‘Crassula. | CRASSULACEE (Harv.) 337 
Stem obsolete ; radical leaves rosulate, obovate : 
or: subrotunids tagid oie so a 05s) 4s (95) platyphylla. : 
Lower leaves semiterete-subulate, channelled above : 
Lys. subpubescent ek se use oe (8) eels, 
Lys. glabrous Be ae kee ses ee AGQY OUTER. 
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Section I. EU-CRASSULA. (Sp. 1-75.) 
1. C. arborescens (Willd. Sp. 1. p. 1554) ; stem tall, shrubby, erect, 
terete ; leaves sub-connate, rowndish obovate, obtuse, mucronulate, fleshy, 
flat, glaucous, punctate above, glabrous, smooth-edged ; cymes pani- 
cled, oblong, pedunculate, trichotomous ; calyx-lobes very short, lan- 
ceolate, keeled, glabrous ; petals spreading, slightly connate at base, 
lanceolate, acute, mucronate, concave, one-nerved ; styles subulate ; 
squamz minute, sessile, obcordate. DC. Prod. 3. p. 383. #. & Z.! 
No. 1875. @. Cotyledon, Curt. Bot. Mag. t. 384. Jacq. Bot. Misc. t. 19. 
Cotyledon arborescens, Mull, Dict. 
Has. Among shrubs on the hills near Zwartkops R., Uit. £. 6 Z. / (Herb. Sond). 
A large shrub, 8-10 feet high, with robust stems and branches, and fleshy leaves. 
Leaves 14-2} inches long, and 1-2 inches wide.. Panicles terminal, 3-6 inches 
long, with opposite, spreading, trichotomous branches. Bracts small, fleshy, ovate, 
acute. Calyx } or } as long as the stellate rose-red petals. Stamens slightly ad- 
nate at base, nearly as long as the petals ; anthers small and short. Carpels tapering. 
2. C. lactea (Ait. Hort. Kew. 1 p. 496); stem shrubby, flexuous, 
short; leaves connate, narrow-obovate, subacute or acuminate, narrowed 
at base, fleshy, flat, glabrous, punctate within the smooth margin ; 
cyme panicled, oblong, pedunculate, trichotomous ; calyx-lobes very 
short, lanceolate, keeled, glabrous ; petals spreading, nearly free, lan- 
ceolate, acute, mucronate, concave, one-nerved; styles subulate; squame 
minute, obcordate. DC. Prod.l.c. Pl. Grass. t. 37. Sm. Exot. t. 33. Bot. 
Mag. t. 1771. Jacq. Scheenbr. t..430- Thunb. Cap. p. 289. H.§ Z.1 1877. 
Has. Among shrubs ; Zoutpanshoogde, near Zwartkops Rivier, Uit., #. § Z. / 
(Herb. Sd., Hk., Bth.) 
A shrub, 1-2 feet high. Flowers white. Very similar to the preceding in detail, 
save that the leaves are narrower, more acute, and taper more at base ; they are 
24-3 inches long, 1-14 inch wide, very decidedly connate. Is not this C. argentea, L? 
3. C. poe (Lam. Dict. 2. p. 172); stem tall, shrubby, erect, 
terete, robust, the branches jointed ; leaves opposite, distinct at base, 
obliquely obovate, acute or subacute, fleshy, glabrous, shining, dotted, 
smooth-edged ; cyme corymboso-paniculate, trichotomous, shortly pe- 
dunculate ; calyx cup-like, its shallow lobes broadly deltoid, glabrous ; 
petals nearly free, spreading, oblongo-lanceolate, mucronate, concave ; 
styles subulate ; squamz minute, obcordate. DC. Prod.l.c. HE. & Z.! 
1876, DO. Pl. Grass. t. 79. C. obliqua, Ait. Cotyledon ovata, Mill. 
Dict. C. articulata, Zuc. Zey. 2536. 
Has. Among shrubs on the hills and fields near the Zwartkops River, Uit. 
E. § Z.1 Aasvogelsberg and Zwaanepoelspoortberg, Drege / 6890. (Heb. Sd.,D., 
Hk. Bth.) re 
A large, succulent shrub, 10-12 feet high, much branched. Leaves very thick, — 
falling off separately, 1-1} inch long, 3-1 inch wide. Flowers rosy. Calyx very 
small, 5 toothed, with wide, shallow spaces between the teeth. The roots are eaten 
by the Hottentots under the name “‘'T’Karckay,” Z. ¢ Z. 
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