Entry for COTYLEDON decussata Sims. [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 decussataSims. [family CRASSULACEAE], Bot. Mag. t. 2518;—Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 915.
COTYLEDON papillarisHaw. [family CRASSULACEAE], Suppl. p. 21. E. & Z.! 1964, non Thunb.
Information
glabrous; leaves opposite, decussate, sub-terete, elongate, subacute or obtuse, glaucous; peduncles elongate, corymboso-paniculate; pedicels elongate, nodding; tube of the corolla 4–5 times as long as the calyx, rather longer than the lanceolate-oblong, acute limbs of the petals. Stem erect, not much branched, leafy below. Leaf-pairs close together. Leaves 2–2 1/2 inches long, 2–3 lines in diameter, thick and fleshy, sub-cylindrical, flattish above. Peduncles 12–18 inches long, corymbose at the summit, many flowered; pedicels uncial. Corolla about an inch long, red. The leaves are shorter than in C. teretifolia, but, except for the pubescence, otherwise similar.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Dry places on mountain sides, Kamiesberge, Namaqualand, E. & Z.! (Herb. Sd.)
