Crassula. | CRASSULACEE (Harv.) 351 
ae Grootreit, Harteveld, Zeyher! Modderfontein, Rev. H. Whitehead. (Herb. 
. Hk., D.) 
Very near C. lycopodioides, but larger, with the leaves closely appressed, like the 
scales on the back of a snake, or like tiles in a pavement, 
51. C. lycopodioides (Lam. Dict. 2, 173) ; stem suffruticose, flexu- 
ous, irregularly branched, densely covered with minute leaves through- 
out; leaves 4-ranked, wsually with gemmee in the amils, densely crowded 
or loosely overlapping, ovate or deltoid, or subrotund, acute or obtuse, 
very fleshy and convex, glabrous ; flowers minute, axillary, solitary, or 
2-3 together ; calyx-lobes shortly lanceolate, acute, glabrous; petals 
connate, erecto-patent, oblong, acute, concave ; styles shortly subulate. 
DC. 1. c. 385. C. imbricata, Ait. C. muscosa, Thunb. ex. pte. C. lyciordes, 
E. Mey. ! Tetraphyle lycopodioides, E. & Z.! 1870. Zey. | 2519, 2520, 
643. 
Var. 8. polpodacea; more slender, with smaller leaves. 7’. polpodacea, E. § Z.! 
1869. Zey./ 2519. ex pte. 
Var. y. obtusifolia; leaves subrotund or deltoid, mostly obtuse. T. littoralis 
§ T.propinqua, E. § Z.! 1867, 1868. Zey! 639, 640,°642, 647. C'. muscosa, Drege / 
Has. Var. a. & B. frequent in Uitenhage and Albany ; also at Gauritz River, 
E.&Z.! Heerelogement, Zey/ var. y. Kamiesberge, Lislap, Bitterfontein, Sal- 
danha Bay and other localities of the North West, Z.é2Z./ Blaauwberg, Drege / 
(Herb. Sd., D., Hk.) 
Stems 1-2 feet long, brittle, spreading or suberect, or decumbent. Leaves 1-2 
lines long, with spreading points and mostly with minute axillary leaftufts. Flowers 
1 line long. I cannot separate, by readily assignable characters, the four Ecklonian 
species here united. Those from the western districts have commonly more fleshy, 
less imbricated and blunter leaves (var. y.), but at Heerelogement both forms were 
found by Zeyher. The comparative slenderness and robustness is equally variable. 
52. ©. muscosa (Linn. Sp. 405); stem herbaceous, thread-like, 
branching, leafy throughout ; leaves opposite and with ax leaf- 
tufts, ovate or ovato-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, glabrous ; owers 
minute, axillary 2-3 or several together, minutely pedicellate ; calyx- 
lobes equalling corolla, subulato-lanceolate, acute ; petals connate, ob- 
long, acute ; styles shortly and abruptly sub . Thunb. Cap. p. 281, 
ex pte. Tetraphyle muscosa, E. § Z. | 1872. Zey.! = 646. 
E.G Z.1 inzius ! Stellenbosch, 
Mund! pe Ba cee cot palne, Burke! (Herb. Sd. Hk. D.) 
A minute plant, spreading or suberect, irregularly branched, 2-4 inches high. 
Leaves 1-2 lines long, shorter than the internodes. Flowers 1 line long, sometimes 
crowded. This has the habit of Tillea verticillaris. It seems to be annual. 
53. C. campestris (E. & Z.! 1873); stem herbaceous, thread-like, 
erect or decumbent, branching, leafy throughout ; leaves connate at 
base, often with axillary leaf-tufts, ovato-lanceolate or lanceolate, acu- 
minate, almost hairpointed ; flowers minute in axillary dense clusters, 
minutely pedicellate ; calyx-lobes longer than corolla, subulato-lanceo- 
late, very acute ; petals connate, lanceolate-acuminate or hair-pointed ; 
styles abruptly subulate. Also C. lanceolata, E. § Z.! 1874. Drege! 
6g10. Zey. | 2514, 2516. Boo sae 
Has. Fields near the Zwartkops R., and Krakakamma, £. ¢ Z. / Buffeljagds- 
rivier, Zeyher! Compasberg and Nieuweveld, Drege! Simonsbay, @. Wright / 
(Herb. Sd., Hk., D.) Be 
