| 346 CRASSULACEZ (Harv.) [ Crassula. 
$3. C. pruinosa (Linn. Mant. 60) ; stem suffruticose, slender, dicho- 
tomous, retrorsely squamulose ; leaves subconnate, patent, linear-sub- 
ulate, subtrigonous, laxly squamulose ; cymes subsessile, few-flowered, 
corymbulose, with subulate bracts and pedicellate flowers ; calyx-lobes 
half as long as corolla, linear-lanceolate, sparsely scabrous ; petals linear- 
spathulate, recurved or revolute ; mucronulate ; styles subulate, Zey/ 
665. Drege! 6906. 
Has. At the 24 Rivers, Zeyher’ Boschkloof and Blauwberg, Drege/ (Herb. 
Sd., Hk., Bth.) 
A much branched, corymbose, laxly and minutely scaly suffrutex, 6-12 inches 
high ; the level topped branches ending in small cymes of 3-6-8 pedicellate flowers. 
Leaves }-} inch long, slender, scarcely equalling the internodes. Pedicels 2-3 
lines long ; corolla 5 lines, hypocrateriform or revolute (cream coloured ?), Less 
scaly than C. scabrella, with a different inflorescence and much larger flowers. 
34. C. Dregeana (Harv.) ; stem sub-herbaceous, slender, diffuse, 
branching, retrorsely hispido-squamose ; leaves connate, patent, short, 
ovate-oblong or ovate, subacute, fiat, retrorsely squamose ; cymes sessile, 
few-flowered, capitate, with subulate bracts and subsessile flowers ; 
calyx-lobes 2 of corolla, lanceolate, acute, ciliate at back and keel; 
petals oblong, mucronate, recurved; styles subulate ; squame minute, 
emarginate. C. sqywamulosa, E. Mey. ! in Herb. Drege. 
Has. Between Omsamculo and Omcomas, Drege! (Herb. Sd., Hk., D., Bth.) 
A slender, weak-growing species with leaves, proportionately broader and shorter 
than others of this group, and small headlike tufts of whitish flowers. Leaves 3-4 
lines long, 2-24 broad, horizontal, Heads 3-6-8-flowered. Corolla 3-4 lines long. 
35. C. sediflora (E. & Z.!); stem suffruticose, diffuse or decumbent, 
with ascending branches, minutely scaberulous ; leaves connate, patent, 
Linear-lanceolate, flat, subconcave above, thinnish, subobtuse, scabrous at 
back and margins ; cymes subsessile, much branched, corymbose, with 
subulate or toothlike bracts and pedicellate flowers ; calyx lobes 4 of 
corolla, lanceolate, glabrous, fleshy, keeled; petals connate at base, 
oblong, blunt or submucronulate, spreading ; styles shortly subulate ; 
Squamez small, fleshy. Pyrgosea sediflora, E. & Z.! 1909. 
Has. Sides of Kat River, Berg. E. § Z.! (Herb. Sd., D.) : 
stemmed, forming wide patches ; stems 1-2 feet long, the erect, lateral 
branches 4-6 inches long, leafy to the summit. Leaves squarrose, 6-8 lines long, 
i — green. Flowers small, 1-14 line long, white. Scarzely belonging to 
36. C, Whiteheadii (Harv.) ; stem suffruticose, erect, somewhat 
Sastigiately much branched, terete, minutely albo-strigillose ; leaves sub- 
connate, erecto-patent, shorter than the internodes, the lower linear, the 
upper shorter and broader, sub-ovate, all keeled or trigonous, ciliate at 
the margin, otherwise glabrous or sparsely hispidulous ; cymules sessile, 
3-5 flowered, corymbose, with tooth-like bracts and subsessile flowers : 
calyx-lobes 2 of corolla, ovate-oblong, subacute, keeled, ciliate and his- 
pidulous ; petals connate, oblong-subpanduriform, recurved or revolute ; 
styles shortly subulate. # 
Has. Ezel’s Fonteyn, Namaqualand, Rev, H. Whitehead ! (Herb. D., Sd.) 
Stems woody, 4-6 inches high, much branched below, all the branches erect and 
