Cotyledon. | CRASSULACEE (Harv.) 375 
ends of the branches, tereti-filiform, acute, glabrous ; peduncles termi- 
nal, elongate, terete, glabrous or hispid, loosely panicled, corymbose, 
many flowered; flowers erect ; panicle, calyx and corolla viscoso- 
puberulous ; tube of the corolla s-angled, 4-5 times as long as the 
calyx, rather longer than the narrow-oblong, obtuse-mucronate limb of 
the petals. Thunb. / Fl. Cap. 397- DC. Prod. 3. 397. Drege! 9542: 
Zey. | 2569. 
Has, Near Olifants Bath, Thunberg/ Ataquaskloof, Drege! Kuureboomfontyn, 
Olifants R., and near Kenko R., Zeyher / (Herb. Thunb., Sd., Hk.) 
Stem short, fleshy, — from the base ; branches 2-6 inches long, closely 
covered with spirally disposed, prominent leaf-scars. Leaves generally deciduous 
before flowering, 29g inches long, 1-2 lines in diameter, tapering to a point. 
Flower-stem 1-2 ich, with depauperated, spirally inserted leaves below, leaf- 
less above, ending 1 ch branched, corymbose panicle. Flowers yellow, turning 
orange. Corolla-tube uncial, sharply 5-angled. Drege’s 9542 and Zeyher’s 2569, 
precisely agree with the specimen in Herb. Thunb. 
16. C. tuberculosa (Lam. Dict. 2, p. 139) ; leaves scattered, sub- 
cylindrical, linear or linear-oblong, acute, glabrous ; old leaf-scars 
tubercular; peduncles elongate, angular, laxly beset with filiform, 
depauperised leaves, symoso-racemose at the summit, few flowered ; 
pedicels, calyx 4nd cérolla viscoso-pubescent ; flowers erect ; tube of 
the corolla curved, 4-6 times as long as the calyx, twice as long as the 
lanceolate-oblong limbs of the petals. DC.l.c. p. 397- B.§4.! 1969. 
Zey.! 2568. Drege ! £ 
Has. Hills round C 
tween the little and 
|B. § Z.! WeHLH.1 Bufiiljagdsriver, Zeyher! Be Ae eb. a 
at Fish R., Drege / (Herb. Sd., D., Hk.) ee % 
Stem short, subsimple, fleshy, closely covered with spirally inserted leaves, which wor) aE 
are continued at intervals ofgabout an inch, in a bractlike form, along the peduncle = | 
to its summit. Flowers 4-10, in a simple raceme or bon ge branched panicle. ve te 
i lim! fis aay os +) 
- Vowwnl ye 
Corolla 14-24 inches long, orange red, witha 
17. C. racemosa (E. Mey !); leaves scattered, closely covering the ~omnide ly Re 
short, fleshy stem, linear-terete, from a sheathing base, subacute, 004. ouh . [cf 
- pubescent; peduncles not much longer than the leaves, lateral, nume-. 5") js 7 
rous, set with a few scattered, membranous, subulate bracts, sub-  < pore 
corymbose at the summit, few flowered, puberulous ; flowers on longish rie bee 
pedicels, erect, glabrous ; tube of the corolla not much exceeding the ““* hfe: Ms 
mouth of the Gariep, Drege! (Herb. Sd., 
Stem 4-6 inches long, 4 inch in diameter, completely clothed with fleshy leaves. ‘ 
Leaves spreading, 2-24 inches long, 2-3 lines wide, squarrose when dry. 
2-3 inches long, with 2-4 ous, scattered bracts, 4-6 flowered. 
ellow ? calyx and corolla more membranous than in other species ; the sepals 5 
fines dong: Corolla, inclu the erect limb, about inch long. 
18, C. ventricosa (Burm, Pr. Cap. Fl, p. 13); leaves scattered, 
crowded at the apex of the fleshy stem, linear-terete, elongate, acute, = 
glabrous ; leaf-scars tubercular ; peduncles elongate, terminal, flexu- 
ous, sparsely set with depauperated, pubescent leaves, cymoso- z 
bose at the apex, viscoso-pubescent, as are also che opel ( -. 
flowers on long pedicels, erect ; tube of the corolla 2-3 times longer — 
than the spreading calyx, longer than the linear-lanceolate, taper- 
