486 NOTES ON CRASSULA. 



C. cAPiTATA Lara. Encyc. ii. 171 (1786). This plant is omitted 

 iiltogether by Harvey. It is referred by Mr. Jackson in the Index 

 Kewensis to C. ci/mosa Berg. Judging from the description, it must 

 be very nearly allied to, if not identical with, C. Spharitis Harvey, 

 which has much the habit and foliage of ctjmosa, but differs in 

 inflorescence and petals. In the section SplKBrhis the petals are 

 "panduriform, tapering above into long narrow channelled points," 

 while in ci/mona they are " oblong-spathulate subobtuse." Lamarck 

 in his description says, " Je ne sais si cette plante differe beaucoup 

 du Crassula cijmosa," but describes the petals of his C. capitata as 

 "un peu etroits et presque lineaires dans leur partie superieure." 



In the collection of very beautiful drawings with which Jacquin 

 used to adorn his correspondence with Dryander is one of his 

 C. Umbella, subsequently published in his Icones, t. 352 {Collectanea, 

 iv. 171). We have also a type specimen of his C. Coti/ledon from 

 the Vienna Garden, described and figured in his MisceUanea. ii. 

 295, t. 19 (1781). 



A number of the names quoted by Walpers (Repert. ii. 252-4 

 (1843) ) are retained in the Index Kewendx, although a reference to 

 Ilarvey's Flora Capensis shows that they are synonymous with 

 other species. Harvey, who does not seem to have referred to 

 Walpers, attributes some of these to "E. & Z.," although it is clear 

 that Endlicher was the first to place them under Crassula. It may 

 be well to give a list of these species, showing how they stand in 

 the Flora Capensh, in which Endlicher's names are not quoted, and 

 also how they should be cited. We have followed Harvey in the 

 limits assigned to the various species : — 



Names in Walp. Repert. 



ii. 252-4, published Names in Harvey's ' Flora Names to be retained. 



as of Endlicher's MSS. Capensis.' 



C. alpina .... Bullardia alpina Harv. . . BuUiarda alpina Harv. 



C. campestris . . Crassula campestris iS.cC-i?. Crassula campestris jBndL 



C. furcata . . . . C. ericoides Harv. . . . C. ericoides Harv. 



C. lanceolata . . . C. campestris E. £• Z. . . C. campestris Endl. 



C. littoralis . . . C. lycopodioides Lam. y ob- C. lycopodioides Lam. y ob- 



tusifolia Harv. tusifolia Harv. 



G. nemorosa . . . C. nemorosa E. <£• Z. . . C. uemorosa Endl. 



C. nivalis . . . . C. nivalis E. (& Z. ... C. nivalis Endl. 



C. parvula . . . . C. parvula E. <£■ Z. . . . C. parvula Endl. 



C. patens . . . . C. patens E. <& Z. ... C. patens Endl. 



C. Petrogeton Walp. C. dentata Thunb. . . . C. dentata Tlntnh. 

 C. polpodacea . . C. lycopodioides /3polpodacea C. lycopodioides /3 polpoda- 



Harv. cea Harv. 



C. propinqua . . . C. lycopodioides 7 obtusifolia C. lycopodioides 7 obtusifo- 



Harv. lia Harv. 



C. quadrangula . . C. pyramidalis Thunb. . . C. pyramidalis Thunb. 



C. sediilora . . . C. sediflora E. (& Z. . . . C. sediflora Endl. 



We have to thank Prof. Perceval Wright for his kindness in 

 sending us the Crassulas from Harvey's herbarium, which have 

 materially assisted us in our determinations. 



