360 CRASSULACEZ (Harv.) (Crassula. 
ceolate, keeled, downy and ciliate ; petals panduriform, ribbed and 
keeled, gradually tapering into a channelled point ; stigma subsessile ; 
 squamee truncate. Sphevritis incana, LE. § Z.! Crassula pubescens, E. 
Mey.! in Heb, Drege ! 
_ Has. In the Karroo, between Beaufort and Graaf Reynet, Drege! E. ¢ Z, (Herb. 
Sd., Hk., Bth.) 
_ More canescent than C. margaritifera, with different petals. 
82. C. virgata (Harv.) glabrous ; stem suffruticose, erect, with vir- 
gate branches, angular toward the summit ; leaf-pairs distant ; leaves 
sub-distinct, fleshy, linear-trigonous, flat or channelled above, keeled 
beneath, subobtuse, with smooth margin, the upper ones depauperated ; 
cymules capitate, in a terminal panicle or thyrsus, pedicellate ; calyx- 
lobes ovate or deltoid, bluntly keeled, rough-edged ; petals connate, 
tapering into a channelled point ; stigma subsessile ; squamz oblong. 
Has. Pikenier’skloof, Zeyher / 664. (Herb. Sd. Hk.) 
Ramification unknown. Branches 1-2 feet long, rodlike ; the nodes 2-3 inches 
apart. Lower leaves 14 inch long, 2-3 lines thick ; upper smaller, the uppermost 
reduced to scales. Flowers sessile, 6-12 in each little head. The foliage is that 
of several Mesembryanthemums. ; 
83. C. clavifolia (E. Mey.!); glabrous, stem suffruticose, dichoto- 
mous, erect, leafy ; leaves subconnate at base, oblongo-spathulate, 
fleshy, tapering below, obtuse, with a smooth margin Soy elon- 
gate, with two or three distant pairs of ciliolate leaf-scales; cymes 
terminal, capitate, with ciliolate bracts ; calyx-lobes linear, pubescent 
and ciliate, obtuse ; petals connate below, gradually tapering into a 
channelled point ; stigma subsessile ; squame oblong. Globulea clavi- 
Jolia, E.Mey.! in Herb. Drege. 
Has. Kromrivier and by Welgelegen, 3-4000f. Drege / (Herb, Sd. Hk, Bth. D.) 
A small species, with the habit and foliage of C. radicans, but with more capitate 
inflorescence and yery different petals. Heads of flowers 3-5 lines across ; flowers 
1-2 lines long. 
84, C. ciliata (Linn. Sp. 405); stem short, robust, suffruticose, de- 
eumbent, closely leafy below and slightly branched, glabrous, the 
floriferous branches with distant leaf-pairs and smaller leaves ; leaves 
connate at base, obovate-spathulate or oblong, obtuse, flat, glabrous, 
cartilagineo-ciliate ; cymes corymbose, simple or forked, many flowered, 
terminal ; calyx-lobes 2 of reflexed corolla, broadly lanceolate, keeled, 
acute, with rough edges, glabrous; petals gradually tapering into a 
broadish, channelled and thickened apex, connate beneath ; stigma 
subsessile ; squame cuneate, large. DC. l. c. p. 387. E.&Z.! 1go2. 
Dill. Eith. t. 98. f. 116. DC. Pl. Grass, t. 7. Zey.! 2 5372 2538. 
Has. hills round Ca) E. oh W. ts de. 
2watthoes teas, Zeyher ! eb. Sa, tik, >. Oo am iE ia 
_ Root woody. Stem forked once or twice, the divisions closely leafy for 3-6 
inches; then lengthened into slender, distantly leafy, erect, virgate flowering 
branches, Cymes many flowered, dense or sprenling, 1-3 inches across. Flowers 
small, cream-coloured. The tapering point of the petals is sometimes very narrow, 
sometimés broader, 
85, C. tomentosa (Linn. f. Suppl. 190) ; everywhere densely clothed 
