Cotyledon. | CRASSULACEE (Harv.) 371 
Leaves, peduncles, and flowers glabrous : 
Leaves obovate or subrotund or oblong, flat ... (20) hemispherica. 
Leaves subpetiolate, narrow-cuneate, curled at the 
summit... ... (21) cristata. 
Leaves sub-cylindrical, narrowed toward each end (23) mal 
Lvs. peduncles and flowers pubescent ; lvs. flabelliform (22) Zeyheri. 
Section I. PANICULATE. (Sp. 1-19.) 
1. ©. orbiculata (Linn. Sp. 614); leaves opposite, glabrous, pow- 
dery and glaucous, rowndish-obovate or oblong-obovate, cuneate at base, 
obtuse, mucronate ; peduncles terminal, very long, glabrous, loosely 
panicled, many flowered; flowers glabrous, tube of the corolla 4-5 y 
times as long as the ealyx, 2-24 times as long as the limb. DC. l. ¢. 
396. Pl. Grass. t. 76. Bot. Mag. t. 321. E. & Z.! 1957. C. crassifolia, 
E. & Z.1 1956. C. oblonga, L. § Z.! 1958. Ley. 2566, 2567, 672. 
Drege! 6925. ws : 
Has. N. & W. sides of Table Mt. ; near the Zwartkops R., Uit. and at Konabs- Lee t nt cant 
hoogde, Caffr., FE. § Z./ Paarlberg and Weltevrede, Gamke R., Drege / (Herb. | ~J 
Sd., Hk.) nankse pe 
Stem robust, branching, bushy. Leaves 2-4 inches long, 1-24 inches wide, ben! PR: 
varying much in shape from oblong to broadly obovate, usually tipped with an" “~~ = 
abrupt point. Peduncle 2 feet long, ending in a spreading panicle. Tube of the Os C ; 
corolla 3-1 inch long. Feat 53 
“Wallet. Ber 
4 
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9. C. coruscans (Haw. Suppl. 28) ; leaves opposite, decussate, cune- 
ate-oblong, concave, with thickened margin, sharply mucronate, white- 
powdery ; peduncles elongate, corymboso paniculate at the apex, 
glabrous ; pedicels elongate, pendulous ; tube of the corolla 4—5 times 
as long as the calyx, about equalling the lanceolate-acute limbs of the 
petals. DC. 1. c. p. 396. Bot. Mag. t. 2601. Lodd. Cab. t. 1030. C. 
Sens Haw. E. & Z.1 1962. Drege! 6928. C. ungulata, EB. §& Z.! 
1993s : 
Has. Karroo between kloof and Zwarteberg, Graaf Reynet, and near 
Gauritz R., George, Z. ¢ Z.? ieuweveld, between R. and Uitvlugt, and 
Stem . .  Leaf-pairs 4-1 inch apart. Leaves 14-2 inches long, 4-5 
lines wide, narrowed to the base. Peduncle 12-18 inches long, ending in a 9-12 
flowered forked cyme. Flowers nodding, th en long, red. Calyx-lobes very 
short, deltoid, acute, with wide interspaces. I cannot tinguish EF. § Z.’s speci- 
mens distributed under the name “ C. ungulata, Lam.” from those of their cs | 
coruscans” here described. 
3. C, purpurea (Thunb.! Cap. p. 396) ; leaves opposite, concave, 
broadly linear or strap-shaped, obtuse, sub-cuspidate, glabrous ; pe- 
duncles elo laxly corymbose ; flowers on long pedicels, nodding, 
glabrous ; tube of the corolla 4-5 times as long as the calyx, and 
- Jonger than the linear-oblong, mucronate limbs of the petals. DC. 
Prod. 9596 99%" ye 
Has. Common on hills and mountain sides about Capetown and elsewhere, 
Thunberg! (Herb. Thunb.) ee 
Stem herbaceous, terete, glabrous, erect, a foot high. Leaves sessile, 3-4 inches 
long, half inch wide, blunt, with a minute projecting apex. Peduncle 6-12 inches 
long, sub-dichotomous ; pedicels uncial, ‘‘ compressed.” Corolla uncial, dull red. 
Near C. coruscans, but with much longer and differently shaped leaves. * ’ 
