838 CRASSULACEZ (Harv.) (Crassula. 
4. ©. faleata (Willd. En. 341); stem succulent, suffruticose, simple, 
mlverulent; leaves connate at base, thick, glaucous, pulverulent, 
oblong, obliquely falcate, subobtuse, the upper-ones degenerating to bracts ; 
cyme corymbiform, trichotomous, much branched ; calyx-lobes short, 
hispido-canescent, ovate or oblong, blunt ; petals connate at base, 
linear-lanceolate, subobtuse, not much longer than the stamens ; styles 
subulate ; squame minute. Bot. Mag. t. 2035. Rochea falcata, DC. 
Pl. Grass. t.103. Prod. 3 p. 393. EH & Z.! 1944. Larochea falcata, 
Haw. Syn. 50. Tratt. Thes. t.20. C. obliqua, Andr. Rep. t. 414. 
Has. Hills near Zwartkops R., Uit. and Bothasberg, Grahamstown, E.G Z.! 
Drege, 6918. Gent. Bolton, §c. Natal, 1500-300f. Dr. Sutherland! (Heb. 8d., 
D., Hk. &.) 
A robust, succulent, suffrutex, densely leafy, the leaves diminishing in size up- 
wards. Lower leaves 3-4 inches long, 1-14 inch wide, strongly reflexed. The 
surface of leaves and stem is finely granulated or closely and minutely papillate, 
giving a frosted appearance ; the branches of panicle and apex of the stem are finely 
hispido-pubescent. Flowers bright crimson, rarely white. 
5. C. perfoliata (Linn. Sp. 404) ; stem succulent, suffruticose, 
simple, pulverulent ; leaves connate at base, thick, glaucous, pulveru- 
lent, lanceolate-acuminate, concave above, the upper ones degenerating ; 
cyme corymbiform, trichotomous, much branched ; calyx-lobes short, 
hispido-canescent, ovato-lanceolate ; petals connate at base, linear- 
lanceolate, subobtuse, not much exceeding the stamens ; styles subu- 
late ; squame minute. Rochea perfoliata, DC. 1. c. 3.393. EH. & Z.! 
1945. 
8. albiflora ; flowers white. Pl. Grass. t. 13. Hort. Elth. fig. 113. Mill. ic. t. 108. 
Has. Woods near the Zwartkops R., Uit. £.¢ 2./ (Heb. Sd.,D., Hk. &c.) 
Very like the preceding except in foliage. Leaves 4—6inches long, erecto-patent, 
tapering to a narrow point. Flowers crimson or white. 
6. C. perfossa (Lam. Dict. 2. p. 173); stem shrubby, slender, spread- 
ing, glabrous ; leaves connato-perfoliate, roundish or ovate, subacute, 
thick, glabrous, punctate above, glaucous, smooth-edged ; cymes termi- 
nal, subsessile, dense, oblong or globose, with subulate bracts ; calyx- 
lobes very short, ovate, glabrous; petals connate at base, oblong, 
obtuse, mucronulate ; styles shortly subulate. DC. 1. c. 3 p. 385. 
Pl. Grass. t. 25. Jacq. Schoendb, t. 432. EH. § Z.! 1889. C. perfilata, 
Scop. C. punctata, Mill., C. coronata, Don. 
Has. Among stones, west side of Table Mountain, E. § Z./ Nieuweveld, 
between Brakrivier and Uitvlugt, Drege! 6891. (Herb. Sd., Bth.) 
Stem 1-2 feet high, woody, dichotomous, the branches short. Leaf pairs close ; 
leaves 3-1 inch long, }-} inch wide, very fleshy. Infl. dense. Flowers small. 
Petals reflexed or revolute, dorsally mucronulate, sub-panduriform. 
7. C. perforata (Linn. f. Suppl. 190) ; stem shrubby, slender, erect, 
subsimple ; leaves connato-perfoliate, ovate, acute or acuminate, patent 
or squarrose, subdistant, cartilagineo-ciliate, green ; cymes in a long, 
interrupted, contracted panicle (thyrsus), the branches corymbose, 
dense, with tooth-like bracts ; calyx short, ovate-oblong, glabrous, 
keeled ; petals connate at base, oblong, submucronulate ; styles shortly 
subulate. Thunb. Cap. p. 287. DC. 1. c. 3. p. 385. HE. & Z. 1 1838. 
Zey. 2534. C. Anthurus, E. Mey ! 
