KALOSAN'THES COCCIN'EA. 
SCARLET KALOSANTHES. 
Class. Order. 
PENTANDRTA. PENTAGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
CRASSULACEA2. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers 
Duration. 
Introduced 
C. G. Hope. 
3 feet. 
JunetoAug. 
Perennial. 
in 1710. 
No. 1217. 
Kalosanthes was adopted as a name for this genus, 
by the late Mr. Haworth, by whom the division of 
the genus Crassula, to which this plant formerly be- 
longed, was effected. It is compounded from the 
two Greek words kalos, anthos, beautiful flowers. 
“We have no doubt,” says Dr. Simms, in the 
Botanical Magazine, “but that when this superb 
species of Crassula was first introduced from the 
Cape, by Professor Bradley, of Oxford, in 1714 , it 
was regarded as a kind of Merveil de la Nature; 
even now that it is common, we scarcely know any 
succulent that is superior to it, whether we regard 
its grandeur, the curious growth of its leaves, or the 
rich colour of its blossoms. 
“This is, indeed, a very attractive, succulent, and 
one amongst the most desirable for cultivation as a 
window plant. Few persons are aware of the little 
trouble incurred by the culture of the tribe of plants 
called succulents, to which the Kalosanthes belongs. 
The application of the general name ‘succulents,’ 
is sufficiently evident, from their succulent or juicy 
thick, fleshy, leaves. It is this property which ren- 
ders them less dependent on our regular attention; 
