414 Lin. CBASSULACEJ). (C. B. Clarke.) IKalanekoe. 



4. KAXiANCKOE, 



Ereet stout perennial herbs.' Leaves opposite or the upper alternate. Flowers 

 large,erect, in many-flowered sobpaniculate cyines. CaZya"'4-partite, or 4-fidhalf 

 way down. Corolla with a:flask»ma'pe tube and spr6ading4-fld limb^'iliuchexeeed'' 

 ing the calyx (yellow in the Indian species), persistent. Stamens 8, in two series, 

 adnate to the coroUa-tube. Hypogynous scales 4, linear or oblong. Carpels 4, 

 adnate to the base of the coroUa-tuhe, attenuated into long styles ; ovules very 

 many. Follicles 4. Seeds very many, oblong, ellipsoid, with 8-16 longitudinal 

 ribs. — ^DisTMB. Species 25, cMefly in tropical and South Africa ; several in jio* 

 pical Asia ; one in Brazil. 



* Cali/x divided not mwe than half way dovm. 



1. K. g^Iandulosa, Hochst. in A. Rick. Fl. Abyss, i. 312 ; very glandu- 

 lar upwards, 'branches of panicle subopposite, stem-leaves stem-clasping, calyi 

 very glandulai'-pubescent. Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 396. K. Bitchiean^, Hah. 

 in Mook. Kew joum. iv. 346 ; Dalz. Sr Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 105. K. heterophylla, 

 Herb. Wight. Cotyledon hirsuta, Herb. Heyne. 



Mts. of the Deccan PuNiNstrLA, ; Heyne ; Wight, Eitchie. — ^Distbib. Abyssinia. 



Stem very thick at the base, 1-2 ft. high. Leaves obovate, nearly entire, the 

 lowest 4-6 in. long, much tapering at the ,base, scarcely petioled. CaXyx-teeth. 

 ovate, acute. Coroto-tube J in. long. Hypogynous scales linear. — This species 

 connects Kalanchoe with Bryophyllmn; it has the tubular calyx and subopposite' 

 panicle branches of Bryophyllum; but the erect flowers, spreading corolla lobes, 

 narrow hypogynous scales and seeds of Kalanchoe. The calyx is described as 

 ' vesicular ' in fruit ; but it is very slightly so either in the lidian or Abyssinian 

 examples. 



*' Calyx divided nearly to the base. 



2. K. spatliulata, DC. PI. Grasses, t. 65 ; Prodr. iii. 395 ; glabrous, 

 leaves spathulate-oblong crenate, upper distant and becoming very narrow 

 sometimes 3-foliolate, the lowest bracts similar, lower panicle-branches usually 

 opposite, sepals elongate triangular from a broad base. Haw. in Phil. May. 

 Lond. N.S. vi. 303 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 728. K. nudicaulis, Ham. in 

 Herb. K. crenata, Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 894, partly. K. varians, Haw. 

 in Phil. Mag. Lond. If.S. vi. 302 ; Wall. Cat. 7222, and PL As. Bar. t. 

 167 (not good under the name K. amplectens) ; H. f. ^ T. in Jowrn. Linn. 

 Soc. ii. 91. K. acutiflora, Kurz in Joum. As. Soc. 1876, pt. ii. p. 309, omitting, 

 the synonyms. 



Teopicai, HiMAiATA, from Bhotan to Kashmir, alt. 1000-3000 ft.; common. 

 Blema; Wallick. — Distkib. Warm China, Java. 



Stem 1-4 ft. high. Lower leaves commonly 3-4 (sometimes 10) in. long besides 

 tlie petiole ; upper leaves (with the petiole) often 3-4 in. long by J in. broad, fre- 

 quently sessile. Corymb flattish or more rarely elongate, with few scattered Unear 

 bracts ^ in. long. Flowers clear yellow, the corolla-tube glabrous. Calyx in fruit 

 often as much as J in. wide.^-This species should probably be united with K. 

 tsgyptiaca (which hardly differs except by the orange tint of the flowers) and with 

 K. erenata as ia Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 394 ; but the Indian plant is very constant 

 in its trifling characteristics and habit. 



3. K. floribunda, W. Sf A. Prodr. 359; upper parts of the stem and 

 cyme with short spreading glandular hairs, lower branches of the cyme usually 



