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CRASSULACEjfc. XI. KALOSANTHES. XII. KALANCHOE. 



Lodd. bot. cab. 1040. Crassula obtusa, Haw. suppl, p. 16. 

 Rochea jasminea, D. C. prod. 3. p. 394. Flowers white at first, 

 but becoming reddish as they fade, very like those of the 

 common jasmine, scentless. Tube of corolla almost 3 times 

 longer than the calyx. Heads containing 2-4 flowers. 



Jasmine- flowered Kalosanthes. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1815. 

 Shrub decumbent. 



9 K. BICONVE'XA (Haw. in phil. mag. 1824. p. 185.) leaves 

 narrow-linear, distinctly convex on both surfaces. Tj . D. G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Crassula biconvexa, Haw. 

 misc. p. 175. syn. 53. Rochea biconvexa, D. C. prod. 3. p. 

 394. Flowers white ? 



Double-convex-leaved Kalosanthes. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1823. 

 Shrub ^ to 1 foot. 



1 K. F ASCICULA'RIS (Schultes, syst. G. p. 709. under Larochea,) 

 leaves connately sheathing at the base, linear-lanceolate ; flowers 

 in fascicles ; segments of the calyx lanceolate, acute, ciliated. 



Tj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Crassula fasci- 

 cularis, Lam. diet. 2. p. 171. Leaves glabrous, cartilaginously 

 ciliated. Corolla almost as in A", coccinea, but is a little 

 shorter. 



Fascicled-leaved Kalosanthes. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



Cult. Elegant succulent shrubs, worth cultivating in every 

 collection for the beauty of their flowers. The culture, propa- 

 gation, and treatment they require are the same as that recom- 

 mended for Globulea, p. 106. 



XII. KALANCHO'E (Chinese name of one of the species). 

 Adans. fam. 2. p. 248. D. C. pi. grass, no. 64. D. C. prod. 3. 

 p. 394. Haw. in phil. mag. 1829. p. 301. Calanchoe, Pers. 

 Vereia, Andr. bot. rep. t. 21. Verea, Willd. 



LIN. SYST. Octdndria, Tetragynia. Calyx 4-parted (rarely 

 5-parted) ; sepals united only at the very base, lorate, acute, 

 spreadingly recurved at the apex. Corolla gamopetalous, hypo- 

 crateriform with an obversely clavate tube, and a 4-parted 

 (rarely 5-parted) spreading limb. Stamens 8, 4 of which are 

 adnate to the tube, nearly to the middle, the other 4 almost to 

 the apex. Scales 4, linear, but almost obsolete in the K. varians. 

 Carpels 4, continuous, with the filiform styles. Succulent sub- 

 shrubs, from 1 to 2 feet high, erect, a little branched. Leaves 

 opposite, fleshy, more or less irregularly impari-pinnate, or 

 ovate, toothed or serrated, and often of a glaucous hue. Flowers 

 disposed in loose cymose terminal panicles, yellow, or rufescent, 

 rarely white, scentless. This is a very natural genus. 



* Leaves pinnattfid. 



1 K. CERATOPHY'LLA (Haw. rev. p. 23. phil. mag. 1. c.) leaves 

 pedately bipinnatifid, deeply and broadly toothed, pale green ; 

 stem branched. Tj . D. S. Native of China. Flowers yellow. 

 Braan. icon. chin. t. 9. 



Horn-leaved Kalanchoe. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Shrub 

 1 to 2 feet. 



2 K. LACINIA'TA (Haw. syn. p. 111.) leaves simply pinnatifid, 

 glaucous ; segments deeply and broadly toothed, fy . D. S. 

 Native of Java, Moluccas, and Mauritius; and of Egypt. D.C. 

 pi. grass, t. 100. Planta anatis, Rumph. amb. 5. t. 95. Coty- 

 ledon laciniata, Lin. spec. 1. p. 615. Weinm. phyt. t. 435. 

 Flowers yellow. 



Jagged-leaved Kalanchoe. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1781. Shrub 

 1 to 2 feet. 



* Leaves simple ; but in K. varians some of them are tri- 

 cuspidate. 



3 K. v A'RIANS (Haw. in phil. mag. 1829. p. 302.) smooth, 

 glaucous ; leaves oval, broadly toothed : upper ones sometimes 



tricuspidate. Jj . D. S. Native of the East Indies. Flowers 

 yellow, sometimes 5-cleft. 



Varying Kalanchoe. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. ? Shrub 2 feet. 



4 K. CRENA V TA (Haw. syn. p. 109.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 broadly toothed, crenated : crenae usually double. J; . D. S. 

 Native of Sierra Leone. Kalanchoe Verea, Pers. ench. 1. p. 

 446. Vereia crenata, Kennedy in Andr. bot. rep. 1. t. 21. 

 Cotyledon crenata, Sims, in bot. mag. 1436. Vent. malm. t. 49. 

 Cotyledon Verea, Jacq. schcenbr. t. 435. Pluk. aim. t. 228. f. 

 3. Flowers yellow. 



Crenated-leaved Kalanchoe. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1793. Sh. 

 1 to 2 feet. 



5 K. ACUTIFLORA (Haw. syn. p. 109.) leaves broad-lanceolate, 

 crenated, glabrous, thick ; segments of attenuated corolla acute. 

 Tj . D. S. Native of the East Indies. Vereia acutiflora, Ken- 

 nedy in Andr. bot. rep. t. 560. Flowers whitish. 



Acute-flowered Kalanchoe. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1806. Shrub 

 1 to 2 feet. 



6 K. LANCEOLA'TA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 395.) leaves lanceo- 

 late, crenated at the apex ; stem, peduncles, calyxes, and corol- 

 las, villous ; cymes panicled. t? . D. G. Native of Arabia. 

 Cotyledon lanceolata, Forsk. desc. p. 89. Flowers said to be 

 reddish yellow, that is, probably brownish. 



Lanceolate-leaved. Kalanchoe. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



7 K. BRASILIE'NSIS (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 196.) puberulous ; 

 lower leaves roundish : middle ones obovate-lanceolate : upper 

 ones linear ; all crenately serrated ; cymes dense ; lobes of co- 

 rolla very acute. Tj . D. S. Native of Brazil, near Rio Ja- 

 neiro by the sea side. Corolla with a yellow tube, and a rose- 

 coloured limb. This plant seems to be an exception from the 

 exciting and acrid properties peculiar to the rest of Crassulacece, 

 it being used by the Brazilians in their domestic medicine. 



Brazilian Kalanchoe. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



8 K. ALTE'RNANS (D. C. prod. 3. p. 395.) leaves roundish- 

 spatulate, quite entire ; panicles glabrous. Ij . D. G. Native 

 of Arabia, on mountains. Cotyledon alternans, Vahl. symb. 2. 

 p. 51. but not of Haw. Cotyledon orbiculata, Forsk. cat. arab. 

 p. 112. Segments of corolla reddish yellow, that is, probably 

 brown. 



Alternating Kalanchoe. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



9 K. ROTUNDIFOLIA (Haw. in phil. mag. July, 1825. p. 31.) 

 plant straight and slender ; leaves thick : lower ones roundish : 

 upper ones obovate, and almost entire ; flowers small. Jj . D. G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers rufescent or yellow. 



Round-leaved Kalanchoe. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Shrub 

 1 to 2 feet. 



10 K. ./EGYPTI'ACA (D. C. pi. grass, t. 64. prod. 3. p. 395.) 

 leaves obovate-spatulate, crenated : lower ones obtuse, and rather 

 concave : upper ones acute ; cyme a crowded panicle. Tj . D. 

 G. Native of Egypt, on Mount Melhan. Cotyledon Integra, 

 Medik. comm. pal. 3. p. 200. t. 9. Cotyledon nudicaulis, Vahl. 

 symb. 2. p. 59. Cotyledon deficiens, Forsk. descr. p. 89. 

 Flowers orange- coloured. 



Egyptian Kalanchoe. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



11 K. SPATULA'TA (D. C. pi. grass, t. 65.) leaves obovately- 

 spatulate, crenated, glabrous : lower ones obtuse : upper ones 

 acute ; cymes panicled, loose. Jj . D. G. Native of China. 

 Cotyledon hybrida, H,ort. par. Cotyledon spatulata, Poir. suppl. 

 2. p. 373. Flowers yellow. 



Spatulate-leaved. Kalanchoe. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. SH. 

 1 to 2 feet. 



Cult. The species of Kalanchoe being succulent, require very 

 little water unless when growing freely ; and the pots in which 

 they are grown ought to be well drained with sherds. A mix- 

 ture of loam and sand appears to be the best soil for them. The 

 species are easily increased by cuttings. A leaf taken off" any 





