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COTYLEDON decussata. 
Cross-leaved Cotyledon. 
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DECANDRIA PENTAGYNI4A. 
Nat. ord. CRASSULACER. 
COTYLEDON L.—Calyx 5-partitus. Corolla monopetala, tubulosa, 
5-fida. Stamina 10, rarius 5, corollee inserta. Germina 5. Capsule 5. 
Herbee aut Suffrutices. Folia opposita aut alterna, interdum pinnata. Flores 
terminales, corymbosi, aut spicatz, Juss. gen. 207. 
C. decussata; fruticosa, foliis concinné decussatis subteretibus mucronatis 
glaucis, floribus paniculatis pendulis. Bot. Mag. 2518. 
Cotyledon foliis angustis oppositis, cum limbo purpureo, floribus pendulis. 
Burm. afr. t. 22. f. 1, 
C. papillaris. Haw. Suppl. succ. p. 21. revis. succ. 20 non Thunbergii. 
Our drawing of this species of Cotyledon was made from 
the collection of Mr. Hood, of South Lambeth, in May 
1824, a figure having been at the same time furnished for 
the Botanical Magazine, a circumstance of which we were 
not at the time aware. 
Not having seen either plant or specimen, we are 
unable to offer any original description of the species. 
In the work to which we have already alluded it is thus 
described. 
Stem shrubby, erect, but very little branched. Leaves 
opposite crosswise, sessile, fleshy, nearly cylindrical, 
somewhat flattened on the upper side, glaucous, or even 
hoary, narrowed at both ends, varying somewhat in shape, 
and terminated with a dark purple mucro. Common 
peduncle terminal, erect, smooth, half a foot long, purple, 
nearly naked, or furnished with a pair of smaller leaves 
only, terminated by a panicle of many pendulous red 
flowers. Calyx 5-toothed, four times shorter than the tube 
