372 CRASSULACEZ (Harv.) [Cotyledon. 
stated by Thunberg to be ‘‘common round Capetown and elsewhere,” no collector 
save himself has sent it to Europe. 
4, C. decussata (Sims. Bot. Mag. t. 2518); glabrous; leaves oppo- 
site, decussate, sub-terete, elongate, subacute or obtuse, glaucous : 
uncles elongate, corymboso-paniculate ; pedicels elongate, nodding ; 
tube of the corolla 4-5 times as long as the calyx, rather longer than 
the lanceolate-oblong, acute limbs of the petals. Lindl. Bot.- Reg. t. 
915. C. papillaris, Haw. Suppl. p. 21. E. & Z.! 1964, non Thunb. 
_Has. Dry places on mountain sides, Kamiesberge, Namaqualand, £. § Z.! 
ae nee el not much branched, leafy below. Leaf- close together. Leaves 
2-23 inches long, 2-3 lines in diameter, thick and fleshy, sub-cylindrical, flattish 
above. Peduncles 12-18 inches long, corymbose at the summit, many flowered ; 
pedicels uncial. Corolla about an inch long, red. The leaves are shorter than in 
C. teretifolia, but, except for the pubescence, otherwise similar. 
5. C. ramosissima (Haw. Suppl. 25); stem much branched, flexuous, 
sub-dichotomous ; leaves opposite, glabrous, squamuloso-farinose, obo- 
vate-cuneate, obtuse; peduncles terminal, short, 2-3-flowered ; flowers 
glabrous ; tube of the corolla twice as long as the calyx, equalling the 
limb. DC. Prod. 3. p. 396. E.& Z.! 1959. Zey.! 2565. Drege, 6927. 
Has. Zoutpanhoogde, Zwartkops R., E. ¢ Z. istri erb. Eckl. 
(ich. 84, Bh De ps § Z./ a ct of George, H 
Stem bushy, 1-2 feet high, 2-3 lines in diameter, with an ash-coloured bark. 
Leaves 1-14 inches long, 4~} inch wide, whitish, with powdery scales. Peduncle 
2-3 inches long, commonly 2-flowered. Tube of the corolla about % inch long, 3-4 
lines in diameter. 4 
6. C. papillaris (Thunb. ! Cap. p. 397); stem slender, decumbent, 
branched from the base, the branches flexuous, ascending, simple ; 
leaves opposite, decussate, thick and fleshy, ovoid-oblong, narrowed at 
base, acute, glabrous; peduncle elongate, slender, viscoso-puberulous 
above, cymose at the apex, few flowered ; pedicels elongate, pendulous ; 
tube of the corolla thrice as long as the calyx, about equalling the ob- 
long, acute limbs of the petals. DC. 1. c. 397, excl. syn. C. angulata, 
var. foliis minoribus, H. Mey.! in Herb. Drege. 
Has. In the Karroo, near Camenasie, at the Olifants R., Thunberg ! Nieuweveld, 
RSs = and mountain sides, near Bok » 3500-4500f,, Drege! (Herb. Thunb. ! 
Branches several from the crown of the root, herbaceous, 4-6 inches long, a line 
in diameter, with a chestnut-coloured bark, glabrous or microscopically puberulous. 
Leaves half an inch apart or rather more, scarcely an inch long, 3-4 lines wide, 
drying into a nearly fusiform shape, suddenly contracted at their insertion, and acute 
or apiculate. Peduncle 6 inches long ; cyme scarcely branched, 4~5-flowered. 
Flowers half an inch long. Thumberg’s specimen in Herb. Upsal is very imperfect, 
but agrees (so far as it goes) with Drege’s plant here described. 
7. C. Meyeri (Harv.) ; glabrous; stem slender, branched ; leaves 
opposite, approximate, obovate, cuneate at base, acute, fleshy ; pedun- 
cles terminal, elongate, corymboso-paniculate, several flowered ; pedicels 
longish, drooping ; tube of the (small) corolla twice as long as the 
calyx, about equalling the lanceolate limbs of the petals. C. cuneata, 
E, Mey.! in Herb, Drege, non Thunb, 
