Dee er eS. Ses eae 
may only be a variety of C. maculata Salm D 
SOME SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES OF COTYLEDON 91 
‘Planta 6-9-pollicaris, erecta. Folia crassa ovalia compressi- 
uscula, aoe dichotome ramosa. Pedunculi erecti longissimi 
capillare 
Sect. II. Spicarz, 
C. rricyna Burchell, Travels, ii. p. 226 (1824). The ee ae 
is Burchell’s diagnosis :—‘ Acaulis. Folia glabra complanata car- 
nosa cuneato ovalia (vel suborbicularia). Flores erecti alterni, in 
scapo elongato simplici (rarissime bifido). Corolla wap pur- 
gai — albo brevi reflexo, Faux purpurea. Capsu 
specimens from Burchell in Herb. Kew, from mine h 
the isllovring description is taken :—Calyx-lobes amici sub- 
acuminate, + 2mm. long. Corolla tubular much longer; the 
calyx + 1:3 cm. long; lobes reflexed or subreflexed, about 2 mm. 
Squamex longer than broad. [Reductions in the number of — 
are sometimes found in pe eames which have normally five. I 
have never seen it in Cotyledon 8. 
C. ora Thunberg, Prod. Fl. Cap. p. 88 (1794). There is 
a glagit i: in rhe Oxford Herbarium from Prince Salm Dyck bearing 
this name, which agrees exactly with Thunberg’s short diagnosis. 
It has been placed ‘under C, hemisphaerica, but, judging from the 
“epiry pie the leaves seem to be much larger than in the 
ype of the 
onfer Haw ctl Rey. Pl. Suce. p. 19. For a description of 
this nie see lis Salm Dyck, Obs. p. 6 (1820). 
C. rorunpirot1a Haworth in Phil. Mag. 1827, p. 273. Probably 
“a specifically distinct from C. hemispharica L.; the leaves are 
oader, branches less erect, and the caudex thicker. There is a 
Flowers subsessile, solitary or rarely in tent or erecto- 
patent, spicato-racemose, Calyx- a asta pe about 1 mm, 
8g. ae tubular, tube + 1:1 ong, lobes ovate, sub- 
C. Zrvurrt Harvey, Fl. Capensis, ii. p. . 877 (1861-1862). There 
are specimens of this plant in the Albany Museum from Graaff 
Reinet, Geo, Rattray, and rocky places en Grahamstown, S. 
hinland, no. 709. These have been eompared with Zeyher, 
no. 2571, the type of C. Zeyhert Harvey; and also with the type of 
@ Capensis is somewhat misleading, as the leaves of C. cristata 
ene thor a as glabrous, which is incorrect. Haworth’s is 
ear 
C. =n ERI air in Refugium Botanicum, tab. 72 (1869). This 
Species Was discovered on the Zuurberg ayo by Thos. Cooper. It 
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