Tab. 5393. 

 CRASSULA rosularis. 



Sprcading-leaved Crassula. 



Nat. Ord. Crassulaceje. — Pentandria Pentagynia. 



Gen. Char. Calyx profunde 5-fidus v. 5-partitus, rarius 6-9-partitus, laciniis 

 erectis v. patentibus. Fetala 5, rarius 6-9, libera v. basi connata, erecta, patentia 

 v. recurva, apicibus glandulosis. Stamina 5, rarius 6-9, petalis breviora. Squama 

 hypogynae, varise. Ovaria 5, rarius 6-9, in stylos breves attenuata, stigmatibus 

 capitellatis. Folliculi 5, polyspermi. — Sutfrutices fruticeswe, rarius herbse, plus 

 minus crassce v. carnosce. Folia opposita, connata v. dense rosulata, rarius pe- 

 tiolata, stepius cartilagineo-serrulata. Flores scepius parti, albi Jiavi v. rubri, 

 in cymas varie dispositi. • * 



Crassula rosularis; herbacea, estolonifera ; foliis omnibus radicalibus dense 

 rosulatis patentibus imbrieatis oblongo-laneeolatis ligulatis v. spathulatie 

 planis glabris cartilagineo-ciliatis, pedunculis scapiformibus erectis striatis, 

 cymis oppositis multifloris subcapitatis, bracteis lineari-oblongis, floribus 

 parvio albis, petalis patentibus acutis. 



Crassula rosularis. Harv. Rev. p. 13. Harv. andSond. Fl. Cap. v. 2. p. 350. 



One of the many curious succulents once so generally culti- 

 vated in our greenhouses, but which have of late years either 

 been banished from our houses or are confined to botanical esta- 

 blishments. Whether these will ever attain their former popu- 

 larity is doubtful, though when we consider the remarkable 

 forms they assume, and that their fine evergreen foliage is as 

 ornamental in our houses in winter as in summer, we cannot 

 doubt that they will again claim an honourable place in the 

 conservatory. As it is, few places are more attractive to the 

 winter visitors to the Royal Gardens than its richly-stored suc- 

 culent-house. The present species is a native of South Africa, 

 extending from Natal to Graham's Town, from whence the plants 

 from which our figure was taken were sent by our valued friend 

 Henry Button, Esq., of Graham's Town. 



Descr. A glabrous perennial, with creeping rhizome sending 

 out no stolons. Leaves densely crowded into radical rosulate 



AUGUST 1st, 1363. 



