SPECIES OF CRASSULA FROM SOUTH AFRICA. 547 
express my thanks to Prof. P. MacOwan, F.L.S., and H. Bolus, 
Esq., F.L.S., for allowing me to examine those contained in the 
Cape Government Herbarium and Mr. Bolus’s private herbarium ; 
also to the various friends who have supplied me with the new 
species here described. 
CRASSULA (Š EucRASSULA) GarPINI, Schónland, n. sp.—Per- 
ennis humilis glaberrima e basi ramosa; ramuli crassi dense 
foliati; folia subconnata lanceolata obtusa suberecta dorso 
convexa marginibus integris, vel planiuscula apice serrata, 
+10 mm. longa; inflorescentia lateralis pedunculata pedunculo 
albo teretiusculo circa 60 mm. longo sparse foliato, cymæ axil- 
lares floribus pedicellatis, pedicellis ad 12 mm. longis; sepala 
crassa dorso convexa inequalia persistentia, 2 mm. longa ; petala 
radiata ovata marginibus medio reflexis, c. 4 mm. longa; fila- 
menta lineata apice attenuata, anthere ovate; ovaria brevia, 
lateraliter depressa, styli brevissimi; squame minute sub- 
rhombee. 
Described from two living specimens; named in honour of 
Mr. E. E. Galpin, F.L.S. 
Hab. “Summit of Andriesberg, near Queenstown,” alt. 6700 
ped. Leg. E. E. Galpin (no. 2000), Feb. 23rd, 1896. 
This species, which is not nearly allied to any species of Crassula 
with which I am acquainted, exhibits several interesting features 
which are worth mentioning. When the flowers open, the fila- 
ments are very small and closely appressed to the carpels. At 
this stage the anthers lie in hollows, each of which is formed by 
the depressions formed by two contiguous ovaries. Soon after- 
wards one of the filaments elongates to its final length, and is 
placed in such a position that an insect trying to get at the 
nearest nectar-glands (the “ squame ” of descriptive botany) has 
to touch the now open anther borne by this filament. Soon 
afterwards a second stamen goes through the same performance, 
until at last all five stand in a position most favourable for the 
pollen to be carried away. The styles all this while are extremely 
small and closely packed together; but as soon as the last 
stamen has risen they elongate very slightly, curve outwards, and 
become receptive. Thus we have here avery pronounced proter- 
androus flower. The gradual ripening of the stamens is, I 
believe, unique amongst crassulaceous plants, and reminds one 
very forcibly of the well-known case of Parnassia palustris 
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