450 FLORA OF MADRAS. (Kalanchoe. 



Calyx-lobes narrow, lanceolate : 



Flowers yellow, in large corymbose bracteate panicles, the 

 inflorescence glandular or glabrous; leaves obovate-spathulate 

 especially the upper ones, up to 4 in. long, 1 in. broad ; corolla- 

 tube in fruit shining, white 2. floribunda. 



Flowers white : 



Calyx and corolla glandular- hairy ; inflorescence in compact 

 corymbs ; leaves obovate, obtuse, up to 5 in. long, 2 in. broad, 



dotted with red spots (Cooke) 3. olivacea. 



Calyx and corolla not glandular-hairy; inflorescence in 

 spreading panicles of cymes; leaves elliptic, narrowed at 

 base, more or less acute, up to 6 in. long, 3 in. broad, tinged 



with red (Cooke) 4. BMdei. 



Calyx-lobes large, ovate; leaves orbicular- obovate, cuneate at 

 base, up to 3 in. long, 2 in. broad ; flowers yellow, in compact 

 corymbose cymes, the inflorescence glabrous; corolla-lobes 



obovate, mucronate 5. grandiflora. 



Leaves pinnatifid, the segments, especially in upper leaves, usually 

 narrow and even linear, sometimes broader ; flowers pale yellow, 

 in paniculate cymes with linear bracts ; calyx-lobes lanceolate, 

 glandular ; corolla-lobes oblong-lanceolate, mucronate 6. laciniata. 



1. KALANCHOE GLANDULOSA, Hochst. ; F. B. I. ii. 414. 



Deccan, in hilly country in Mysore (Wight) on dry rock soil. 

 A thick- stemmed succulent plant reaching 2 ft. in height. 



2. KALANCHOE FLORIBUNDA, W. & A. 359 ; F. B. I. ii. 414. 



Deccan, 011 dry hills in Coimbatore at 2,000-4,000 ft. 

 (Fischer, etc.) 



An erect succulent-leaved plant with glandular inflor- 

 escence. 

 Yar. glabra, C. B. Clarke in F. B. I. ii. 415. 



W. Ghats, on dry slopes from Mysore and N. Nilgiris to 

 the Anamalais and hills of Travaiicore, at 2,000-4,000 ft. 

 An erect succulent, the inflorescence not glandular, and 

 prominently corymbose. 



3. KALANCHOE OLIVACEA, Dalz. ; Cooke Bomb. Fl. i. 467. 



W. Grhats, in the Ananialai Hills at Attakatti and Kadam- 



parai, 3,500-4,000 ft. among rocks (Fischer). 



An erect succulent of an olive-brown colour when fresh. 



4. KALANCHOE BHIDEI, T. Cooke Bomb. Fl. i. 467. 



Deccan, in the hills of Coimbatore at Dimbam and Anai- 



