Cotyledon.'] l. crassulace^e (britten). 399 



which easily rubs off, 1-2 in. long-. Peduncle scapiform, with two pairs 

 of oblong-lanceolate bracts, one at the base, the other above the middle, 

 glabrous, powdery. Inflorescence a spreading- terminal cyme, flowers 

 deflexed, nodding", the lowest pendulous. Calyx not exceeding 2 lines 

 long, lobes deltoid, subacute, glabrous, powdery. Corolla tubular- 

 campanulate, " internally and externally of a bright rose colour" ; tube 

 cylindrical, J-f in. long, limb-segments broadly linear, acute, spreading, 

 recurved, nearly as long as the tube. Stamens ■ inserted at the base of 

 the corolla-tube, the 5 alternate with the corolla-lobes being longer 

 than the rest ; filaments bearded and broader at the base. Carpels 5, 

 green, Conical-cylindrical. Squamulae short, broadly linear, trun- 

 cate, emarginate, whitish -yellow. — DC. PI. Grasses, t. 76; Bot. Mag 

 t. 32 j Harv. Fl. Cap. ii. 371. 



Lower Guinea. Benguela, Mossaniedes, Welwitschl 

 Also at the Cape. 



3. C. simensis, Britten. Stem branched from the base, branches 

 spreading, prostrate, almost creeping, thick, 3-5 in. long, naked below, 

 somewhat ascending above, terminating in a rosette of leaves. Leaves 

 narrow spathulate, 1-1 J in. long, obtuse or subacute, thick ciliate at 

 the margins with cartilaginous teeth, otherwise glabrous. Scape 

 simple, erect, 1-2 in. high, glabrous, bearing 2-7 or more flowers on 

 slender densely -glandular-pubescent pedicels. Bracts resembling the 

 leaves but smaller, lanceolate or slightly spathulate. Calyx 6-par- 

 tite, segments lanceolate, acute, \ in. long, glandular-pubescent exter- 

 nally. Corolla purplish, tubular-campanulate, segments 6, united for 

 J of their length, oblong-lanceolate obtuse, with a reflexed mucro, 

 glabrous or externally slightly pubescent. Stamens 12. Carpels 6, 

 one smaller than the rest, scarcely tapering. — Seinpervivum simense, 

 Hochst. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. Umbilicus semiensis, J . Gay in A. Rich. 

 Fl. 4byss. i. 308. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! 



6. SEDUM, Linn, j Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 659. 



Calyx 5-partite. Petals 5*, free. Stamens 10, perigynous, the alter- 

 nate ones often adnate to the petals ; filaments filiform ; anthers didy- 

 mous. Squamulae entire or emarginate. Carpels 5, free, narrowed 

 into the style ; ovules many. Follicles 5, free, many-seeded. — Glabrous 

 herbs, fleshy, decumbent or caespitose. Leaves entire, opposite or 

 alternate. Flowers cymose, yellow. 



A genus of about 130 species, abundant in temperate and frigid regions of the 

 Northern hemisphere, rare in America. The Tropical African species are endemic. 



Stems leafy at the base (only ?) 1 . S. Epidendrum. 



Stems leafy throughout 2. S. Schimperi. 



1. S. Epidendrum, Hochst. ; A. Rick Fl. Abyss, i. 314. Caespitose, 

 stem " erect" or spreading, much branched, glabrous, thick, somewhat 



