Kitchingia

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Read about Kitchingia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Kitchingia (personal name). Crassulaceae. Succulent glabrous perennial herbs, allied to Bryophyllum but with small calyx and diverging carpels: sts. flexuose, bearing many opposite sessile or stalked fleshy crenate lvs.: fls. large for the plant, bright red, terminal, often in loose racemes, the parts in 4's; calyx-segms. as long as tube; corolla-tube campanulate or tubular, sometimes larger in middle, with 4 short lobes; stamens 8: carpels 4, free, making small many-seeded follicles.—Species 10, in Madagascar. K. uniflora, Stapf, is an attractive prostrate sedum-like plant, rooting at the joints: lvs. obovate and obtuse, less than 1 in. long, bright green: fls. solitary or 3 together, bright red, the corolla-tube narrowed at both apex and base, about 1 in. long and half as thick; stamens polymorphic. B.M. 8286. R.H. 1913, p. 177.—A recent species, suitable for temperate conditions under glass. L. H. B. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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