Crassula. | CRASSULACEZ (Harv.) 345 
short, acute, glabrous, margined ; petals nearly free, oblongo-spathu- 
late, mucronate, scarcely exceeding the stamens; styles subulate ; 
squame very small. DC. ? 1. ¢. p. 388. Thunb. Cap. p. 287% 
Has. Vanstaadensberg, Uit. C. Zeyher! 2530. (Herb. Sd., D., Bth., Hk.) 
A tall, subsimple (?) succulent herb, 2 feet high or more. Lower leaf-pairs an 
inch apart, upper 2-3 inches. Leaves 3-4 inches long, } inch wide, membranous 
when dry, shrinking ; the margin minutely crenato-denticulate. Cyme at length 
4 inches in diameter, fiat-topped, with long pedicels. The naked part of the stem 
or peduncle is 6-8 inches long, with a single pair of depauperated leaves in the 
middle. 
30. C. squamulosa (Willd.? Suppl. 15); stem suffruticose, erect, 
branching, corymbose, retrorsely scaly ; leaves connate-perfoliate, subu- 
late-attenuate, squarrose, channelled, retrorsely scaly ; cymes subsessile, 
densely corymbose, the lower flowers stalked, upper subsessile ; bracts 
subulate ; calyx-lobes 4 of corolla, linear-lanceolate, acute, retrorsely 
scaly ; petals connate at base, lanceolate-spathulate, mucronate, spread- 
ing or revolute ; styles subulate, equalling the roughish ovary. DC. 
lc. 385. H. § Z./ 1885. Globulea mesembryanthoides, E, Mey. | in Herb. 
— Drege! 
~. Hap. Tulbagh Waterfall and Winterhoek, E. § Z./ Gamke River, 666, and 
Riebeckskasteel, Zey/ 667. Between the Paarl and Pont, near the Berg River, 
Drege! (Herb. Sd., Hk., D.) 
1-14 foot high, erect, with virgate, simple branches. Leaf-pairs nearly an inch 
apart, the bases of the leaves forming a cup round the stem ; leaves 1-14 inch long, *. 
erect at the insertion, curving back and often revolute. Cymes 2-3 inchesindia- 
meter. Flowers white (2) 4-5 lines long. 
31. C. scabra (Linn. Sp. 405); stem suffruticose, ascending or 
diffuse, terete, branched, retrorsely scaly ; leaves subconnate, patent or 
reflexed, linear-lanceolate, acute, flat, retrorsely scaly on both sides, the 
uppermost degenerating ; cymes subsessile, corymboso-fasciculate, with 
subulate bracts and subsessile flowers ; calyx-lobes half as long as the 
corolla, ovato-lanceolate, mucronate,-retrorsely scaly or glabrate ; petals 
connate at base, linear-oblong, subspathulate, recurved or revolute, sub- 
mucronulate ; styles subulate, ovaries rough. DC. l.c. p. 384. H.& Z.! 
1886. Dil. Hlth. fig. 117. 
Has. Hillsidesround Capetown, £. ¢ Z./ Villett. W.H.H. $c, (Herb. Sd. D. Hk.) 
A foot high, flexuous or spreading, branched near the base, every part densely _ 
clothed with reflexed, whitish, membranous, swollen hairs or linear scales. Leaves — 
3-1 inch long, 2 lines wide, horizontal or squarrose. Cymes almost capitate. — 
Corolla 3 lines long or more, revolute, white (?). Calyx sometimes quite smooth ! © 
$1. C. scabrella (Haw. ? rev. suc. 11); stem suffruticose, flexuous, = 
diffuse, slender, terete, much branched, retrorsely scaly ; leaves sub- — 
connate, patent or squarrose, narrow-linear, acute, channelled, retrorsely 
scaly ; cymes subsessile, few-flowered, corymboso-fasciculate, with sul 
ulate bracts and subsessile flowers ; calyx-lobes 2 of corolla, lanceols 
mucronate, retrorsely scaly ; petals connate at base, spathulate, rect 
or revolute, apiculate ; styles subulate. DC.l.c. 384. £.&Z. 
_ _Has, Sandy places at the foot of Table Mt., #. & Z./ WAH. 
