KALANCHOE LACINIATA 109 



Botanical Description. — A small tree 9-12° high, very 

 well known, trunk bristling with long thorns. Leaves twice 

 abruptly pinnate. One or more pairs of leaflets, very small, 

 linear. Common petiole with two thorns united at its base 

 and a small glandule on the upper part. Flowers yellow, aro- 

 matic, axillary, joined in a globose head J-f ' in diameter, con- 

 sisting of more than 50 minute flowerets. In each axil are 2 

 peduncles. In some heads all the flowerets are staminate, in 

 others hermaphrodite. The hermaphrodite flowers have a 

 calyx with 5 small teeth. Corolla, 5 petals. Stamens 40 or 

 more. Pistil same length as the stamens. Staminate flowers : 

 calyx, corolla, stamens and anthers as in the hermaphrodite 

 flowers. Pistil none. Pod round, curved, with 8 or more 

 elliptical, compressed seeds. 



Habitat. — Grows everywhere, but forms dense thickets in 

 the provinces of La Laguna and Batangas. Blooms in Jan- 

 uary. 



CRASSULACEJE. 



Orpine Family. 



Kalanchoe laciniata, DC. (Cotyledon laciniata, Roxb.; Bryo- 

 phyllum serratum, Blanco.) 



Nom. Vulg. — Siempreviva (Live-for-ever), Sp.-Fil.; Kataka- 

 takd, Tag. 



Uses. — The fleshy leaves are beaten up and applied to 

 chronic ulcers and sores on which they exert a stimulant action. 

 Applied to the temples they relieve headache. Ainslie testifies 

 to the good effect of its local use in inflammations and as a wash 

 for ulcers. The juice of the leaves is used in Concan in the 

 treatment of bilious diarrhoea and gall stones. 



Botanical Description. — A well-known plant, about 2° 

 high, with leaves sessile, opposite, oval, serrately toothed, fleshy. 

 Flowers yellow, in umbels, the stalks reaching a height of 3°. 

 Calyx very short, with 4 lanceolate, acuminate sepals, united 



