CRASSULACE. V. CRASSULA. 
19: C. murica‘ra (Thunb. prod. p. 55. fl. cap. p. 283.) stem 
frutescent, erect; branches tetragonal ; leaves connate, trigonal, 
scabrously ciliated, obtuse; flowers subumbellate. heeDaG: 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. It differs from C. tetra- 
gona in the stem being erect, and in the leaves being scabrous. 
Muricated Crassula. Shrub 1 foot. 
§ 4. Columnares (from columna, a column; disposition of 
leaves on the branches). Frutescent. Leaves broader, densely 
imbricated along the stems and branches. Han. syn. p. 54, 
20 C. corumna‘ris (Lin. fil. suppl. p. 191.) stem erect, sim- 
ple, an inch high; leaves connate, roundish, glabrous, very 
closely imbricated ; flowers disposed in a roundish terminal fas- 
cicle. h. D.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Burm. 
afr. p. 19. t. 9. f. 2. Flowers white, small, very copious. 
Columnar Crassula. Clt. 1789. PI. + foot. 
21 C. tycopopror'pes (Lam. dict. 2. p. 173.) stem shrubby, 
branched, covered with leaves on all sides; leaves decussate, 
ovate, acute, smooth, imbricating in 4 rows; flowers axillary, 
sessile, bracteolate. h.D.G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. C. imbricata, Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 393. C. muscésa, 
Lin. spec. p. 405. Thunb. fl. cap. p. 281. ex Thunb. in litt. 
Corolla small, purple at the base. There is a variety of this 
p having the stems naked at the base, according to Thun- 
erg. 
Club-moss-like Crassula. Shrub tr, 
22 C. ericor'pes (Haw. in phil. mag. 1825. July, p. 30.) 
plant between erect and decumbent ; branchlets distant ; leaves 
ovate-oblong, small, flat, closely imbricated in 4 rows; flowers 
5-10, disposed in an umbellate cyme. h. D. G. Native of 
the Cape of Good Hope. An elegant species, not allied to any 
unless perhaps to C. pyramidalis, Flowers small, snow white. 
Leaves 3 to 4 lines long. 
Heath-like Crassula. Fl. Sept. Clt.1820. Shrub 4 foot. 
23 C. vestita (Lin. fil. suppl. p. 188.) leaves connate, del- 
toid, obtuse, quite entire, covered with white powder, more fre- 
quent on the upper ones ; flowers terminal, capitate. kh. D. G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Thunb. fl. cap. p. 290. 
Stem a hand high, erectish, branched, naked at the base. Flowers 
yellow, aggregate and sessile on the branches. 
Clothed Crassula. Shrub 4 foot. 
§ 5. Perfiléte (from per, through, and filum, a thread ; in re- 
ference to the thread-like stems). Frutescent or nearly herba- 
ceous. Leaves flat, broader, glabrous, connate, usually glaucous. 
Ham. syn. p. 54. 
_ 24 C. pyrro’ssa (Lam, dict. (1786) 2. p. 173.) stem suffru- 
ticose, decumbent, slender, a little branched; leaves connately 
perfoliate, roundish, and rather acute, glabrous, dotted above, 
but not ciliated ; thyrse elongated, composed of cymose pedun- 
culate opposite branchlets. k.D. G. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. D.C. pl. grass. t. 25. Jacq. hort. schoenbr. t. 
432. C. perfilata, Scop. del. insub. (1788) 3. p. 12. t. 6. E: 
punctàta, Mill. C. coronàta, Donn, hort. cant. Flowers yellow. 
Deep-pitted Crassula. Fl. Sept. Clt. 1785. Pl. decumbent. 
25 C. rerrora`ra (Lin. fil. suppl. p. 190. Thunb. fl. cap. p. 
287.) stem shrubby, erect; leaves green, connately perfoliate, 
ovate, remote, glabrous, with cartilaginously ciliated margins ; 
thyrse interrupted. h. D.G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope 
Perforated Crassula. Shrub 1 foot. 
26 C. marcina‘us (Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 306.) stem peren- 
nial, herbaceous, glabrous, pellucid ; leaves connately perfoliate, 
roundish-ovate, ending in a recurved mucrone, flat, spreading, 
glabrous, dotted within the margin; flowers disposed in umbel- 
late corymbs. 4%. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
101 
Jacq. schænbr. 4. t. 471. C. marginàta, Thunb. prod. p. 56. 
fl. cap. 287. Stems prostrate, jointed, rooting. Leaves reddish 
beneath, quite entire, with cartilaginous margins, which are at 
first reddish, but at length becoming white from farina. Pedun- 
cles terminal, with two lateral ones, rising from the axils of the 
upper leaves. Flowers white ; petals lanceolate, acute. The 
characters and synonymes are taken from the manuscript of the 
Prince de Salm-Dyck. 
Marginal-leaved Crassula. Fl. July, Aug. Clt.1774. Pl. er. 
27 C. pexiu'crpa (Lin. spec. p. 406.) stems nearly herbaceous, 
flaccid, creeping ; leaves opposite, obovate, attenuated at the base, 
glabrous, glandularly toothed, crowded at the tops of the 
branches; cymes subumbellate. h. D. G. Native of the Cape 
of Good Hope.—Dill. hort. elth, t. 100. f. 119. Jacq. fragm. t. 
44. f. 3.2 Thunb. fl. cap. p. 283. Very like C. spatulata, but 
differs in being more herbaceous, in the leaves not being petio- 
late, in the flowers being a little larger, and more crowded ; the 
rest similar, according to the figure of Jacquin. Flowers pink. 
Pellucid Crassula. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1732. Pl. tr. 
28 C. prosrra'ta (Thunb. prod. p. 54. fl. cap. p. 282.) stems 
herbaceous, decumbent, pellucid, glabrous; leaves lanceolate, 
acute; flowers subumbellate. 4%. D. G. Native of the Cape 
of Good Hope. Like C. pellicida, but differs in the form of 
the leaves. 
Prostrate Crassula. Pl. prostrate. 
29 C. cenrauriorpEs (Lin. spec. p. 404.) stems herbaceous, 
dichotomous, prostrate; leaves opposite, sessile, flat, oblong- 
ovate, glabrous, punctately toothed on the margins ; peduncles 
axillary, l-flowered. ©. D.G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. Sims, bot. mag. t. 1765. C. pellicida, Jacq. fragm. t. 
44. f. 3.2? Flowers rose-coloured, nearly like those of C. spa- 
tulata ; the ultimate ones somewhat corymbose. 
Centuary-like Crassula. Pl. prostrate. 
§ 6. Petiolares (from petiolus, aleaf-stalk ; in reference to the 
leaves being stalked). Frutescent. Leaves flat, broader, petio- 
late. Ham. syn. p. 55. 
80 C, corpa‘ra (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1. vol. 1. p. 396.) stem 
shrubby ; leaves opposite, petiolate, cordate, obtuse, quite en- 
tire, dotted above, glabrous ; cymes panicle-formed. h.D.G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. D.C. pl. grass. 2. t. 121. 
Jacq. schoenbr. t. 431. Flowers reddish. Allied to C. per- 
Jorata. C. cordata, Willd. spec. 1. p. 153. but the C. cordata 
of Thunb. appears to be a distinct plant, who says that his plant 
is annual, and that the flowers are solitary. Plant glaucous. 
Cordate-leaved Crassula. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1774. PI. 
prostrate. 
31 C. spatuta‘ta (Thunb. prod. 58. fl. cap. p. 293.) stems 
suffruticose, decumbent, branched ; leaves petiolate, roundish, 
crenated, glabrous, shining above; corymbs panicle-formed. 
hk. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. D.C. pl. grass. 
t. 49. C. lucida, Lam. dict. 2. p. 173. C. cordata, Lodd. bot. 
cab, t. 359. Flowers rose-coloured ; petals acute. Herb very 
smooth. 
Spatulate-leaved Crassula. 
prostrate. 
Fl. July, Sept. Cit. 1774. PI. 
§ 7. Deltoidee (leaves resembling in figure the Greek delta). 
Plants suffrutescent. Leaves deltoid, sessile. 
32 C. pELTOYDEA (Lin. fil. suppl. p. 189.) leaves connate, 
deltoid, spreading, approximate, glabrous, powdery, glaucous ; 
flowers corymbose, subfastigiate. %.? D. G. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. Thunb. fl. cap. p. 288. Stem erect, 
branched, naked at the base, fleshy, half a finger in length. 
