376 CRASSULACEZ (Harv.) [ Cotyledon. 
pointed limbs of the petals. DC. 1. c. p. 397, EB. § Z.! 1968. Burm. 
Afr. Dee. t. 21. f. i. 
Var. £. alpina; peduncles 3~4 inches high, few flowered ; corolla uncial. 
Has. Karroo, between Langekloof and Zwarteberge, in Graaf Reynet, E. ¢ Z. / 
B. Elandsberg, Dr. Waillich/ (Herb. Sond., Hk., D.) 
Stem succulent, short. Cauline leaves glabrous, 2-3 inches long, a line in dia- 
meter, on prominent tubercles crowded together. Peduncle terminal, 10-12 inches 
long, 1 line in diameter, somewhat zig-zag, with subulate, uncial bracts at intervals 
of 8-10 lines throughout its length. Cyme 10~12-flowered, lax, corymbose. 
Flowers 8-10 lines long, greenish-yellow. Var. 8. differs in the shorter peduncles 
and larger flowers, but in other respects agrees with the normal form. 
19. C. reticulata (Thunb. Cap. p. 393); stem short and thick, sub- 
simple ; leaves fascicled on wartlike abortive ramuli and at the apex of 
the stem, small, terete, furrowed above, acute or mucronate ; peduncles 
divaricately multifid, sub-dichotomous or zig-zag, persistent; flowers on 
long, slender, rigid, spreading pedicels, suberect ; pedicels, calyx and 
corolla viscoso-puberulous ; tube of the corolla thrice as long as the 
calyx, limb short, reflexed, pubescent within. DC. 1 c. p+ 398. Zey.! 674. 
Has. In the Karroo, beyond Hartequaskloof, Thunberg! Spri -keel, i 
Boschjemans-Karroo, Dees ! (Herb. Thunb., Sd., Hk.) ee 
Stem 6-8 inches high, 1-2 inches in diameter, simple or once or twice divided, 
_ smooth or covered with wartlike abortive branchlets. Leaves 2-4 lines long, 1 line 
uncles 
or shortly pedicellate, erect or erecto-patent ; corolla tubular, much 
longer than the calyx, with a short, spreading limb. Dill. Elth. t. 95- 
f.t11. DC. Pl. Grass. t. 87. E. § Z.1 1970, also C. rotundifolia, BE. & 
Z.! 1971. C. rhombifolia, E. & Z.! 1972 and C. maculata, E. & Z.t 
£973: C. triflora, Thunb. Fil. Cap. p. 396. Zey.! 2570, 2572, Drege! 
i = 
Has. Zekoriver, Thunberg! Lion Mt. Capetown, Onderbokkeveld, Clanw. ; 
between Krakakamma and Vanstadensberg, and on dry hills near the Zwartkops 
R., Uit., E. ¢ Z.! Winterveld and Nieuweveld, and Camdeboosberg, Drege / Lis- 
lap and on the Onrust R., Zey.! (Herb. Thunb., Sd. Hk., D.) 
Stem a few inches high, thick and succulent, closely covered with leaves. Leaves 
I—2 inches long, 1-1} wide, varying from obovate to oblong and nearly circular, not 
much tapering at base, sometimes with a minute mucro, Peduncle 8—14 inches 
high, about half of it occupied by the inflorescence. Flowers solitary or 2-3 to; 
beg ee rarely 6-8 lines, thickened upwards. Corolla 6-7 
21. C. cristata (Haw. Phil, Mag. 1827. p. 123); nearly stemless; 
radical leaves petiolate, much ieeainided ok ua mai cGiaate. 
abrupt and crispato-undulate at the summit, flat, fleshy, glabrous ; 
