Crassula. | CRASSULACEZ (Harv.) 343 
Woody and commonly decumbent at base, throwing up many erect branches ; 
the barren branches closely leafy with broad leaves, the flowering laxly leafy. 
Lower leaves 1-14 inch long, 3-4 lines wide ; upper 4—} inch long, 2-1 lines wide. 
Cymes much branched ; flowers creamy white, 3-4 lines long. Closely resembles 
.* the following, but is smaller in all its parts. 
23. C. dejecta (Jacq. Schoenbr. t. 433); stem suffruticose, branched 
at base or simple, ascending-erect, tall, robust, densely leafy below, laxly 
leafyupwards; leaves connate, broadly oblong or tongue-shaped, obtuse, 
flat, spreading, cartilagineo-ciliate, glabrous; cymes sub-pedunculate, 
forked, much branched, corymboso-paniculate, with linear oblong-bracts ; 
calyx-lobes 2 of corolla, lanceolate, acute, keeled, glabrous ; petals nearly 
free, oblongo-lanceolate, erecto-patent or recurved, mucronate ; styles 
subulate. C. undata, Haw. Suppl. Curtogyne dejecta, DC. 1. ¢. 392. 
E. & Z.! 1939. Zey! 668. 
Has. Near Tulbagh Waterfall, Z. § Z./ Riebeckskasteel and Rhinosterkloof, 
Zeyher! (Herb. Sd., Hk.) 
Stems 2 feet high, robust, surculi densely leafy. Leaves tongue-shaped, the lower 
ones 2~—24 inches long, 4-5 lines wide ; the upper shorter, but scarcely narrower. 
Cyme much branched, flat-topped. Flowers creamy white, 3-4 lines long. Like a 
very luxuriant form of the preceding. 
24. C, albiflora (Bot. Mag. t. 2391); stem succulent, suffruticose, 
simple, mostly glabrous except under the uppermost nodes ; leaves con- 
nate at base, ovate or oblong, acute or obtuse, spreading, glabrous, cartila- 
- gineo-ciliate ; cyme corymbiform, densely much branched with scab- 
~-rous branches ; calyx-lobes lanceolate, acute, glabrous, smooth-edged ; 
petals slightly connate at base, linear oblong, dorsally mucronate, not 
much exceeding the staniéns; styles subulate; squamz minute. o- 
chea albiflora, DC.»Prod. 3. p. 393. E.§ Z! 1941. C. dejecta, Drege ! 
Has. Frenchhock and Drackenstein, EZ. § Z./ Verreauc. Tulbaghskloof, Zey/(Q -* : 
669. Paarl. Rev. W. Elliott, (Herb. eC, Hook, Sd.) ~ Y Qosmed | mi 3 
Stem robust, 1-2 feet high, densely leafy ; with reflexed, appressed bristles be- nD inne Bove 
neath the uppermost nodes, sometimes scabrous throughout. Leaves decidedly te he Fi 4j- 
connate, 1-14 inch long, 4-3 inch wide, squarrose. Cyme very dense, flat-topped, “ ; 
3-5 inches wide. Flowers white, 4—5 lines long, calyx 4 as long as petals. 
25. C. rubricaulis (E. & Z.! 1892); stem suffruticose, flexuous, 
diffuse, branching, closely leafy below, laxly leafy upwards, glabrous ; 
‘leaves connate, shortly-obovate, narrowed at base, obtuse, the uppermost 
oblongo-spathulate, minutely cartilagineo-ciliate, glabrous ; cymes sub- 
pedunculate, trichotomous, corymboso-paniculate, lax, with linear 
bracts ; calyx-lobes two-thirds of corolla, keeled, ovato-lanceolate, rough- 
edged ; petals nearly free, obovato-spathulate, subacute, erecto-patent ; 
styles conniving, shortly subulate. 
Has. Stony places, on the Vanstaadensberg, FE. ¢ Z./ erb. Sond., Hook). 
6-12 ineher’ high, much branched and ose or aS sister gatacn or ae 
rous. Leaves scarcely inch long, 6-7 lines wide above the middle, their fringe very 
short and fine. Flowers short, 2 lines long. 
26. C. stachyera (E. & Z.! 1897); stem herbaceous, erect, simple, — 
(or branched from the base), albo-hirsute, leafy throughout ; leaves sub- _ 
connate, the lower broadly obovate or subrotund, the upper elliptic- 
oblong or oblong, all subobtuse, flat, thinnish, densely cartilagineo- 
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