Kalanchoe\ xlvii. crassulaceje. 327 



lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, entire or remotely and sparingly denti- 

 culate or slightly repand, sheathing the stem for a considerable length, 

 fleshy, rigid, glaucous or glaucous-pruinous, becoming green in old age, 

 the upper part of the margin entire, red ; the uppermost leaves linear, 

 acute ; calyx deeply quadripartite ; segments lanceolate-linear, elon- 

 gated, greenish ; corolla yellow ; tube acutely quadrangular, limb 

 comparatively short, with 4 segments ; stamens 8 ; hypogynous scales 4, 

 erect, broadly linear, shortly acuminate, yellowish ; ovaries 4 ; young 

 seeds elongate-cylindrical, somewhat curved, marked with numerous 

 longitudinal furrows. In sandy thickets and in dry forests of Parinari 

 Mobola, about Lopollo, Monino, and the great lake of Ivantala, at an 

 elevation of 5000 to 5200 ft. ; flower-bud Feb. 1860, sporadic ; fl. and 

 fr. middle of March 1860, abundant. No. 2486. 



3. K. platysepala Welw. ex Britten, I.e., p. 393. 



Huilla. — An annual erect shaggy herb, 1 to 3 ft. high ; stem sub- 

 alate-quadrangular ; leaves entire or in a variety dentate ; flowers of a 

 brilliant pale-yellow colour outside, especially in the bud, pubescent ; 

 sepals ovate, connate at the base more or less, broadly acuminate, much 

 more so than in the most closely allied species, densely shaggy-pubescent 

 outside, ciliolate on the margin. On sparingly bushy hills along the 

 edges of forests in the Lopollo country, abundant ; fl. and f r. April and 

 May 1860. No. 2484. 



4. K. Welwitschii Britten, I.e., p. 394; Ficalho, PL Uteis, 

 p. 180 (1884). 



Kalamchoe (sp.) Welw. Apont. p. 553, n. 113, and p. 592, n. 112. 



Loanda. — Stem cylindrical straight, 3 to 6 ft. high or more, almost 

 an inch thick at the base, wholly glaucous, glabrous and quite smooth 

 except the flowers ; radical leaves large, including a petiole of 1£ to 

 3 in. nearly 10 in. long, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, rounded at the base, 

 crenate-dentate or coarsely dentate with purple-margined crenatures or 

 teeth ; upper stem-leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, entire ; calyx- 

 segments 4, green, lanceolate, long-acuminate-subulate ; corolla of a 

 bright sulphur-colour ; tube pyramidal, acutely quadrangular, herba- 

 ceous green towards the base ; limb 4-partite, much spreading ; 

 partitions ovate, abruptly-acuminate, aristate ; stamens 8, 4 of them 

 inserted at the base of the corolla-tube, the other 4 inserted a little 

 below the throat of the corolla with their anthers almost exserted ; 

 capsule truncate, acuminate. Sporadic, in very dry thickets and on 

 stony slopes behind Maianga do Povo and near Cacuaco, also cultivated ; 

 fl. and fr. 30 Sept. 1853 and July 1854. No. 2492. A fleshy under- 

 shrub, with yellow flowers ; rare in stony places ; fr. Jan. 1858. Coll. 

 Carp. 543. 



The same and perhaps also allied species are cultivated by negro 

 medical men, who are called "Quibanga" or " Jinganga," in Golungo 

 Alto and Ambriz and other districts ; the negro name is " Tuta 

 Riambula " or " Eituta ria n' vula," which means rain-cloud ; it is 

 used for witchcraft together with Caladium, but Welwitsch failed to 

 learn for what particular purpose. 



Var. graoilituba Britten, I.e. 



Libongo. — A fleshy little shrub ; stem ascending, cylindrical, nodose, 

 hard, fleshy-fibrous, smooth, dark-green, in flower elongated and com- 

 posite-corymbose ; leaves lanceolate, fleshy-thick, channelled, sordid- 

 glaucescent, margin dentate-crenate and purplish ; flowers of a deep 

 orange-yellow colour. In dry, elevated stony thickets between Banza 



