Bryophyllum
a genus of plants belonging to the order crassulaceæ (houseleeks). There are eight stamina and four ovaries. B. calycinum, the large cupped bryophyllum, has succulent, oval, crenate leaves and long, pendulous, cylindrical flowers. Its native tive country is the East Indies, whence it has been carried to other places. In Bermuda, where it is naturalized and grows abundantly, it is called life plant.