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tubular, twice as long as the calyx ; tube cylindric, green ; lobes 4, 
tinged with red, acute, spreading. Stamens 8, in two series in- 
serted about the middle of the corolla-tube. Carpels 4. Follicles 4, 
many -seeded, enclosed within the dry, persistent calyx and corolla. 
Sutlej valley ; May, June. — Throughout India, ascending to 3000 ft. ; an 
introduced plant, spread throughout nearly all tropical regions ; often 
cultivated. 
4. KALANCHOE. The Chinese name of one of the species. — 
Tropical Asia, tropical and South Africa, Brazil. 
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Kalanchoe spathulata, DC. ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 414. A perennial, 
glabrous herb ; stem erect, 1-4 ft. Leaves fleshy, opposite, 
crenate or nearly entire ; lower crowded, stalked, oblong-spathu- 
late, 4-8 in. ; upper distant, nearly sessile, oblong, 3-4 in. 
Flowers yellow, J-l in. long, in a large, terminal corymb. Calyx 
divided nearly to the base ; segments 4, triangular, acute. Corolla 
tubular, twice as long as the calyx ; tube inflated, narrowed to the 
mouth ; lobes 4, spreading, acute. Stamens 8, in two series 
inserted at the mouth of the corolla-tube, filaments very short. 
Carpels 4. Follicles 4, many-seeded, enclosed in the dry, 
persistent calyx and corolla. (Fig. 53.) 
Valleys below Simla ; September-November. — Lower Himalaya, 1000- 
5000 ft. — Burmah, China, Java. 
5. SEDUM. From the Latin sedere , to sit, referring to the 
broad, spreading, radical leaves of some species. — N. temperate 
regions including Britain (Stonecrop) ; one species in the Andes. 
Succulent herbs ; stems erect or ascending. Leaves thick, 
usually undivided, entire or rarely toothed, alternate or rarely 
opposite ; radical leaves often rosulate. Flowers small, 2-sexual, 
regular, in. terminal, usually compound cymes. Calyx 4- or 5- 
lobed nearly to the base. Petals 4 or 5, free. Stamens twice as 
many as the petals. Carpels 4 or 5 ; ovules numerous. Follicles 
few- or several-seeded. 
Sedum asiaticum, DC., grows on rocks near the top of the Chor but has 
not been found nearer Simla. It has a thick, woody rootstock ; several stems 
3-12 in. high ; small, narrow, toothed leaves ; and numerous, yellow flowers 
crowded in terminal cymes. 
Flowers white. 
Leaves narrowly oblong ; radical few or none ; 
stem-leaves numerous . . . . 1. iS. linear if olium. 
Leaves spathulate ; radical numerous, rosulate ; 
stem-leaves few, distant . . . . . 3. S. rosulatum. 
Flowers white, striped with pink. Leaves oblong or 
obovate . . . . . . . 4. S. adenotrichum. 
Flowers pink or pink-purple. 
Leaves strap-shaped, 3-5-lobed . . \ 2. S. trifidum. 
Leaves ovate or orbicular, undivided . . 5. S. Ewersii. 
Flowers yellow. Leaves cylindric . . . . 6. S. multicaule. 
