180 Crassulaceae novae Austro-africanae a S. Schönland descriptae. 



Petals yellow, sepals not quite so broad as in the type and slightly 

 longer. 



Bokkeveld Karroo, alt. 800 m, Dr. R. Mario th, no. 3238, Oct. 1903. 



6. Crassula (§ Sphaeritis) remota Schönl., 1. c, p. 118. 



A small shrublet, about 17 cm high. Stern much branched, woody 

 at the base. Older branches efoliate, ultimate branches with 4—5 closely 

 set pairs of leaves. Leaves glaucous, connate, subovate, subacute, rather 

 thick, convex on the back, almost flat above, slightly scabrous, minutely 

 serrulate at the margin, ciliate at the base, lower about 8 mm long, 

 gradually getting smaller higher up. Inflorescence terminal, subcapitate, 

 pedunculate; peduncle slightly scabrous, provided with 2—3 pairs of 

 lanceolate acute empty bracts, about 2,5 cm long. Flowers shortly pedi- 

 cellate, bracts similar to the sepals. Sepals c. 2 mm long, almost free, 

 lanceolate. bluntish, carinate on the back, glabrous, but with ciliate margin. 

 Petals pale yellow, connate at the base, carinate at the back, panduri- 

 form, towards the apex gradually contracted. canaliculate, J /s longer than 

 the sepals. Stamens c. 1,5 mm long, attached to the petals, filaments 

 subulate, anthers oblong. Carpels a little smaller than the stamens, styles 

 very small, ovaries obliquely subovate, squamae nearly l /j the length of 

 the carpels, subcuneate. c. 0,6 mm long, c. 0,4 mm broad above. 



Naauwpoort, T. R. Sim, no. 4. Dec. 1901. 



This is the most Eastern species of the subgenus Sphaeritis with 

 which I am acquainted. At flrst sight it looks as if it was related to 

 Cr. fruticulosa (L.?) Harv. and Cr. Harveyi Britt. et Buk. fil. {Cr. alpestrls 

 Harv. [non Thunb]), but the structure of its flower leaves no doubt of its 

 real affinities. 



7. Cotyledon glutinosa Schönl., 1. c, p. 119. 



Stem short, laxly branched, herbaceous, terete, pubescent. Leaves 

 opposite, 4 — 6, crowded towards the end of the branches, cuneate oblong, 

 thick, fleshy, 2,5 to 4,5 cm long. 3 to 5 mm thick, 8—12 mm broad, 

 usually subacute and sometimes submucronate. almost flat inside, very 

 convex on the back, mealy-white or glaucous, covered all over with very 

 short soft hairs, apical margin red. Inflorescence terminal, few-flowered, 

 cymose, flowers cernuous; peduncle terete, hirsute, 5 cm long, pedicels 

 pubescent, 3 — 8 mm long. Calyx with dirty reddish-brown pubescence 

 outside, tube about 2 mm long, lobes ovate, spreading, about 2,5 mm 

 long and broad; corolla about 13 mm long, pubescent outside, tube about 

 7 mm long, lobes spreading, about 6 mm long, dirty reddish-brown on 

 the outside which colour is continued in 5 stripes downwards on the tube 

 separated by yellowish-green stripes on which the pubescence is rather 

 scanty; filaments without hairs, scarcely dilated at the base, yellowish- 

 green, about 1 cm long, anthers reddish-brown, ovate; styles eventually 

 slightly exceeding the stamens, yellowish-green, Stigmata small, squamae 

 small, about 3 times broader than high. 



Laingsburg, Dr. R. Marloth, no. 3240, Oct. 1903. 



