Entry for COTYLEDON Wallichii 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 WallichiiHarv. [family CRASSULACEAE]
Information
leaves scattered, (of unknown form); peduncles, panicle, calyx and corolla viscoso-pubescent; peduncles elongate, panicled, the branches of the panicle alternate, patent, simple or forked, scorpioid; flowers shortly pedicellate, subsecund, nodding; tube of the corolla 1 1/2 to twice as long as the calyx, rather longer than the oblong, acute limbs of the petals. Allied to C. fascicularis, but differs in pubescence, smaller flowers and larger calyx, in proportion to corolla. Stem and leaves unknown; leaf-scars on the peduncle scattered. Flowers perhaps yellowish? half inch long. Peduncles 1–2 feet long.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Elandsberg, Dr. Wallich! North sides of Snowy Mts., Burke! Cape, Villette in Hb. Hook. (Herb. Hook., D.)
