Crassula] cRASSULACE® (Hary.) 355 
pedicels, in terminal umbels or fascicles; calyx-lobes subulato-lanceo- 
late, acute, keeled, glabrous, setose along the keel, longer than the concave, 
acute, oblong or ovate-oblong petals; styles shortly subulate. 
Has. Between the Omsamwubo and Omsamcaba, Drege! (Herb. Sd., Bth.) 
Stems 2 or more feet long, very weak and probably trailing, patently hispido- 
pubescent as well as the leaves, Leaf-pairs 2-3 inches apart ; leaves 1-14 inches 
long, 5—6 lines wide. Flowers 2-3 lines long. Allied to C. centauroides. 
64. C. diaphana (E. Mey!) ; stem herbaceous, forked, diffuse, s/en- 
der, pubescent ; leaves distant, subconnate, obovate, narrowed to the 
base, obtuse, pubescent, flat, thin, entire ; flowers on filiform pedicels, 
the lower solitary, the upper loosely fascicled-subumbellate ; calyx- 
lobes half as long as the corolla, hispido-pubescent, oblong, obtuse ; 
petals connate, obovate-oblong ; styles shortly subulate. C. diaphana, 
litt. b., Herb. Drege ! 
Has. Between Nieuwekloof and Slangenkeuvel, Drege! (Herb. Sd., D.) 
A slender herb, 3-6 inches long, pubescent in all parts. Leaf-pairs 1-2 inches 
apart ; the leaves } inch long, 4 inch wide, membranous when dry. Flowers 1 line 
long. Near C. Sarcolipes, but with different flowers. 
- 65. C. Sarcolipes (Harv.) ; stem herbaceous, annual, forked, diffuse, 
slender, pubescent ; leaves subconnate, elliptical or obovate, narrowed 
at base, obtuse, thinly pubescent, flat, thin, entire ; flowers on filiform 
pedicels, solitary in the forks of the stem or axils, the uppermost sub- 
umbellate; calyx-lobes equalling the stellate corolla, lanceolate-oblong, 
subacute, pubescent; petals scarcely connate at base, ovate, acute ; 
styles shortly subulate ; squame linear. Sarcolipes pubescens, E. § Z.! 
1853. C. diaphana, litt. a., Drege! : 
Has. In wet places, Brakfontein, Clanw., J. § Z./ Simons Bay, C, Wright / 560. 
ce (wi tel wi Se teres D. Hk., Bth.) 
, weak gro 2 F 
3-4, scarcely 1 ioe tes 3-5 tines wide. Flowers scarcely 1 line long, on hair- 
like pedicels 6-8 lines long. This agrees well enough with Thunberg’s description of 
C. pellucida, Fl. Cap. p. 282, but as that name has generally been given to a state 
of C. centauroides, I let it drop. om 
66. C, peploides (Harv.); herbaceous, succulent, decumbent, branched 
from the base, leafy throughout; leaves connato-perfoliate, oblong, ob- 
tuse, fleshy, blunt, glabrous ; flowers on slender pedicels, terminal and 
from the upper axils, few; calyx-lobes oblong, glabrous, fleshy, nearly 
equalling the oblong petals. Drege! 6880. 
Has. Witbergen, 7000-8000f. Drege / (Herb. Sond.) ; 
A small perennial species, with a fibrous root and many short, leafy stems from 
the crown, rooting at the nodes, with the general aspect of Arenaria peploides. 
Leaves 3—5 lines | 1-2 wide, spreading. Cymules very imperfect, reduced to 
1-3 small flowers, Mature corolla not seen. 
67. C. dasyphylla (Harv.) ; small, herbaceous, glabrous, procum- 
bent, with flexuous branches; leaves subglobose or ellipsoidal, fleshy, 
small, very obtuse, punctate; pedicels terminal or axillary, filiform, 
one-flowered, short; calyx-lobes oblong, very obtuse, round-backed ; 
ag nearly free, ovate or oblong, bluntish; stigma subsessile. Drege! 
5+ : 
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