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CRASSULA* turrita. 



Turretted Crassula. 



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PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 



,Nat, ord. Ckassulace^e. 



CRASSULA Linn. — Calyx 5-partitus corolla mult6 brevior^ sepalis 

 planmsculis.- Petala 5, stellatim patentia, libera. Stamina 5, filamentis 



subulatis. SquavKB 5, ovatse, breves. Carpella 5, polysperma. Frutices 



OMf herbae, scepissime Capenses. Folia opposita, integerrima aut subcrenata, 

 ''lores albiy aut rariils rosei.—Bec. prodr. 3. 383. 



§ 8. Turgosese ; herbacece subnudce, foliis 

 florescentid spicato-thyrsoided, floribus nemj. 



opeaes owines verosimiliter biennes. Dec. 1. c. 

 . turrita; foliis radicalibus oppositis connatis quadrifariam imbricatis 



ovato-oblongis acutis villosis ciliatis, caule subnudo, floribus verticillatfs. 

 Dec. I. c. 



Crassula turrita. Thunb. prodr. 55. Jacg. hort. schonbr. 1 . t. 52. Haworth 

 suppl. 17. ^ 



Targosea turrita. Haworth revision 16. 



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A his remarkable succulent pla^t is a native of the Karro, 



h Tk ^^P^ °^ ^^^^ Hope, where it was originally found 

 Py rhunberg. It is still rare in our collections, although 

 It was described eleven years since by Mr. Haworth from 

 the Kew Garden. 



4 N f ^^^ drawing we are indebted to C. Law, Esq., of 

 % JXelson Terrace, Stoke Newington Road, by whom a 

 specimen was communicated in May last, from his very 

 th f T?5^^^^ction of succulent plants. We regret to learn, 

 :• t Mr. Law is induced by ill health to wish to discon- 

 inue the cultivation of this curious tribe, and to desire to 



From crassus, thick ; in allusion to its succulent habit 





