NEW SPECIES OF CRASSULA. 367 



C. NEMOROSA Endl. C. CONFUSA. 



Flowers in interrupted racemose Flowers in complicated cymose 

 panicle. Pedicels thread-like. inflorescence ?ioi an interrupted 



racemose panicle, smaller than 

 in C. nemorosa Endl., and with 

 shorter pedicels. 

 Calyx-lobes ovate, subacute, two- Calyx-lobes ovate, obtuse, one- 

 thirds of corolla. third of corolla. 

 Petals lanceolate, acute, or acu- Petals ovate-acuminate. 



minate. 

 Styles shortly subulate. Styles subulate. 



The styles are slender and recurved — the connectives are com- 

 paratively broad, as in the other species of the section. 



C. pachystemon, sp. nov. Perennis. Caulis erectus, ramosus ; 

 rami adscendentes, herbacei, pubescentes, + 15 cm. longi, inter- 

 nodiis l'7-2-0 cm. longis. Foha lauceolata vel oblanceolata, 

 sessilia, basi connata, subcrassa, erecto-patentia, utrinque pubes- 

 centia, margine ciliata, Integra, apice acuta, 2-2-5 cm. longa, 

 5-6 mm. lata, internodiis longiora. Flores in cymos terminales 

 dispositi. Cymffi pauciflorfe, compactae, paniculatim disposit^, 

 pedunculis pedicellisque pubescentibus, bracteis sub pedunculis et 

 pedicellis duabus oppositis, foliis subsimilibus sed multo minoribus, 

 lanceolatis, sessilibus, acutis. Sepala dorso convexa, intus sub- 

 plana, lanceolata, basi connata, hispida, margine ciliata, petalis 

 fere ^quilongia. Petala alba, minutissime papillosa, c. 2-5 mm. 

 longa, oblonga vel oblongo-oblanceolata, apice subumbonata. Car- 

 pella oblique lanceolata, apicem versus gradatim attenuata, squamis 

 ovato-rectangularibus, apice emarginatis. 



Hab. Kocky hillsides near Graff Reinet, alt. 2600 ft. ; H. Bolus, 

 No. 437. Windvogelberg, near Cathcart ; J. Ft. Sim. 



Allied to C. mollis Thunberg in Nova Acta Acad. Leopoldino- 

 Carolinse, vi. 340 (1778) ; see also Journ. Bot. 1897, 480. Differs 

 from this species in several pomts, the leaves of C. mollis being 

 terete, triquetrous, and generally glabrous, and the inflorescence 

 much more branched. The inflorescence in C. fachystemon is ter- 

 minal, the flowers being in compact few-flowered cymes. The 

 cymes are paniculately arranged ; the peduncles are fairly stout, 

 and, together with the pedicels, are rufous pubescent. The sepals 

 are not quite as long as the petals — the filaments are remarkably 

 thick — the styles are not subulate, but the carpel tapers gradually 

 from the base upwards. Though nearly allied to some species of 

 § Sph(2ritis, it has the petals of Eucrassula. 



C. namaquensis, sp. nov. Perennis e basi rarnosa, caulibus 

 brevibus, dense foliatis, radice lignosa, 9-12 cm. longa, descendente. 

 Folia subrosulata, csespitosa, semiteretia, dorso convexa, supra sub- 

 plana, oblonga vel oblongo-lanceolata, apice acuta, setis albidis et 

 brevibus utrinque instructa, 2-2-8 cm. longa, + 7 mm. lata. In- 

 florescentia c. 3 cm. longa terminalis, pedunculata, cymis paucifloris 

 capitatis compositis, laxe paniculata vel corymbosa, pedunculo 

 6-7 cm. longo, 2-4-foliis parvis ovatis hirsutis connato-vaginatis 



