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CRASSULA ALBIFLORA. WHITE-FLOWERED 
CRASSULA. 
Class and Order. 
PENTANDRIA ‘Penracynia. 
| Generic Character. 
Cal. 5-phyllus. Petala 5 (nunc unguibus coalitis). 
Squame 5, nectarifere, ad basin germinis. Capsule 5. 
Specifie Character. 
* Frutescentes. 
Crassuta albiflora ; foliis carnosis ovatis acuminatis paten- 
tibus cartilagineo-ciliatis, corymbis compositis termi- 
nalibus, corolle tubo calycem vix equante. 
Descr. Stem shrubby, rounded, pubescent. Leaves 
_ decussate, spreading horizontally, stem-embracing, fleshy, 
ovate-acuminate, se Ba pire nously-ciliate. Flowers 
White, sweet-scented, terminal, in a trichotomous corymb. » 
orolla h rateriform; tube shorter than the calyx : 
limb spreading: lacinie oval, becoming revolute at the 
Point. Stamens 5, the length of the corolla, alternating 
With the lacinie. Anthers red-orange before the pollen is 
discharged, afterwards brown. Pistils 5, very spreading. 
Stiemas simple, brown. 7 
_ _ We believe this very handsome Crassuza to be an unde- 
Scribed species. It has a near affinity with coccinea and 
*ersicolor, but is very distinct from both. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers in July. 
Communicated from the Fulham nursery, by Messrs. Warr- 
“ty, Brame, and Minne. | 
