1 44 Crassulacece. {Kaianchoe^ 



long inflated tube, lobes 4, spreading ; stam. 8, inserted in 2 

 rows on the tube of cor. {epipetalous) ; carp. 4, slightly adnate- 

 to base of cor. -tube, distinct, each with a linear scale at the 

 base, styles long ; fruit of 4 follicles ; seeds very numerous,, 

 with endosperm. 



KALANCHOE. Adans. 



For characters, see Order. — Sp. 25; 6 in Fl. B. hid. 



Leaves oval, crenate 1. K. floribunda.. 



Leaves pinnatifid 2. K. laciniata. 



1. K.. floribunda, W. and A. Prod. 359 (1834), var. glabra. 

 Clarke in Fl. B. Ind. I. c. 



Thw. Enum. 129. C. P. 540. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 414. 



A large perennial herb, 2-3 ft. high, perfectly glabrous 

 throughout, stem erect, not branched, hollow; 1. all opposite, 

 articulated, very succulent, the lowest 4 in., gradually becoming 

 smaller upwards, the uppermost about i|in., spathulate-oval,. 

 rounded or obtuse at apex, gradually tapering to long base 

 (? petiole), coarsely serrate-crenate, pale yellowish green; fl. 

 numerous, ped. a little shorter than sep., arranged in large, lax 

 flat-topped trichotomous corymbose cymes, bracts linear; sep.. 

 narrowly lanceolate, very acuminate; cor. § in., tube inflated 

 below, segm. \ in., very acute; follicles fin., erect, narrow,, 

 beaked, at first enclosed in the white scarious persistent base 

 of cor.-tube. 



Montane zone, on rocks ; rare. Hantane ; Pundalu-oya (E. Green) %. 

 Padanawella, Uva (Nock) ; face of the hill opposite Hakgala towards 

 Fort Macdonald (Nock). Fl. Nov. -J an.; orange-yellow. 



Also in the Indian Peninsula. 



2. XL. laciniata, DC. PL Grasses, iii. 1. 100 (1799). 

 Moon Cat. 32. Thw. Enum. 129, 417. C. P. 3836. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 415 (not given for Ceylon). Wight, Ic. t. 1158. 



A large succulent herb, perfectly glabrous throughout,, 

 stems very stout, slightly branched, pale glaucous green ;. 

 1. numerous, large, very succulent, 3-4 in., on flattened fleshy 

 petiole 1-1^ in. long, very variable, the lowest deeply gashed, 

 the middle ones more or less deeply pinnatifid, the uppermost 

 with narrow almost cylindrical segm., all shining, pale 

 glaucous-green ; fl. rather large, ped. glabrous about as long 

 as cal., cymes large, lax, paniculate not flat-topped ; sep. 

 lanceolate, acute; cor.-tube \ in., segm. \ in., oval, acute. 



Lower montane zone ; very rare. Matale East (Thwaites). There 

 are no specimens of C. P. 3836 in Hb. Perad. nor any drawing. Moort 



