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SOME SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES OF COTYLEDON. 
By 8. Scuénuanp, M.A., Ph.D., F.L.S., & Epmunp G. Baxer, F.L.S, 
: (Puares 481-435.) 
(Concluded from p. 23.) 
The following notes are from a plant which has been doubtfully 
referred to C. tomentosa Harvey, collected by R. Schlechter on hills, 
alt. 1700 ft. at Vuurdood, Western Region, no. 11448, 28. ix. 1897. 
We are unable to express an opinion on the suggested identification 
_ till we have examined authentic material of Harvey’s species. 
m. long. Squame emarginate at apex, rather over 1 mm. 
long. The leaves are absent. 
C. Fascrcunaris Ait. Hort. Kew. ii. p. 106 (1789). Recent 
gatherings of this plant are:—Herb. Austro-Afric., no. 1456. In 
lapidosis carroideis prope Ashton in ditione Worcester, alt. 800 ft. 
In collibus aridigs prope Brand Vley. &. Schlechter, no. 9981, 
alt. 1200 ft., 9. 1. 1896. 
The following notes are from a living specimen. Flowers not 
always pendulous, minutely papillose. Corolla dull red with green 
Pencilling, and with broad pale green bands narrowing upwar 
along the sutures of the corolla-tube. Corolla-tube straight, 
pentagonal in transverse section. Calyx-lobes thick, convex on 
ack, dull red passing into pale green below. Squame pale 
steenish yellow, laterally free. Length of open flower 22 mm., 
— length of calyx 10 mm., length of calyx-lobes 7 mm., length of 
corolla-tube 18 mm., length of corolla-lobes 18 mm. Breadth of 
Squame 8 mm., length of squame 2 mm. 
This plant is the C. frutescens, folio oblongo, &e., of Burman, 
Dec. tab. 18 (1738), and is therefore C. spuria Linn. in part, as 
this is one of the figures quoted for this species. : 
, vurman’s figure is also interesting in another connection. 
Linn, f, (Suppl. p. 242 (1781)) diagnoses his C. paniculata as 
follows :—« Cotyledon fruticosa foliis oblongo-ovatis sessilibus, pani- 
cula divaricata racemosa.” ‘It was collected at the Cape by Thunberg. 
Thunberg (Fl. Cap. 896) gives a more lengthy description of what 
18 Obviously the same plant, referring to it Burman’s figure. If C. 
Maniculata Linn. fil. and C. fascicularis be the same species, then 
the former takes precedence of publication by several ols 
C. Eoxnontana Hary. Fl. Cap. ii. p. 817. In Harvey's herbarium 
there is a plant which has been doubtfully referred to this species 
from Rev. H. Whitehead, Namaqualand. It agrees with Harvey’s 
description, It is quite distinct from C. fascicularis Ait., and is 
closely related to C. Wallichii Hary., but in this latter plant the 
Journat or Borany.—Vou. 40. [Maron, 1902.] H 
