396 l. crass ulace.2e (britten). \Kalanchoe. 



14. K. brachycalyx, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 312 (ex descr.). Stem 

 1-3 ft. high, glabrous below, densely glandular-pubescent above. Leaves 

 2-4 in. long-, obovate-oblong, obtuse, glabrous, coarsely dentate or 

 crenate above, narrowed at the base, shortly petiolate, petioles amplexi- 

 caul. Upper leaves lanceolate, or (on barren shoot) obovate-lanceolate, 

 obtuse, nearly entire, often with short fascicles of flowers in their axils. 

 Bracteoles short, linear. Flowers small, yellow, in elongate terminal 

 panicles, with ascending or sometimes divaricate dichotomous branches. 

 Pedicels pubescent, 1-3 lines long, upper flowers almost sessile. Calyx- 

 segments 2-3 lines long, united for about \ of their length, some- 

 what spreading when in flower, oblong-lanceolate, acute, ciliate at 

 the margins, glandular-pubescent. Corolla-tube slender, pubescent, 

 Jj in. long or rather more. Limb-segments ovate-obtuse, mucronate, 

 glabrous or slightly pubescent beneath, rather exceeding 1 line in 

 length. Carpels 3 lines long, greenish, not so conspicuously tapering 

 as in the other species. Squamulae filiform, membranous, 1-2 lines 

 long. Seeds dark brown, linear, very small. — K. modesta, Kotsch. et 

 Peyr., ex descr. in Plantoe Tirmeanae, 18. K. pubescetis, R. Br. in 

 Salt. Abyss. App. (name only). 



Upper Guinea. Niger Expedition, Barter! 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Quartin- Dillon. Salt! Dembo, Kotschy. 

 Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi, Dr. MAler! Native name, " N'Kaka." 

 Although differing in one or two details, 1 cannot find any characters in the descrip- 

 tion of K. modesta by which to separate it as a species. 



15. K. velutina, Wclw. Suffruticose : rhizome thick, fleshy, creep- 

 ing, emitting barren and flowering shoots ; whole plant, including the 

 flowers, shortly and softly pubescent. Lower leaves ovate-lanceolate, 

 sinuate, crenate above, obtuse, 2 in. long, narrowing into short slightly 

 amplexicaul petioles, upper leaves linear-lanceolate, obtuse. Brac- 

 teoles short, linear, acute. Inflorescence a terminal rounded panicle ; 

 flowers yellow. Calyx adhering to the corolla, segments very short, 

 scarcely a line long, united at the base, deltoid, acute. Corolla cir- 

 cumsciss at the base, tube nearly J in. long, scarcely inflated below dur- 

 ing flowering ; limb-segments short, ascending or slightly spreading, 

 deltoid-ovate, mucronate. Squamulae small, broad, brown. Carpels 

 dark brown, attenuate. 



Lower Guinea. Angola, Pungo Andongo, 3800 ft., Dr. Welwitsch ! 



16. K. glandulosa, Hochst. ; A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 312. Stem 2 ft. 

 high, as well as the inflorescence glandular-pubescent. Radical leaves 

 large, very fleshy, 8-9 in. long, prominently 3-nerved with a scattered 

 glandular pubescence, sometimes almost glabrous, ovate- or obovate- 

 lanceolate, coarsely and very irregularly dentate-crenate, obtuse, taper- 

 ing to the base, scarcely petiolate ; lower stem-leaves obovate, nearly 

 entire, tapering to the base, amplexicaul ; upper leaves densely glan- 

 dular-pubescent, sessile, amplexicaul, lanceolate or oblanceolate, obtuse, 

 with a few wide scattered teeth above, sometimes almost entire. In- 

 florescence paniculate-cymose ; axillary cymes short, 1-2 in. long, the 



