i 
2n 
CRASSULACEAE DC. Eiidl. gen. 
pag. 808. 
(Auctore Nees ab Esenbeck.) 
TILLAEA Mich. EndL gen. n. 460T. 
3Ieisii. gcii. pag. 134. (89.) 
Character! generico addas: Calua: 3-5-partitus, Stamina 
3-5. Ovaria 3-5. 
* Vttlaea DC. EntlL 1. c. Flores 3-5-inen. Carpella 
disperma. 
1- Tillaea adiscenden^ N. ab E. cauTe basi brevi spatio 
decumbeiite liinc stricte erecto inferne ramoso, foliis con- 
natis ovato-cymbiformibus subcarnosis, floribus pentameris 
in axillis congesto-verticillatis omnibus sessilibns, sepalis 
petalisque meinbranaceis acuminatis, his duplo ang^ustioribus. 
In arenosis baud procul ab oppidulo Freemantle, Pecembri a. 1838. Herb. 
Preiss. No. 1931. 
CauUs vix digitalis, strictus, tetragonus, purpureas, brevi spatio e basi 
procumbens, dein erectus, basi raraosus. Folia in sicco statu pallida ex- 
succa et valde collapsa, in vivo ergo succulenta, 1-2% lin. longa. Flores 
*x omnium fere foliorum axillis, sessiles, inferiores gemini ternive, superiores 
oppositi, hinc habitus verticillatus, verticillis folia articulosque aequantibiis 
truncatus, 
versus 
in disco purpureis, ambitu hyalinis, ovato-lanceolatls, subulate -acuminatis. 
Petala 5, lanceolida, setaceo -acuminata, saturatius purpurascentia. Sta- 
mina 5. Squamulac obsoletae. Carpella 5, nonnuUis saepe abortivis, obli- 
que lanccolata, apice subulata retrorsum uncinata, compvessa, disperma. 
^emina ovalia, fusca, ad lulum carunculata. Discus hypogynus delapsia 
curpellis quinqueareatus. ®. 
^- Tillaea colorata N. ab E. caule erecto stricto inferne 
ramoso J foliis connatis ovato - cymbiforniibus subcarnosis, 
floribus pentameris in axillis congesto-verticillatisj yerticil- 
•is sex-plurifloris confertis, flore interraedio cujusque axil- 
lae pedicellato, sepalis petalisque membranaccis acumina- 
tis, his duplo angustioribus. 
In arenosis silvae nrope oppidulam Pertli, Septembri a. 1839. Herb, Preiss. 
No. 1932. \ y vv 
^SimilUma Tillaeae adscendenti, cujus nescio an sit varietas, differt caule 
statirn a basi erecto (ejusdem altitudinis), verticillis, praesertim versus apicem 
caiilis et in ramis, contiguis, faciem alopecuroidem provocantibus, pluriflpris, 
ore fasciculi cujusque lateris interinedio pedicello longitufline calycis prae- 
'to, lateralibus fasciculum triflorum flore intermedio et in hisce, ut brevi- 
