Crassula. | CRASSULACEZ (Harv.) 339 
Has. Woods by the Zwartkops River, Z. § Z./ Camdebosberg and Fish River, 
Drege! (Herb. Sd., D., Hk.) 
The slender branches are often 2 feet long or more, with subdistant or distant 
leaf pairs, glabrous and angular. ‘Leaves scarcely uncial, 4 inch wide, impunctate. 
The cartilaginous fringe is generally conspicuous, but sometimes deficient or obso- 
lete. Flowers small. Thyrsus 6-12 inches long, its branches 1 inch long. 
8. C. divaricata (E. & Z.! 1891); shrubby, much branched from 
the base, divaricate, spreading, sub-scaberulous; leaves shorter than 
the internodes, patent, connato-perfoliate, small, ovato-trigonal, fleshy, 
minutely cartilagineo-ciliate at the margin, acute; cymes terminal, 
subsessile, forked, 6-7-flowered ; flowers minutely pedicellate; calyx- 
lobes lanceolate, glabrous, keeled ; petals ? 
Has. In the Karroo, behind the Langekloof, George, F. ¢ Z./ (Herb. Sond.) 
A small ligneous fruticulus, 3-6 inches high, with a very thick root. Leaves 2-3 
lines long, 1-14 wide, horizontal, decussate. Perfect flowers not seen. A single 
imperfect specimen only exists in Hb. Ecklon. 
9. C. brevifolia (Harv.); stem shrubby, slender, dichotomous, 
diffuse ; leaves sub-connate, Linear-trigonous, scarcely longer than the 
internodes, very thick, obtuse, flat above, glabrous ; cymes corymbose, 
terminal, shortly pedunculate, with tooth-like bracts; calyx-lobes 
short, ovate, blunt, fleshy, glabrous; petals spreading, nearly free, 
oblong, obtuse, scarcely mucronulate ; styles subulate ; squamez mem- 
branous, linear. 
Has. Lislap and Springbokkeel, Zeyher / 661. (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd.) 
A small b | foot or more high, with woody stems and short, thick leaves, like 
those of a Mesembryanthemum. Leaf-pairs 6-8 lines apart ; leaves 6-8 lines long, 
2 lines thick, very blunt. Nearly allied to C. perfossa, but differs in the shape of 
the leaves and their less evident connation. Flowers small (and white ’) 
10. C. ramosa (Ait ? fide E. & Z.); stem shrubby, branched at 
base, diffuse or decumbent ; leaves connato-perfoliate, subulate-trigonous, 
much longer than the internodes, very thick, slightly channelled above, 
glabrous ; cymes terminal, pedunculate, trichotomous, corymbose, 
densely much branched, with toothlike bracts ; calyx-lobes very short, 
ovate, blunt, fleshy, glabrous; petals spreading, nearly free, obovate- 
oblong, bluntish ; styles subulate ; squamez short, membranous. F. ¢ Z./ 
1878. DC.? lc p. 384. Rochea perfoliata, var. glaberrima, E. Mey! 
in Hb. Drege. 
Has. Near Louisfontein, Clanwilliam, 7. § Z./ Between Natvoet and the Ga- 
riep, Drege! (Herb. Sond.) 
Stem short ? woody at base, closely leafy. Leaves 2-3 inches long, 3-4 lines in 
diameter, very fleshy, tapering to a sharpish point. Peduncle 2-3 inches long, di- 
trichotomous ; the eyme flat-topped, many flowered. Flowers 1-1} lineslong. I 
cannot tell whether or not this be Aiton’s plant ; it does not seem to be Thunberg’s. 
My description is taken from Ecklon’s and Drege’s specimens. : 
11. C. tetragona (Linn. Sp. 404); stem erect, shrubby, terete, 
branched ; leaves decussately sub-connate, subulate-trigonous, much 
longer than the internodes, fleshy, flattish above, incurved, acute, glab- — 
rous; cyme terminal, pedunculate, corymboso-paniculate, with toothlike © 
bracts; calyx-lobes short, ovate, bluntish, keeled; petals connate at 
base, spreading, ovate, subacute ; styles shortly subulate ; squame min- 
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