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CRASSULA VERSICOLOR. CHANGEABLE 
CRASSULA. 
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Class and Order. 
PentTanpria PEnrAGyNIA. 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 5-phyllus. Petala 5 (nunc unguibus coalitis), 
Squame 5 nectarifere ad basin germinis. Capsule 5. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
* Frutescentes. 
Crassuta versicolor; corollis tubulosis, foliis imbricatis 
lanceolatis concavis cartilagineo-ciliatis basi connato- 
vaginantibus, floribus umbellatis. | 
Crassuxa versicolor ; erecta, ramosa, foliis oblongo-lanceo- 
latis cartilagineo-denticulatis basi connato-vaginanti- 
bus, umbellis geminato-multifloris, Bot. Reg. 320. 
Crassuta versicolor. Burchell Mss. 
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Descr. Stem shrubby, erect, branched. Leaves imbri- 
cate, lanceolate, hollowed especially towards the base, 
connate, sheathing, edged with minute cartilaginous cilia, 
Flowers in umbels at the extremities of the branches. 
Calycine leaflets subulate, one third shorter than the tube 
of the corolla. Corolla hypocrateriform, with a long tube, 
formed by the adherent, but separable claws of the petals : 
limb shorter by half than the tube, five cleft: segments 
somewhat recurved, bright red on the outside, and white 
within, except a red margin, which gradually extends 
nearly over the whole. The flowers are sweet-scented in 
the evening. 
This species, on account of the tubular corolla, belongs 
to De Canpoxte’s genus Larocuea adopted by eager 
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