CRASSULACE^E. XIV. COTYLEDON. XV. PISTORINIA. XVI. UMBILICUS. 



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Mamillary Cotyledon. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. Sh. cr. 



26 C. CUNEA'TA (Thunb. fl. cap. p. 395.) leaves radical, cu- 

 neated, fleshy, hairy, with purple margins ; stem erect, some- 

 what herbaceous, pubescent, viscid ; corolla hairy. Tj . D. G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Cuneated-leaved Cotyledon. Fl. May. Clt. 1818. Sh. 1 ft. 



27 C. INTERJE'CTA (Haw. in phil. mag. March, 1828, p. 185.) 

 leaves glaucescent, narrow- oblong, acute, incurved, channelled ; 

 stem short, strong, fj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Very like C. spuria, but differs in being higher, in the 

 leaves being shorter, thicker, and narrower, more channelled, 

 and without doubt incurved. 



Cast Cotyledon. Clt. 1823. Shrub J foot. 



28 C. CARYOPHYLLA'CEA (N. L. Burm. prod. fl. cap. 13.) 

 leaves aggregate, ovate, thick, flat, glaucous ; flowers panicled, 

 on long erect pedicels ; stem branched. Jj . D. G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Burm. afr. dec. 2. p. 39. t. 17. 

 Corolla tubular, form of the bud of a clove ; lobes spreading, 

 ovate, acute, flesh-coloured, with a red line. Very like C. he- 

 misphee'rica, but differs in the flowers being distinctly pedi- 

 cellate. 



Clove-like Cotyledon. Stem 1 foot. 



29 C. MUCRONA'TA (Lam. diet. 2. p. 142.) leaves nearly radi- 

 cal, oval, flat, with undulated margins, mucronate at the apex ; 

 stem branched, very short ; floriferous stem naked ; flowers 

 erect, in loose panicles. I? . D. G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Burm. afr. p. 44. t. 19. f. 2. C. undulata, Haw. 

 Lobes of corolla acute. 



Mucronate-leaved Cotyledon. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. 

 Shrub ^ foot. 



f" Species not sufficiently known. 



30 C. RETICULA'TA (Thunb. fl. cap. p. 393.) leaves scattered 

 at the tops of the branches, terete, acute, erect, soft, glabrous ; 

 stem erect, shrubby, fleshy ; flowers erect, in dichotomous pa- 

 nicles. \ . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, in Carro. 

 Caudex a hand high. Panicle decompound. 



Reticulated Cotyledon. Shrub f foot. 



31 C. DICHO'TOMA (Haw. suppl. 27. ex rev. 22.) leaves chan- 

 nelled ; cymes dichotomous, puberulous, bracteated by spines ; 

 tube of corolla somewhat bottle-formed, with a replicate limb. 

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



Dichotomous Cotyledon. Shrub ^ to 1 foot. 



32 C. PA'RVULA (Burch. cat. geogr. no. 1818. ex voy. cap. 1. 

 p. 219.) leaves oval, rather compressed, thick; panicle dichoto- 

 mously branched ; pedicels erect, very long, capillary ; stem 

 erect, fj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Plant 

 6-9 inches high. 



Small Cotyledon. PL to 1 foot. 



33 C. TRIGYNA (Burch. trav. afr. 2. p. 226.) stemless ; leaves 

 glabrous, flattened, fleshy, cuneate-oval or nearly orbicular ; 

 flowers erect, alternate on an elongated simple scape, rarely on a 

 bifid one. fj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Co- 

 rolla cylindrical, purplish, with a short reflexed limb, and a pur- 

 ple throat. Carpels 3. 



Trigynous Cotyledon. PI. -| to 1 foot. 



34 C. CRISTA'TA (Haw. phil. mag. 1827, April 1, p. 123.) 

 leaves petiolate, cuneately triangular, curled and crested at the 

 apex. T? . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Herb 

 succulent, leafy, evergreen. Stem short, with the surculi densely 

 clothed with rufous hairs. Leaves erect, an inch long, thick, 

 purplish at the apex, beset with dots of scurfy down. Spikes 

 terminal. Flowers small, open in the morning. 



Crested Cotyledon. Fl. Sept. Clt. 1820. PL foot. 



35 C. CLAVIFOLIA (Haw. 1. c.) leaves petiolate, club-formed, 

 incurved, acuminated, and rather curled at the apex, fj . D. G. 



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Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Allied to the preceding 

 species ; but the flowers are about twice the size, and purple. 



Club-leaved Cotyledon. Fl. Sept. Clt. 1824. PL | foot. 



Cult. Cotyledon is a genus of pretty succulent plants. The 

 culture, propagation, and management of the species are the same 

 as that for Globulea, p. 106. 



XV. PISTORI'NIA (meaning unknown to us). D. C. prod. 3. 

 p. 399. mem. crass, p. 25. t. 10. f. 5. Cotyledon species of 

 authors. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Pentagynia. Calyx 5-parted, much 

 shorter than the tube of the corolla. Corolla gamopetalous, 

 funnel-shaped ; tube long, terete ; limb spreading, 5-parted. 

 Stamens 10, adnate the whole length of the tube, but free at 

 the throat, and exserted. Scales 5, oblong, obtuse. Carpels 5, 

 each ending in a long filiform style. Erect annual or biennial 

 herbs. Leaves nearly terete, oblong, scattered, sessile. Flowers 

 cymose, red. Habit of the plants belonging to that section of Um- 

 bilicus called Mucizonia, and the flowers like those of Cotyledon. 



1 P. HISPA'NICA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 399.) O- or $ . H. Na- 

 tive of Spain and Barbary, in exposed sandy places. Cotyledon 

 Hispanica, Lcefl. itin. p. 77. t. 1. Lin. spec. 615. D. C. pi. 

 grass, t. 122. Cotyledon Pistorinia, Ort. vnon. 1772. with a 

 figure. 



Spanish Pistorinia. FL June, July. Clt. 1796. PL foot. 



Cult. Sow the seeds in any dry situation in a light soil in the 

 open border, or on rock-work. 



XVI. UMBILI V CUS (from umbilicus, the navel; hollow leaves 

 of some species). B.C. in bull. phil. 1801. no. 49. prod. 3. p. 399. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Pentagynia. Calyx 5-parted. Co- 

 rolla gamopetalous, campanulate, 5-cleft ; lobes ovate, acute, 

 erect, about the length of the tube. Stamens 10, inserted in the 

 corolla. Scales 5, obtuse. Carpels 5, attenuated at the apex. 

 Styles subulate. Herbs, indigenous to the south of Europe and 

 the Levant. Leaves rosulate or alternate, quite entire, or a little 

 toothed. Flowers white or yellow, in branched or simple termi- 

 nal racemes, never in cymes. 



SECT. I. ROSULA'RIA (from rosa, a rose ; in reference to the 

 leaves being rosulate, or disposed like the petals in the flower of 

 a rose). D. C. prod. 3. p. 399. Sepals equal to the tube of 

 the corolla. Leaves radical, rosulate. Scapes subpanicled, an- 

 nual. Perennial herbs, natives of the Levant, with the habit of 

 Sempervwum, 



1 U. LIBANO'TICUS (D. C. prod. 3. p. 399.) leaves radical, ro- 

 sulate, cuneated, thickish, papillose ; scape naked ; panicle race- 

 mose, loose. 2/ . H. Native of Mount Libanon, and near Da- 

 mascus. Cotyledon Libanotica, Labill. syr. dec. 3. p. 3. t. 1. 

 Flowers yellow ? 



Libanon Navel-wort. PL foot. 



2 U. SEMPERvivuM (D. C. 1. c.) leaves radical, rosulate, 

 crowded, cuneated, ciliately scabrous ; scape naked ; panicle 

 racemose, loose. 1.H. Native of Eastern Caucasus, among 

 stones on the mountains. Cotyledon sempervivum, Bieb. casp. 

 p. 176. append, no. 46. ann. bot. 2. p. 444. fl. taur. 1. p. 351. 

 Perhaps sufficiently distinct from the preceding species. 



Houseleek-like Navel-wort. PL |- foot. 



3 U. PUBE'SCENS (Meyer in verz. pflanz. p. 150. under Coty- 

 ledon,') plant pubescent ; leaves linear-oblong, bluntish : radical 

 ones rosulate, cauline ones scattered, erectly spreading ; racemes 

 corymbose ; corolla twice the length of the calyx, with the seg- 

 ments of the limb acute and spreading at the apex ; stem herba- 

 ceous, simple. I/ . H. Native of Caucasus, among rocks in 

 shady places on the mountains of Talush, at the altitude of 1 200 

 to 2700 feet. Sedum pilosum, Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 352. Flowers 

 reddish. 



