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in upper half, the inner face hollowed out in the lower half (fig. 168, /), the 
lower edge of the thickened portion forming in front view a two-lobed lip (fig. 
168, g) ; whitish in the lower part, crimson above, especially on the recurved tip ; 
smooth or finely scabrid on the back, ^ inch long (measured along the curve) , 
inch broad. Stamens 5, erect, slightly exserted owing to the petals being re- 
curved, i inch long, filaments stout, tapered, contracted and abruptly bent inwards 
at the apex, white ; anthers yellow on face, crimson on back. Scales quadrate, 
curved, emarginate, pink, orange, or whitish. Carpels pale green, dotted red in 
upper part, slightly shorter than the stamens, erect, the inner edge straight or 
nearly so, the outer edge in its lower half parallel to the inner, or convex, in its 
upper half contracted, often rather abruptly, into the tapering style (fig. 168, k), 
which is at first erect, later divergent ; stigmas capitellate. 
Flowers September-October. Not hardy. 
Habitat. — Himalayan region, W. China. 
The above description is taken from a good series of plants grown 
at Kew, Glasnevin, and my own garden, from seed sent by Rev. E. E. 
Maire from Tong-tchouan, Yunnan, in 1915. It differs in some minor 
respects from the descriptions and figures of the plant hitherto pub- 
lished (which were mostly prepared from dried specimens), and in 
other respects it supplements them. It is clear that we have to deal 
here with a polymorphic species, and identity of description need not 
be expected. On fig. 168, a, b, c represent the first-year rosette and 
one of its leaves, in plan and section, of what may be taken as type ; 
d, the rosette and leaf of a narrow-leaved form. 
Two varieties have been previously described — var. ForresH 
Hamet with very broad ovate-suborbicular leaves, mostly opposite, 
and vds.yunnanense Hamet, a hairy form, of which I am able to amplify 
the description, as it was well represented among the plants raised 
from Maire's seed. 
Another distinct form, deserving of varietal rank, appeared in 
some numbers among the plants grown from Maire's seed, and has 
been described as var. densirosulatum. 
Var. yunnanense Hamet (fig. 169). 
5. indicum var. yunnanense Hamet, in Notes R. Bot. Gard. Edinb., 8, 
147, 1913. Crassula yunnanensis Franchet, in Journ. de Bot., 
10, 284, 1896. 
Rosettes much smaller than in type, i to ij inch across, lax. Leaves not 
glaucous, green or brown (owing to dense purple mottling on the green surface), 
• with dense, short, white pubescence (especially on the young leaves) over both 
surfaces, or at least in the upper part and on the edges ; hairs linear-deltoid, 
patent or slightly deflexed ; leaves ^ to i inch long, to ^♦^ wide, extremely 
thick (up to nearly \ inch), oblanceolate, spathulate, acute or acuminate, convex 
on face, very convex on back, rounded on edges. Stem 2 to 4 inches long, 
hairy, densely leafy, the leaves oblanceolate, pubescent. Inflorescence small, 
(i inch across), rather dense, flattish, of few branches ; branches and pedicels 
very short, shortly pubescent or papillose : bracts few, obovate-lanceolate, 
shortly pubescent or papillose. Flowers rather larger than in the type, up to 
^ inch long. Calyx narrower in proportion to its length, papillose. Petals 
papillose on back, oblong-lanceolate (not broadly oblong), devoid of thicken- 
ing on the face, more erect at base (so that the' flower is narrower), and less 
reflexed at apex, malting the whole petal much straighter and the flower longer 
(fig. 169, c). Papillae of bracts, inflorescent branches, sepals, and petals conical. 
Stamens not abruptly bent at apex, anthers red. Carpels lanceolate. 
