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CRASSULACE^:. XIV. COTYLEDON. 



Very like C. papillaris, but differs in the leaves being tricus- 

 pidate. 



Tricuspidate-]eaved. Cotyledon. Clt. 1823. Shrub 1 foot. 



10 C. FURPU'REA (Thunb. fl. cap. p. 396.) leaves opposite, 

 linear-oblong, fleshy, concave, glabrous ; flowers panicled, gla- 

 brous ; caudex erect, nearly herbaceous. Tj . D. G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Corolla purple, an inch long. 



/ > 7)/e-flowered Cotyledon. Shrub 1 foot. 



11C. TERETIFOLIA (Thunb. prod. p. 83. fl. cap. p. 397. but 

 not of Lam.) leaves opposite, nearly terete, fleshy, hairy, obtuse, 

 with an acumen ; flowers panicled, hairy ; caudex erect, simple. 

 ^ . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Terete-leaved Cotyledon. Shrub 1 foot. 



12 C. CUNEIFO'RMIS (Haw. inphil. mag. March, 1828. p. 185.) 

 stems short, branched ; leaves crowded, obovate, mucronate, 

 rather white from mealiness. Tj . D. G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Like C. crassifolia, but much more humble. 



Wedge-leaved Cotyledon. Shrub 1 foot. 



* * Leaves alternate, marcescent. 



13 C. cuRViFtbRA (Sims, bot. mag. t. 2044.) leaves scat- 

 tered, semicylindrical, glabrous ; cicatrices of the stem, where 

 the old leaves have fallen off) rather prominent ; flowers pani- 

 cled, nodding ; calyxes loose ; tube of corolla pentagonal, in- 

 curved. *2 . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers 

 of a dirty yellow-colour, almost reddish, about an inch long. 

 Styles longer than the stamens. 



Curve-flowered Cotyledon. Fl. Oct. Clt. 1818. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



14 C. TUBERCULOSA (Lam. diet. 2. p. 139.) leaves scattered, 

 subcylindrical, linear-oblong, acute ; cicatrices of the old leaves 

 tubercular ; flowers subpanicled, erect ; peduncles and calyxes 

 pubescent, fj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Burm. afr. t. 20. f. 1 . C. grandiflora, N. L. Burm. prod. fl. 

 cap. 13. C. tuberculosa, D. C. pi. grass. 1. t. 86. Flowers 

 showy, orange-coloured, tubular, an inch or more long ; limb 

 spreading, not replicate. 



Tubercular Cotyledon. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. Shrub 1 

 to 2 feet. 



15 C. CACALIOIDES (Lin. fil. suppl. p. 242.) leaves scattered, 

 terete, acute ; cicatrices of the old leaves pitted ; flowers pa- 

 nicled, erect, seated on a long, elongated, nearly naked stem. 

 Jj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Burm. afr. t. 

 20. f. 2. Flowers yellow, rather villous, half an inch long. Leaves 

 deciduous when the plant is in flower ; hence Burmann called it 

 C, aphylla. 



Cacalia-like Cotyledon. Fl. May. Clt. 1818. Sh. 1 foot. 



16 C. VENTRICOSA (N. L. Burm. prod. fl. cap. p. 13.) leaves 

 scattered, linear-oblong, acute at both ends ; cicatrices on old 

 stems tubercular ; flowers in loose racemes, pedicellate, erect ; 

 tube ventricose, pentagonal ; lobes acute. T? . D. G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Burm. afr. dec. 3. p. 51. t. 21. f. 1. 

 Flowers greenish, almost like those of C. hemispharica. Leaves 

 like those of C . tuberculosa, according to Burm. 



Ventricose-fiowered Cotyledon. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



17 C. SPU'RIA (Lin. spec. p. 614.? exclusive of the syno- 

 nymes,) leaves almost radical, terete, oblong, fleshy, obtuse, nar- 

 rower at the base ; caudex very short, thick ; flowering stem 

 erect, naked ; flowers somewhat panicled. fj . D. G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Burm. afr. p. 43. t. 19. f. 1. Pluk. 

 aim. t. 323. f. 1. Willd. spec. 2. p. 754. C. teretif61ia, Lam. 

 diet. 2. p. 139. but not of Thunb. 



Spurious Cotyledon. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1731. Shrub 1 ft. 



18 C. FASCICULA'RIS (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1. vol. 2. p. 106.) 

 leaves scattered, but in fascicles at the tops of the branches, 

 cuneiform, obtuse, flat, thick ; caudex thickened, branched ; 

 flowers panicled, pendulous, with revolute limbs. f? . D. G. 



Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Burm. afr. p. 41. t. 18. 

 C. paniculata, Thunb. fl. cap. p. 396. ex Burm. syn. C. tardi- 

 flora, Bonpl. nav. t. 37. Corolla with a short, greenish, broad, 

 subpentagonal tube, and a reddish revolute limb. 



Fascicled-Rowered Cotyledon. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1759. 

 Shrub 1 foot. 



* * 



Leaves alternate, permanent. 



19 C. TRIFLORA (Thunb. prod. p. 83. fl. cap. p. 396.) leaves 

 scattered, oblong-spatulate, obtuse, fleshy, of a greyish shining 

 colour ; flowers by threes, in spikes, approximate, with repli- 

 cate limbs ; stem suffrutescent. T; . D. G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope, near Zehorivier. Salm-Dyck. obs. p. 6. C. 

 elata, Haw. suppl. Corolla with a green tube, and an acute 

 limb, variegated with white and purple. 



Three-florvered Cotyledon. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1821. Shrub 

 1 to 2 feet. 



20 C. MACULA'TA (Salm-Dyck. obs. p. 5.) leaves scattered, 

 ovate-spatulate, somewhat auriculated at the base, fleshy, shin- 

 ing, marked with dark red spots on both surfaces ; flowers spi- 

 cate, almost alternate : limb spreading ; stem suffruticose. ^ . 

 D. G. Native country unknown. C. alternans, Haw. suppl. ex 

 Salm-Dyck. but not of Vahl. Spike terminal, generally simple. 

 Tube of corolla green, subventricose, with the segments of the 

 limb acute, variegated with white and purple. 



Spotted-leaved Cotyledon. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1816. Sh. 1 ft. 



21 C. RHOMBIFOLIA (Haw. in phil. mag. 1825. July, p. 33.) 

 leaves approximate, obovate-rhomboid, mucronate, white and 

 mealy ; stem branched, strong, decumbent. Tj . D. G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Allied to C. hemisphee'rica, but 

 more humble and branched, and the leaves are rhomboid, and 

 more acuminated. Flowers unknown. 



Rhomb-leaved Cotyledon. Clt. 1823. Shrub decumbent. 



22 C. JASMINIFLORA (Salm-Dyck, obs. Haw. rev. p. 20.) 

 leaves rather crowded, green, rhomboid-spatulate, fleshy ; stem 

 humble ; peduncle terminal, branched ; flowers erect, with a 

 green tube, and a revolute limb, variegated with white and pur- 

 ple ; pedicels long, thickened. Tj . D. G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Allied to C. hemisphce'rica, but the stems are 

 more humble, thickened from the root ; the leaves longer, and 

 the flowers with the tube and limb more ample, and more like a 

 jasmine flower. Salm-Dyck in litt. 



Jasmine-flowered Cotyledon. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1818. Sh. 

 1 foot. 



23 C. HEMISPHJE'RICA (Lin. spec. p. 614.) leaves scattered, 

 ovate-roundish, thick, dotted, glabrous ; flowers nearly sessile, 

 erect, along an elongated peduncle ; lobes of corolla spreading. 

 (7 . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Dill. elth. 2. 't. 

 95. f. 111. C. hemisphEe'rica, D. C. pi. grass. 1. 1. 87. Flowers 

 small, with a green tube, and the limb variegated with white and 

 purple. 



Hemispherical Cotyledon. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1731. Sh. 1 ft. 



24 C. ROTUNDIFOLIA (Haw. in phil. mag. 1826. p. 273.) 

 shrubby, dwarf; leaves straight, crowded, roundish, dirty green ; 

 branches short, decumbent. 1? . D. G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Leaves flat, convex beneath, mealy. Allied to 

 C. hemisphee'rica. 



Round-leaved Cotyledon. Shrub decumbent. 



25 C. MAMILLA'RIS (Lin. fil. suppl. p. 242.) leaves scattered, 

 crowded into something like whorles, terete, ovate, obtuse, gla- 

 brous ; flowers spreading on short pedicels, which are seated on 

 an elongated peduncle ; stem creeping. Tj . D. G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope, near Olyfants Bad. Thunb. fl. cap. p. 

 397. Haw. rev. p. 21. suppl. 22. Corolla tubular, glabrous, 

 with a green tube, and a spreadingly reflexed limb, which is 

 variegated with white and purple. 



