Bryophyllum 



CRASSULACEiE 



241) 



late or subcampanulate, shortly 4-lobed. Stamens 8 in two series, 

 inserted on the corolla-tube. Carpels 4. Seeds numerous. 



Species 4, natives of tropical Africa, one (J?, pinnatum) 

 widely dispersed throughout the tropics. 



B. pinnatum Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xl.pt. 2, 52 (1871); 

 Urb. Symb. Ant. iv. 258. B. calvciuum Saliab. Parad. Land. t. 3 

 (1805)'; Griscb. Fl. Br. W. Lid.^303. Cotyledon pinnata Lam. 

 Encyc. ii. 141 (1786). (Fig. 105.) 



Fig 105. — Bryophyllum 'pinnatum Kurz. 



A, Inflorescence and leaf x h C, Ovary cut across X 3. 



B, Flower cut lengthwise ; sc, scale ; nat. D, Seed X 40 ; c, cotyledon 



;•, radicle. 



March; Blue Mts., Hitchcock; Halfway Tree, Miss TFood ! —Widely 

 distributed throughout the tropics, presumably a native of Africa. 



Stem 1-3 ft. high. Leaves stalked, uppermost pinnate, lower simple; 

 blade to 13 cm. 1., to 7 cm. br. Calyx, tube 2 • 2-3 • 5 cm. 1., lobes • 7-1 cm. 1. 

 and br. Corolla, tube constricted below the middle, 2 -5-4 -5 cm. 1., lobes 

 triangular, very acute, 1-1-5 cm. 1., ■b-'&b cm.br. Stamens, filaments 

 free upwards from the constriction below the middle of the corolla-tube. 

 Carpels 1-2-1 -45 cm. 1., passing up into styles 2-5-3 cm. 1. Scales 

 oblong, 2-2-5 mm. 1., 1-1 -25 mm. br. 



Family XXXV. BRUNELLIACEiE. 



Trees. Leaves opposite or 3 in a whorl, simple, 3-foliolate or 

 imparipinnate, with very small deciduous stipules. Flowers in 

 corymbiform, axillary and terminal panicles. Flowers rather 



