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§ 2. Ovatifolie (from ovatus, ovate, and folium, a leaf). 
Leaves ovate, oval, or obovate. 
8 P.? cirta‘ra ; stem suffruticose, sparingly branched, terete ; 
leaves oval, obtuse, flattish, distinct, ciliated; corymbs terminal. 
XY. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Crassula ciliata, 
Lin. spec. p. 405. D.C. pl. grass. t. 7.—Dill. elth. t. 98. £116. 
Cilia of leaves white, cartilaginous, usually retrograde. Flowers 
cream-coloured. 
Ciliated Purgosia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1732. Pl. 4 foot. 
9 P. conci’nnA; leaves obovate, ciliated, rather imbricated. 
4%. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Crassula con- 
cinna, Haw. rev. succ. This is a much larger plant than the 
following, to which it is nearly allied. Flowers white. 
Neat Purgosia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt.1818. Pl. 3 foot. 
10 P. concinne’LLA; leaves obovate, with densely ciliated sil- 
very margins. X. D.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Crassula concinnélla, Haw. in phil. mag. 1823. p. 381. Allied 
to P, concinna, but weaker, and 4 or 5 times smaller in every part, 
densely ciliated. Leaves rather imbricated, and appearing as if 
they were disposed in 2 compressed rows. The rest unknown. 
Small-neat Purgosia. Fl. July. Clt. 1823. Pl. 4 foot. 
11 P, coryLe‘ponis; radical leaves connate, oblong, obtuse, 
tomentose, ciliated; stem nearly naked, herbaceous, somewhat 
tetragonal ; flowers disposed in a corymb composed of fascicles. 
Y. D.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Crassula coty- 
ledonis, Lin. fil. suppl. 190. Crassula Cotylédon, Haw. syn. p. 
56. but not of Jacq. Stem simple, erect, a foot high. Leaves 
an inch broad, and a finger in length, erect. Flowers white. 
Cotyledon Purgosia. Pl. 1 foot. 
12 P. caprrerza‘ra (Haw. rev. p. 17.) leaves connate, ob- 
long, glabrous, cartilaginously ciliated, spreading, longer than 
the internodes; flowers in whorled heads. ©. D. G. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. Crassula capitellata, Lin. fil. suppl. 
p. 190. Thunb. fl. cap. 286. Stem glabrous, terete, erect. 
Flowers white, approximate, sessile. 
Headed Purgosia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1774. Pl. 4 foot. 
13 P. atpx’stris; leaves connate, ovate, acute, imbricating in 
4 rows; heads pedunculated; stem leafy, glabrous. 2. D. G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Crassula alpéstris, Lin. 
fil. suppl. p. 190. Thunb. fi. cap. 286. nov. act. nat. cur. 6. p. 
336. t. 56. f.4. Allied to Crdéssula montana, but differs in the 
leaves being more acuminated, not ciliated, in the stem being 
thicker, and clothed with leaves, and in the flowers being larger, 
Alp Purgosia. PI. 4 foot. 
14 P. nEemispH®’rica; lower leaves connate, roundish, imbri- 
cated into a round heap, cartilaginously ciliated ; stem nearly 
naked ; flowers rising in fascicles from the axils, forming a pa- 
nicled spike. ©. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Cras- 
sula hemisphz’rica, Thunb. prod. p. 57. fl. cap. p. 292. Floral 
leaves very short. Flowers small, white. 
Hemispherical Purgosia. PI. 4 foot. 
15 P. rnyrsirtdra (Haw. rev. succ. 17.) leaves perfoliate, 
ovate, obtuse, ciliated, glabrous, erectly spreading; thyrse 
branched, spicate. ¢. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. Crassula thyrsiflora, Lin. fil. suppl. 190. Thunb. fl. 
ie 283. Stems herbaceous, terete, erect, a span high. Flowers 
white. 
Thyrse-flowered Purgosia. Pl. 4 foot. 
16 P. osova`ra (Haw. rev. succ. p. 16.) leaves opposite, de- 
cussate, obovate, ciliated, full of minute impressed dots; stem 
rather hispid; flowers axillary, in a thyrsoid spike. &. D. G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Crassula obovata, Haw. 
suppl. p. 17. Flowers white. Allied to P., aloides. 
Obovate-leaved Purgosia. Fl. June, July. Clt.1818, Pl. 1 ft. 
8 
CRASSULACEZA, VI. Purcosta. 
17 P. atoipes (Haw. rev. succ. p. 16.) stem simple, rather 
pilose; leaves ovate or spatulately lanceolate, distinct, ciliated, 
full of impressed dots ; heads of flowers axillary, constituting a 
thyrsoid spike. ¢.D.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, 
Crassula aloides, Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 394. Petals mucronulate, 
white, with a red rib. Stem half a foot high. 
Aloe-like Purgosia. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1774. Pl. 4 foot, 
18 P. puncra‘ta; stems simple, smooth; leaves opposite, 
ovate, dotted, ciliated: lower ones oblong; corymbs axillary, 
very short. h.D.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Crassula punctata, Lin. spec. p. 406. Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2, vol. 
2. p. 193. exclusive of the synonyme of Miller, ex Haw. syn, 
p. 154. Corolla campanulate, white ; limb reflexed; anthers 
purple. 
Dotted-leaved Purgosia. FI. April, Aug. Clt.1759. Pl. 1 ft. 
19 P. RAMULIFLÒRA ; stem fruticulose, beset with retrograde 
hairs; leaves opposite, obovate, acute, rather connate, ciliated ; 
branches axillary, few-flowered ; petals lanceolate, erect, shin- 
ing at the apex. h.D.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, 
Crassula ramulifléra, Link. enum. 1. p. 801. Otto. et Link. 
abbild. p. 41. t. 17. Flowers white. Calyx and leaves usually 
reddish at the apex. 
Branch-flowered Purgosia. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1822. Sh. } ft. 
20 P. turrira (Haw. rev. succ. p. 16.) radical leaves opposite, 
connate, ovate-oblong, acute, imbricating in 4 rows, villously cili- 
ated ; stem leafy at the base; flowers in whorls, &. D.G. Na-: 
tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Crdssula turrita, Thunb. prod. 
3. p. 55. fl. cap. p. 283. Jacq. scheenbr. 1. t. 52. Stem simple, 
a foot high. Corolla pale, reddish at the apex. 
Var. B, rosea (Haw. 1. c.) flowers red. 
Tower Purgosia. Fl. Feb. Mar. Clt. 1818. PI. 1 foot. 
21 P. Barsa'ra ; radical leaves opposite, connate, crowded, 
imbricated into a round heap, reticulated, bearded ; stem nearly 
naked; flowers in whorls. &. D. G. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Crassula barbata, Thunb. prod. p. 57. fl. cap. P. 
292. Lin. fil. suppl. 188. Floral leaves not exceeding the 
flowers. Stem glabrous, a span high. 
Bearded Purgosia. Pl. 4 foot. 
22 P. monra‘na; leaves connate, ovate, acute: radical ones 
approximate : cauline ones distant ; flowers in whorls, in the axils 
of the upper leaves: ultimate ones capitate. 2%. D. G. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. Crassula montana, Lin. fil. suppl. 
p. 189. Thunb. fl. cap. p. 285. Stem filiform, simple. Calyxes 
ciliated. 
Mountain Purgosia. PI. 4 foot. 
23 P. DENTATA; plant glabrous, nearly leafless ; leaves al- 
most radical, petiolate, toothed, roundish-cordate ; flowers sub- 
umbellate. &? D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, 
among rocks on the mountain called Ribekcasteel. Crassula 
dentata, Thunb. prod. p. 57. fl. cap. p. 293. Umbels of flowers 
radical. Peduncles shorter than the leaves. 
Toothed-leaved Purgosia. PI. 4 foot. 
24 P. pyramipa‘iis ; leaves connate, imbricating in 4 rows 
ovate, obtuse, entire, glabrous ; heads terminal, sessile, globos® 
%. D.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Crassula py! 
midalis, Lin. fil. suppl. p. 189. Thunb. fl. cap. p. 287. 20%: 
act. cur. 6. p. 336. t. 5. b. f. 3. Stems flexuous, erect, cove? 
over with leaves. Leaves a line long. Said to be allied t0 
Crassula muscosa. 
Pyramidal Purgosia. PI. 4 foot. ers 
25 P.? DEBILIS; stem herbaceous, dichotomous, straightis z 
leaves opposite, glabrous, crowded, nearly terete, concave; y 
pulose ; flowers pedicellate ; petals linear. &? D. G. Nativ 
of the Cape of Good Hope. Crassula dèbilis, Thunb. fl. oo 
p. 280. 
