Ba2. : “ORASSULACER (Harv.) [Crassul. 
_ A small annual 2-4 inches high, simple or branched. Leaves 2~4 lines long, } 
line wide. Flowers 1 line long ; the calyx much longer than the delicate corolla. 
‘Known from C. muscosa by the very taper-pointed leaves, sepals and petals. C. lan- 
ceolata, E. § Z./ has larger leaves than the original specimens of C. campestris, but 
their character varies and both plants grow together. 
54. C. subulata Sone Tec. t. 590. non Lin. nec E. & Z.) ;stem her- 
-baceous, erect, slender, branched from the base, the branches virgate, 
leafy throughout ; leaves connate at base, erect, or spreading, subulate, 
taper-pointed, concave with inflexed edges, rigid, thin ; flowers minute, in 
axillary clusters, minutely pedicellate ; calyx-lobes about equalling the 
corolla, subulato-lanceolate, acute; petals connate, oblong or ovate- 
oblong, acute ; styles abruptly subulate; squamz cuneate. Zey, / 644, 
645. Drege ! 6909. 
Has. Caledon R. and Doornkopf, Burke and Zeyher ! Between Kraairiver and 
the Witberg, Drege! Rovelo Hills, Natal, Dr. Sutherland / (Herb. Hk., Sd., D.) 
Perennial, slightly ligneous at base ; the simple or slightly branched stems 6-12 
inches high. Leaves 4-6 lines long, }-1 line wide, pale n. Flowers in dense 
fascicles much shorter than the leaves. ss 
55. C. parvula (E. & Z.! 1871, ex pte.); stem herbaceous, erect, 
slender, branched below, leafy throughout ; leaves opposite and with 
axillary leaf-tufts, ovato-lanceolate, tapering to a narrow bluntish point, 
glabrous ; flowers minute, axillary, few together, subsessile ; calyx- 
lobes equalling corolla, subulato-lanceolate, acute ; petals connate, ob- 
long, acute ; styles abruptly subulate. 
Has. Sides of mts. near Grahamstown, £. § Z./! Gen. Bolton! Mr. H. Hutton! 
(Herb, Sd., D.) = 
Scarcely different from C. muscosa, but more robust, with longer and blunter 
leaves. Leaves 2-3 lines long. Stem } line in diameter at base, rigid, and some- 
what woody. Ecklon’s specimens in Herb. Sonder partly belong to C. lycopodioides. 
56. C. bergioides (Harv.) ; stem herbaceous, annual, erect, simple 
or branched, densely clothed with leaves throughout ; leaves connate, 
ovato-lanceolate or lanceolate, taper-pointed, very acute, rough-edged, 
flat, rigid, crowded or imbricated ; flowers small, in axillary tufts, 
shorter than the leaves ; calyx-lobes longer than the corolla, lanceolate- 
acuminate, rough-edged ; petals connate, ovate-oblong, blunt ; styles 
shortly filiform ; squame cuneate. Zey.! 2575. 
Has. Breede River, by Kenko, Zeyher / (Herb. Sond.) : 
_ A small annual ; our specimens are 2 inches high and quite simple. Leaves 4-5 
lines long, 1-13 line wide, erecto-patent, with a cartilaginous scabrous or denticu- 
—— — cas a tong, hidden among the leaves. Squamz with a 
an le i 
is soiek — sb ty ate ae Says Known from others of this group 
57. C. glomerata (Linn. Mant. 60); stem annual, many times di- 
chotomous, fastigiate, scabrous or glabrous ; leaves connate, linear- 
