SOME SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES OF COTYLEDON 17 
This plant has been compared with C. eget Haworth, 
which eppeers to us to be its nearest ally. The corolla-lobes are 
broader in C. Galpini, and do not taper in the same saipehgiahe cei 
leaves are a towards the base. 
Key to Species auuiep ro OC, orpicunata L.* 
Lower portion of filaments not conspicuously broaden 
Leaves orbicular or broadly ‘sitet often about as a as long. 
Stem herbaceous or subligneous. 
eaves somewhat disnieas . . « C. orbiculata L., type. 
Leaves light green . . . C. virescens Schinl. & Bak. fil. 
Stem woody. Leaves Peel ae a purplish brown passing 
into hare white towards the stem with waxy undulating 
margin C. mueronata Lam. 
Leaves Mieke. eng or ‘boar ake aie, distinctly longer 
broad. 
than 
ae tube not ae ewe + 1:7 cm. long, 
es + 1 cm., lanceolate C. undulata Haworth. 
Corolla-tube aut NEDO 7-2 0 em. long, lobes 1:0-1:2 cm. 
long, oblong . C. Galpint Schénl. & Bak. fil. 
epolle. tube ventricose <4 1 2 cm. long, lobes about the same 
ngth C. crassifolia Haworth. 
Lo ante portion of Sinacnia hie wi closing the nectar cavity 
of usual hairs 
Leaves cordate- semiannplesieaal at base . OC. velutina Hook. fil. 
I . C. Beckeri Schonl. & Bak. fil. 
C. veLurina Ho ie: fil. Bot. Mag. tab. 5684. Introduced by Mr. 
W. W. Saunders from the Cape, by his energetic collector - 
Cooper. The filaments of the stamens as shown in the figur 
dilated below, as in C. Beckeri, but we have had no whens, of 
oar pipe 
scans Haworth, Suppl. Pl. Succ. p. 21-(1819).  C. ca- 
ee taworek in Phil. Mag. 1825, p. 33. There seem to be 
more than one species under this name as treated by Harvey in the 
Fi. Capensis, i ii. p. 871. 
(a) 
1825, p 88) shauged the name to C. “ana, It is probably the 
plant figured in the Bot. Mag. tab. 2601, and Bot. Cab. tab. 1030, 
and there is a ed ioe en Le with nt ese in Hesk. Alban 
g bei | 
latis,” but the specimens before us do not bash eo dimensions, 
Peduncle 24 em. long before branching, oe somewhat glaucous, 
BSD cetera arms ee ee oes RN ke BND 
* We have included i in the above key C. Beckeri Schénl. & Bak. fil., and 
= Poeniardy C. rape Hook. fil., as the ieee was placed by Harvey under his 
sere or Borany. Vou. 40. [Jan. 1902.] c 
