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CRASSULA versicolor 

 Red and white Crassula. 



PENTANDRIA PKXTJGYNIA. 



^ Nat. ord, Semperviv^, Jussieu <ren. 307* 



/ CRASSULA. CaL 5-partitas, Cor. 5-parlita. Caps. 5. JlrrhiB aut 



\ suffrutices; Jblia alterna aut opposita, interdum connata^ rarius pinnata; 



Jlores terminales Jasciculati aut corr/mhosi atit spicatu Species iubulosa ad 

 CoTYLEDONEM rcpetlend^. Id. loc. cit- 



{^^ versicolor i erecta ramosa; foliis oblongo-lanceoktis carti)agineo*deaticu- 



latis basi connato-vaginantibus, umbellisgeniinato-multifloris. 

 Crassula versicolor, Burchell MSS* incd. 



Caulis iiifra sublignescenSy cateriim carnosus, crassus^ ad in^rescentiam 

 usgiiejbliosiis, summiiate breviler dtchoiomus tamo utroguejlorijero, nunc infri 

 ramosus. Folia decussato-opposita^ compacta^ decrescentia^ erccto-paterUia^ 

 rigidiusculay glauco-virentia^ opaca, elongalo-^obloiiga^ subulato-lanccolata, 

 longiora subbinncialia^ latitudine maximum subsemuucialiay crasso'Camosa, car* 

 tilagine minnta ciUatay supra planiuscula^ subtus convexiuscjtla, basi connato^ 

 i^aginaniia, Inflor. compacie umbellata, ierminalisy subsessiUs: umbellac cwi- 

 tiguo-geviinat^y rnaltifione; pedunculi brevissimit bracteati bracteifl subtrinis 

 appressis, Jhliaccisy lineari-lanceolatis^ infequalibuSy brevioribus califce; florei 

 sesquiunciatesy noctH odoratissimi* Cah ^ uncits longus, kerbacetis, ci/Hndrico' 

 connivena^ angustus, crassusj ad usque huge irt/ra medrnm pnriitus, seginentis 

 linear i-lanceof aits ^ acuminatisj glanduloso-cihatisy subviscidis. Cor, tubaio- 

 hypocraieriformis ; twbo lineari-cylindraceoy altiore calyce^ suhvirescente ; limbo 

 tuba et puntceo variante, recurvo-rofato, subtripto breviore inbo: pet/tineari' 

 spathulaia, ungue erecto, virescente, angusto^ lamina ovali-oblonga, obtutOy 

 alba, extus et adlatera et utrinque ad apicem puniceo-rubente. Stam. inclusa^ 

 Anth. erects, lutecBy oblongte. Pist. 5, tsqualia tuboy subulatUy coadunata^ 

 £quama minutd ad singniorum basin. 



A beautiful unrecorded species ; very recently introduced 

 by Mr. Burchell, Junior, who informs us that it is native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope, and that he believes the seed was 

 collected on the Table Mountiiin, The only plants of it, 

 at present in Europe, are at the nursery of Messrs. Colville, 

 in the King*s Road, Chelsea, where the drawing was taken 

 in July last. None of these have yet attained more than a 

 foot in height. They flower freely, and may be considered 

 as rather hardy greenhouse plants- The blossom gives out, 

 as we are told, a delightfiil fragrance in the night. The 

 species is intermediate between cocdnea and odoratmima. 



Stem inclining to be woody at the base, fleshy upwards, 

 thick, cloathed with foliage up to the inflorescence, often 



