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SÉANCE DU 24 MAI 1912. 
very dense corymbose terminal panifie 1-2 in. in diam.; 
peduncles and pedicels pilose; bracts minute. Galyx 1/6 in. long 
pilose, with a campanulate tube and 4 small deltoid teeth. 
Corolla 1/3 in. long, with a cylindrical tube 1/8 in. in diam. and 
4 orbicular segments. Stamens 8, biseriate, the inner 4 inserted 
above the middle of the corolla-tube, with filaments 1/12 in. 
long; outer 4 inserled near the throat of the tube, with very 
short filaments; anthers minute, orbicular. Styles filiform, 1/3 
in. long, reaching to the top of the corolla-tube. » 
Une comparaison des deux descriptions que je viens de trans¬ 
crire, m’a permis d’établir un tableau des caractères considérés 
par Baker comme distinctifs des K. synsepala et K. trichantha. 
Kalanchoe synsepala. 
K. trichantha. 
Lower leaves 1 1/2 in. long, 
The lower ones reaching a length 
of 5-6 inches, 1 1/2-2 in. broad 
at the middle, 
dentate in the upper half. 
dentate above the spathulate 
lower third. 
Flowers in corymbose cymes. 
Flowers in corymbose panicle. 
Glabrous. 
Peduncles and pedicels pilose. 
Galyx 1/8 in. long, 
Galyx 1/6 in. long, 
glabrous. 
pilose. 
Corolla reddish, 
Corollæ luteæ, 
1/2 in. long ; 
1/3 in. long; 
tube oblong ; 
cylindrical tube; 
segments ovate cuspidate, 
segmentis orbicularibus, 
a third as long as the tube. 
quam tubus quadruplo brevio- 
ribus. 
Stamens inserted near the top 
Stamens biseriate, the inner 4 in- 
ofthe corolla tube; fdaments very 
serted above the middle of the corol- 
short. 
la-tube with fdaments 1/12 in. long ; 
outer 4 inserted near the throat of 
the tube, with very short fdaments. 
Anthers ovate. 
Anthers orbicular. 
Short styles. 
Stylo elongato. 
Lors de ma révision du genre Kalanchoe, je n’ai eu à ma dis¬ 
position que de très mauvais échantillons fructifiés de K. syn¬ 
sepala , dont les différentes pièces florales étaient si détériorées 
