Entry for COTYLEDON Meyeri Harv. [family CRASSULACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 2, page 327, (1894) Author: (By W. H. HARVEY).
Names
COTYLEDON MeyeriHarv. [family CRASSULACEAE]
COTYLEDON cuneataE. Mey. [family CRASSULACEAE], ! in Herb. Drege, non Thunb.
Information
glabrous; stem slender, branched; leaves opposite, approximate, obovate, cuneate at base, acute, fleshy; peduncles terminal, elongate, corymboso-paniculate, several flowered; pedicels longish, drooping; tube of the (small) corolla twice as long as the calyx, about equalling the lanceolate limbs of the petals. Stem 4–6 inches high, 2 lines in diameter, somewhat corymbosely branched; branches 2–3 inches long, leafy, ending in peduncles 6–12 inches long. Leaves about an inch long, 6–7 lines wide. Flowers half inch long, including the limb. Described from a solitary and rather imperfect specimen.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Sternbergspruit, District of Albert, Drege! (Herb. Sond.)
