calyx-lobes green, 

 broadly lanceolate, long acuminate, J-f in. long, united at the base. 

 Corolla-tube f in. long, limb j-1 in. across, segments ovate, abruptly 

 acuminate and aristate. Squamulae brown, 3 lines long, entire, mem- 

 branous at the tip, subacute. Carpels nearly as long as the corolla- 

 tube. 



Lower Guinea. Angola, Loanda, Dr. Welwitsch ! 



Also cultivated by the natives. 



Var. gracilituba. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, smaller than those of E. Welmtschii ; 

 inflorescence corymbose, branches elongated, subdistichous ; tube of corolla 1 in. or 

 more long, much exceeding the carpels. Flowers bright orange -yellow. 



Lower Guinea. Angola, Libongo, Dr. Welwitsch 1 



11. K. crenata, Raw. Syn. 109; DC. Prod. iii. 395. Root thick, 

 fibrous. Stem 2-6 ft. high, glabrous throughout or hispidulous in the 

 upper portion. Leaves 2-3 in. long, oblong or roundish ovate or 

 spathulate, coarsely crenate, obtuse, cuneate at the base, glabrous, all 

 but the uppermost distinctly petiolate, petioles 1-1J in. long ; upper 

 leaves sometimes entire. Inflorescence glabrous or hispidulous in tri- 

 chotomous many-flowered axillary and terminal cymes ; peduncles of 

 axillary cymes long, the lowest 6-7 in. in length ; internodes 3-6 in. 

 long. Bracts narrow, lanceolate, petiolate ; bracteoles setaceous. Calyx- 

 lobes glabrous or hispidulous and viscid, lanceolate, acute, very slightly 

 cohering at the base, 2-3 lines long ; pedicels slender, 2—3 lines long. 

 Flowers bright yellow or orange ; tube \ in. long, glabrous or pubes- 

 cent ; limb-segments oblong-lanceolate, acute. Squamulae linear, 1— 1 J 

 lines long. Carpels narrow, 3 lines long. — Harv. Fl. Cap. ii. 379 ; 

 Don, Gen. Syst. iii. 108. K. cegyptiaca, DC. PI. Grasses, t. 64 • Prod, 

 iii. 395 ; Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 192. K. Petitiana, A. Rich. 

 Fl. Abyss, i. 311 (ex. descr.). K. spathulata, DC. PI. Grasses, t. 65 ; 

 Prod. iii. 395. K. Verea, Pers. Syn. i. 446. K. brasiliensis, Camb. Fl. 

 Bras. Merid. ii. 196. Cotyledon crenata, Vent. Jard. Malm. t. 49 ; Sims, 

 Bot. Mag. t. 1436. C. Verea, Jacq. Hort. Schcenbr. t. 435. C. dejieims, 

 Forsk. Fl. ^Egypt. 89. Of the figures quoted those of DC. and Vent, 

 represent the glabrous form ; those of J acq. and Sims the hispidulous 

 variety. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Jfzelim! W. Winwood Meade! Camaroons 

 mountains, 3-7000 ft., Mann! 



