Kalanchoe.] l. crassulace^e (britten). 397 



lowest few-flowered. Bracts and bracteoles short, somewhat deltoid. 

 Calyx subvesicular, usually 4-fid, rarely 4-partite, but distinctly 

 united nearly to the middle ; umbilicate at the base, densely glandular- 

 pubescent, 4 lines long' ; lobes erect, acute or even acuminate, deltoid. 

 Corolla pale yellow, scarcely or slightly exceeding- J in. long-, glabrous 

 at the base, tube slig-htly pubescent, limb-seg-ments ovate-oblong-, acu- 

 minate. Squamulte linear, whitish. Carpels narrow-oblong-, glabrous, 

 attenuate. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! Dillon. 



Lower Guinea. Benguela, Huilla, Dr. Wehvitsch ! 



In Dr. Welwitsch's specimens the calyx is rather more deeply divided than in the 

 type, and the corolla is somewhat longer. In other respects, however, they correspond. 



17. K. scapigera, Welw. mss. Whole plant g-labrous. Stem cylin- 

 drical, 1 in. long", transversely rugose with the scars of the fallen leaves. 

 Leaves subrosulate at the summit of the stem, very thick, obovate, 

 obtuse, subpetiolate or nearly orbicular and sessile, of a coppery-yellow 

 in the- living- plant. Peduncles scapiform rising- from the rosette of 

 leaves, solitary or two tog-ether, 5—7 in. long-, erect, cylindrical, with 

 one or two pairs of opposite deciduous bracts, bearing- one or two tri- 

 chotomous cymes at the summit. Pedicels 1-3 lines long, rig-id, brac- 

 teoles about \ line long-, thick, lanceolate, almost triquetrous. • Flowers 

 brig-ht yellow. Sepals very short, scarcely 1 line, in leng'th, deltoid- 

 ovate, rather obtuse, thickened on the back. Corolla-tube not exceed- 

 ing J in. in length, limb-seg-ments ovate, acuminate. Squamuhe linear, 

 1-2 lines long. Carpels 4-5 lines long, free from the corolla-tube. 



Lower Guinea. Benguela, Mossamedes, Dr. Welwitsch! 



In inflorescence this approaches K. rotundifolia, Haw., a Cape species, but that 

 usually has a leafy stem. 



18. K. humilis, Britten. Whole plant glabrous. Rhizome creeping, 

 emitting barren leafy shoots. Scape slender, erect, 3-4 in. long, from 

 a short leafy stock not exceeding 1 in., transversely rugose with the 

 scars of the fallen leaves. Barren shoots about 1 in. long. Leaves 

 spathulate, crenate at the apex, about f in. long by £ in. broad, sessile, 

 or tapering into a short petiole,' glaucous, fleshy. Cymes few-flowered, 

 dichotomous, pedicels 2-4 lines long. Calyx-segments deltoid, scarcely 

 ^ line long. Corolla 2 lines long, divided for about one-third of its 

 length, tubular, lobes ascending. Squamulae minute. Carpels 1-1 J 

 lines long, free from the corolla-tube ; styles slender. 



Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, Moramballa, Waller! 



Besides the foregoing there are in the Kew Herbarium the following, apparently new 

 and distinct species, represented only by imperfect specimens. 



Kalanchoe. Stems glabrous ; inflorescence thinly glandular-pubescent ; cymes dense ; 

 calyx short, 4-partite. Speke and Grant, No. 387 (erroneously referred to K. glandu- 

 lo8a, in Speke, Trav. App.). 



Kalanchoe. Near K. glandulosa and K. brachycalyx ; differing from the former in 

 its 4-partite calyx, and from the latter in its larger flowers. Abyssinia, Schimper, 637 

 (in part). 



We have also two specimens, past flowering, and without leaves, of what will pro- 



