( 1771 ) 

 Crassula lactea. White Crassula. 



Class and Order. 

 Pentandria Pentagynia. 



Generic Character. 



Cat. 5-phyIIus. Petala 5. Squamce 5, nectariferte ad basin 

 genmnis. Caps. 5. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Crassula lactea; caule fruticoso, foliis ovatis basi atte- 

 nuates connatis integerrimis intra marginem punctatis, 

 cymis paniculseformibus. Hort. Kew. ed. \ wa ' 1 », 3%' 

 ed. alt. 2. p. 193. Smith Exot. Bot. I. p. 63 t 33 

 Willd. Sp. PL 1. p. 1554. Mart. Mill. Diet. n. 62. 

 Plant. Grass. 37. 



Crassula lactea ; foliis obovatis subciiiatis albo-punctatis, 

 panicula trifida. Thunb. Prodr. 56. 



A native of the Cape of Good-Hope, and directed to be 

 kept in the dry stove, as it requires to be protected from a 

 damp atmosphere, as well as from frost. As with all other 

 succulent plants, great care should be taken to water it very 

 Sp ?? n &ty durin & tne winter. A light rich loam with old lime 

 rubbish is recommended as the best soil. 



Propagated by cuttings, which should be laid in a dry 

 Place for a fortnight before they are planted, that part of their 

 juice may be evaporated, then put into pots of light sand, and 

 plunged into a hot-bed, watering them very sparingly other- 

 wise they will rot. When they have taken root, which will 

 °e m about six weeks, they should be gradually inured to the 

 °pen air. • 



Introduced by Mr. Francis Masson, in 1774, from the 

 b aP M p lowers in September and October. Communicated 

 y vir. George Graves, of Walworth, who possesses a very 

 extensive collection of succulent plants. 



