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Sepals broadly lanceolate, acute, glabrous, about half the length of 

 the petals. Petals apiculateat the apex. Stamens 10, subincluded. 

 Carpels longer than the sepals, points subulate. 



This appears to be a Cotyledon of the Paniculate section with 

 alternate leaves. We are unable to match this with any of the 

 species enumerated by Harvey ; should it not have been described 

 under Cotyledon it will retain the name sparsa. 



III. — Miscellaneous Notes. 



Two or three small points have occurred incidentally during our 

 work, which may as well be recorded here. 



The following is a description of a species which we do not find 

 in the British Museum, Kew, or Dublin herbaria, and which we 

 believe to be new : — 



Crassula Massoni, sp. n. Caulis erectus, simplex, herbaceus, 

 giaber, 8-10 poll, alt., inferne foliis tectus; foliis triangularibus 

 sessilibus connato-vagiuautibus, apice acuminatis crassis imbricatis, 

 internodiis longioribus margine ad apicem integris basin versus 

 ciliatis vel subciliatis, circiter ^ poll, longis; cymulis in axillis 

 foliorum superiorum breviter pedunculatis vel subsessilibus, spicam 

 interruptam quasi formantibus; sepalis lauceolatis subobtusis 

 ciliatis, 1-1^ lin. longis, petalis multo brevioribus; petalis inferne 

 coalitis, superne in apicem longam et canaliculatam attenuatis; 

 stigmate subsessile. 



Hab. Africa australis, Massuii ! 



Root branching. Stem erect, unbranched, 8-10 in. high, about 

 the thickness of a pen, glabrous, ridged for a sliort distance below 

 middle of each leaf. Leaves closely imbricating below, becoming 

 sparser above when subtending the flowers, sessile, connate, tri- 

 angular, from a broad clasping base tapering to an acuminate 

 point, in four rows, rather thick, concave, longer than the inter- 

 nodes. Cymules sessile or shortly peduncled in the axils of leafy 

 bracts, somewhat in the same manner as in C. Turrita. Sepals 

 lanceolate, subobtuse, much shorter than the petals, rather thick, 

 1-1^ lines long, ciliate. Petals much longer than the calyx, 

 tapering above into long narrow subulate channelled points. 



In the character of the petals this plant agrees with the section 

 Sphccritis, but the leaves are imbricated loosely, and apparently in 

 four rows, thus approaching the section Pyranndilla. 



Allied to 0. alpestris Thunb. (non Harv.), differing in the cha- 

 racter of the inflorescence. , 



C. PELLUciDA L. Sp. PI. 283 (1753). This plant was founded 

 by Linnaeus on a figure and description in Dill. Hort. FAtham. 

 (t. 100, p. 119), which Harvey cites under C. centauroides. C. pel- 

 liicida is quoted by Harvey (under his C. Saixolipes) as of Thun- 

 berg, but the name is said by him to be generally given to a state 

 of C centauroides. The two species are retained as distinct in Sp. PI. 

 ed. 2, 404, 406 ; if they are identical, C. pcllucida must take pre- 

 cedence, as C. centauroides was not published until later [PI. Uariores 

 Jfricance, p. 9 (17G0)). 



