Crassula. | CRASSULACEH (Harv.) 341 
closely placed, shortly subulate leaves. Internodes 2-3 lines long ; leaves 5-6 lines. 
Peduncles 3-4 inches long, of 4-5 joints, with very minute bracts. Flowers white, 
minute, 1-14 line long. 
16, C. sarcocaulis (E. & Z. ! 1684); stem erect, dichotomous, robust, 
fleshy, with very short internodes, glabrous or scabrous; leaves sub- 
connate, closely set, subulate-trigonous or subterete, glabrous or scab- 
rous, subacute ; cymes terminal, subsessile, few flowered, corymbulose, 
with toothlike bracts ; calyx-lobes very short, linear, or ovate-oblong, 
obtuse, keeled ; petals nearly free, oblongo-spathulate, erect ; stamens 
thick ; ovary contracted at base, styles shortly subulate. Drege / 6905. 
Zey! 2535. 
Var. 8. scaberula; stems, leaves and pedicels scabrous ; flowers white. 
Has. Mountain sides near Silo, Z. ¢ Z./ Witbergen, 5000 ft. Drege! Komman- 
oe eee 8. Mountain tops in Graaf-Reinet, Mrs. F. W. Barber ! (Herb. 
A stout, a little bush, 6-8 inches high, much branched. Leaves 4-6 
lines long, spreading. Flowers, in a, rosy ; in 8. white, 2-3 lines long. 
17. C. alpestris (Thunb ?) ; stem suffruticose, short, branched, with 
short internodes, nearly glabrous; leaves connate, closely set, shortly 
cultrate, fleshy, keeled, acute or subacute, glabrous ; cymes shortly 
pedunculate, few. flowered, corymbose, with toothlike bracts ; flowers 
pedicellate ; calyx-lobes not half as long as corolla, oblong-deltoid, 
subacute, keeled, glabrous ; petals oblong, nearly free; styles subulate ; 
arginate. Thunb. Cap. 285? jide H. Mey! in 
Has. Nieuwe tween Zakrivierspoort and Leeuwenfontein, 3—4000 ft. 
Drege! Spitskop, 10,250 ft., Dr. Atherstone! (Herb. Sd., Hk., Bth.) 
» Stems 3-4 inches high, chiefly branched from the base, the branches leafy to an 
inch from the summit. Leaves 4-$ inch long, 2-3 lines wide, the narrower ones 
subulate. Peduncles 1 inch long or less; cymes little divided, 7=! 2-Hlowered. 
Flowers white, 2} lines long. Drege’s specimen lettered ‘‘b.” seems different. 
18, C. vaginata (E. & Z.! 1903); stem herbaceous, glabrous, erect, 
simple, virgate, leafy ; leaves vaginato-perfolrate, oblongo-lanceolate or 
lanceolate, the upper ones gradually smaller and more attenuate, all 
flat, carnoso-coriaceous, sparsely pilose or glabrous, cartilagineo-ciliate ; 
cymes densely corymbose, much branched, subsessile ; calyx-lobes half 
as long as corolla, subulato-lanceolate, acute, glabrous ; petals suberect, 
oblong, concave, fleshy ; styles very short and squame minute. C. 
ciliata B, acutifolia, H. Mey | Cyrtogyne, sp. n., Benth ! in Pl. Plant, 82. 
Has. Near Philipstown, Kat R., 2. ¢ Z./ Between Zandplatt and Komga, 
Drege! Near Grahamstown, Col. Peddie / Gen. Bolton! (Herb. Sd., Bth., Hk., D.) 
Stem 1-3 feet high, quite simple or merely dichotomous near the summit, glab- 
rous or sparsely setulose. Leaf-pairs 1-2 inches apart ; lower leaves 4—6 inches long 
upper shorter, the uppermost 1-2 inches long. Cymes very large and flat-topped, 
much branched. Flowers 1-2 lines long, bright yellow. 
19, C, rubicunda (E. Mey !); stem herbaceous, setose, erect, simple, — 
virgate, leafy ; leaves connato-perfoliate, oblongo-lanceolate or lanceo- _ 
late, acute or acuminate, flat, carnoso-coriaceous, glabrous or setose, 
cartilagineo-ciliate ; cymes densely corymbose, much branched, subses- 
