CRASSULACEA. X. Rocuega. 
Lin. syst. Pentdndria, Pentagiynia. Calyx 5-lobed. Pe- 
tals 5, united into gamopetalous hypocrateriform corolla; with 
a short tube, equal in length to the spreading limb, or shorter 
than it. Stamens 5, alternating with the petals, a little exserted. 
Glands and carpels 5.—Tall, fleshy, simple, succulent shrubs. 
Leaves opposite, connate at the base, thick, white. Flowers 
disposed in terminal corymbs, without any bracteas. 
1 R. rarca'ra (D. C. pl. grass. t. 103.) leaves rather con- 
nate, thick, glaucous, oblong, bluntish, bent down in the form of 
a sickle. h. D.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. La- 
rochea falcata, Haw. syn. p. 50. Tratt. thes. t. 20. Crassula 
falcata, Willd. enum. p. 341. Sims, bot. mag. t. 2085. Cras- 
sula retrofléxa, Meerb. with a figure. Crassula obliqua, Andr. 
bot. rep. p. 414. exclusive of the synonyms. Crassula Swel- 
lingrebliana and Cr. decussata, Hort. gall. Flowers scarlet, 
with the tube about 4 lines long, forming a large, dense, terminal 
corymb. 
Var. B, minor (Haw. rev. succ. p. 3.) all parts of the plant 
smaller. 
Sickle-leaved Rochea, FI. Ju. Sept. Clt. 1795. Sh. 3 to 8 ft. 
2 R. vperrorra‘ta (Haw. rev. p. 6. under Lardchea) leaves 
connate, lanceolate, acuminated, rather channelled above, convex 
beneath, of a greenish glaucous colour. h.D.G. Native of 
the Cape of Good Hope. Crassula perfoliata, Lin. spec. 404. 
Haw. syn. p. 51. Flowers scarlet, disposed in large, terminal 
corymbs. Leaves said to be ciliated. 
Var. B, albiflora (Haw. 1. c.) flowers white. Crassula perfo- 
liata, D. C. pl. grass. t. 13.—Dill. hort. elth. f. 113. Mil. fig. 
t.108. Comm. prel. t. 23. without any flower, and is there- 
fore referrible to A‘loe pertisa, Haw. in Lin. trans. 7. p. 25. 
Perfoliate-leaved Rochea. FI. July, Aug. Clt. 1700. Sh. 
3 to 6 feet. 7 
3 R. arsrròra (D. C. prod. 3. p. 393.) leaves distinct, ovate, 
acuminated, spreading, cartilaginously ciliated. k.D. G. Na- 
tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Crassula albiflora, Sims. bot. 
mag. t. 2391. Flowers white, disposed like those of R. falcata, 
but larger than those of R. perfoliata. Anthers blackish, and 
a little more exserted than those of the other species. 
White-flowered Rochea. FI. July, Aug. Clt. 1800. 
2 to 3 feet ? $ 
Cult. Large, succulent plants, elegant when in flower. Their 
culture, propagation, and treatment are the same as that recom- 
mended for Globùlea, p. 106. 
Shrub 
XI. KALOSA'NTHES (from xaħoc, kalos, beautiful, and 
avðocç, anthos, a flower; flowers elegant). Haw. rev. suce. 
1821, p. 6. but not of Blume.—Dietrichia, Tratt. tab. t. 449. 
arch. gew. (1812.) no. 449. but not of Reeusch.—Rochea, sect. 
2. Franciscea, D. C. prod. 3. p. 393. 
Lin. syst. Penténdria, Pentagynia. Calyx 5-lobed (F 26. 
a). Petals 5, united into a gamopetalous hypocratriform co- 
rolla (f. 26. a.), with a cylindrical tube 2 or 3 times longer than 
the spreading limb (f. 26. a.). Stamens 5, alternating with the 
petals; anthers in the throat of the tube of the corolla. Glands 
and carpels 5.—Succulent shrubs. Leaves opposite, oval, or 
oblong, connate, flat, cartilaginously ciliated. Flowers disposed in 
cymose umbels or heads, involucrated with numerous bracteas. 
_ 1 K. coccinga (Haw. rev. p. 18.) leaves connate and ee 
ing at the base, ovate-oblong, acutish. h. D. G. Native o 
the Cape of Good Hope. Lardchea coccinea, Haw. syn. p. 50. 
Crassula coccinea, Lin. spec. Curt. bot. mag. t. 495. oa 
chia coccinea, Tratt. thes. t. 19.—Comm, rar. t. 24. Bradl. 
suce. t. 50, Burm. afr. t. 23. f. 1. Flowers scarlet; tube an 
meh long. According to Breyn. prod. 3. t. 20. f. 1. there is a 
variety with hails Scdsureit flowers ; and according to Bradl, succ. 
XI. KALOSANTHES. 107 
t. 50. and Haw. rev. p. 8. there is a variety with white flowers, 
but in the gardens it is not to be found but with scarlet flowers. 
Scarlet-flowered Kalosanthes. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1710. 
Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 
2 K. me'pra (Haw. rev. p. 7.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, con- 
nate, stem-clasping; flowers variable in colour. h. D. G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Ròchea mèdia, D. C. prod. 
3. p: 394. 
Middle Kalosanthes. Fl. Ju. Jul. Cit. 1810. Shrub1 ft. 
3 K. versicotor (Haw. rev. p. 7.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, 
acute, connate and sheathing at the base; stem erect, branched ; 
flowers in umbellate heads. h. D.G. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope, on the Table Mountain. Crassula versicolor, 
Burch, ex Ker. bot. reg. t. 320. Rochea versicolor, D. C. prod. 
8. p. 394. Flowers about the size of those of K. coccinea, having 
the tube white, and the segments of the limb oval, white in the 
middle, edged with scarlet. Calyx as long as } of the tube of 
the corolla. 
Party-coloured-flowered Kalosanthes. 
1817. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
4 K. oporarissima (Haw. rev. 
p: 7.) leaves linear-lanceolate, 
gradually acuminated, connately 
stem-clasping ; flowers in umbel- 
late heads; segmerts of the co- 
rolla oblong, acutish. h. D.G. 
Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. Crássula odoratíssima, 
Andr. bot. rep. t. 26, Jacq. hort. 
scheenbr. t. 434. Laròchea odo- 
ratíssima, Haw. syn. p. 51. Die- 
tríchia odoratíssima, Tratt. Rò- 
chea odoratissima, D. C. prod. 3. 
p- 394. The flowers are yellow, 
according to Andrews; yellow- 
ish, Haworth ; but with red claws 
and white lamina, according to 
Jacquin; they have the scent of those of Polyánthus tuberòsus, 
or Tube-rose. 
Var. B, álba (D.C. prod. 3. p. 394.) flowers white. h . D.G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Crássula capitàta, Lodd. 
bot. cab. t. 1029. Leaves less ciliated, according to the figure, 
than those of the species. 
Sweet-scented Kalosanthes. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1793. Sh. 1 ft. 
5 K. srcoror (Haw. rev. p. 7.) flowers capitate, sessile, yel- 
low, and scarlet. p. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Very like the preceding species, but larger and more rigid, and 
the leaves are more acute. 
T'wo-coloured-flowered Kalosanthes. 
Shrub 1 foot. 
6 K. rra'va (Haw. syn. p. 50. under Laròchea) leaves con- 
nate, sheathing, smooth, approximate, linear, thick, acute. 
h. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Burm. afr. t. 
23. f. 3. Pluk. alm. t. 314. f. 2. Crassula flava, Lin. mant. 
p. 60. Flowers yellow, disposed in a panicled corymb. 
Yellow-flowered Kalosanthes. Shrub 1 to 2 feet? 
7 K. cymòsa (Haw. rev. p. 7.) leaves connate, sheathing, 
linear ; cymes terminal ; stem shrubby. h. D.G. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. Crássula cymòsa, Lin. mant. 222. C. 
capitàta, Lam. dict. 2. p. 171. Laròchea cymòsa, Haw. syn. p. 
50. Flowers red. 
Cymose-flowered Kalosanthes, FI. Aug. Clt. 1800, Pl. ł ft. 
8 K. sasmi'nga (Haw. rev. p. 6.) leaves lanceolate, sessile, 
bluntish ; flowers few, capitate; stems suffruticose, decumbent. 
h.D.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Crassula jas- 
minifldra, Haw. Crdssula jasminea, Sims, bot. mag. 2178. 
r2 
Fl. Mar. Sept. Clit. 
FIG. 26. 
Fl. Ju. Jul. Cit. 1810. 
