Neic and little kiwivn Plants. 



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The following table 



Turrita, Thunb. 



Or. Tvrrita. Thunb. 



Leaves glabrous, car- 

 tilagineo-ciliate. 



Stem and peduncle 

 glabrous orsubgla- 

 brous. 



Thyrsus normally un- 

 branched. 



Calyx-lobes glabrous 



Stigma subsessile. 



Squamae cuneate, 

 more or less deeply 

 emarginate above. 



will show the relations between Crnssula 

 and the two species just described : 



Cr. albanensis, Schonl. 



Leaves ciUate only in 

 lower part, other- 

 wise papillose all 

 over 



Stem and pediincle 

 papillose. 



Thyrsus frequently 



branched. 

 Calyx-lobes papillose 



on bac < and margin. 



Stigma subsessile. 



Squamae transversely 

 oblong, emarginate 

 above. 



Cr. nodulosa, Schonl. 



Leaves subglabrous, 

 ciliate. 



Stem and peduncle 

 covered with dense 

 lulvous pubescence. 



Thyrsus unbrauched. 



Calyx-lobes papillose 

 on the back, ciliate 

 on the margin. 



Style small but dis- 

 tinctly developed. 



Squamae uuneate, sub- 

 truncate. 



Crassiila quadra ngularh., Schonl. n. sp. Herbaceous, perennial; 

 stem very short, richly branched from the base only, with 5 or G 

 pairs of foliage leaves forming a dense rosette which if= sharply 

 four angled ; leaves connate, 10 mm. long below, getting gradually 

 smaller upwards, green, punctate above, sharply folded lengthwise, 

 broadly ovate acuminate, glabrous on back and face, retrorsely carti- 

 lagineo-ciliate on the margins; inflorescence terminal, few-flowered, 

 subcapitate, pedunculate ; peduncle red, 2'5-3 cm. long, with 3 pairs 

 of ovate, blunt, ciliate, sterile bracts which are 2-3 mm. long; flowers 

 shortly pedicillate with oblong ciliate bracteoles ; sepals almost 

 free, c. 1"5 mm. long, lanceolate, subcarinate, ciliate on the back 

 and margin ; corolla campanulate, petals white, nearly free, 

 c. 2'5 mm. long, oblong, dorsally with a short cylindrical mucro 

 below the apex, spreading and recurved in the upper portion ; 

 stamens about the size of the calyx, filaments subulate, anthers 

 ovate ; carpels about f the length of the stamens, ovary obliquely 

 ovate, style very short but distinct, squamae obcordate-spathulate, 

 about ^ the length of the ovary, slightly folded lengthwise, yellow. 



Laingsburg, July 1902, Dr. R. Marloth, no. 2512. Flowered in 

 Grahamstown, Oct., 11K)2. 



This species should be placed in the sect. Rostilarcs, the charac- 

 ter of which will have to l)e somewhat modified. It is evidently 



