368 NEW SPECIES OF CRASSULA. 



bracteis similibus miinito, pilis albis retrorsis tecto, floribus sessili- 

 bus. Sepala basi coDuata, ovata, + 1 mm. longa, dorso convexa, 

 hirsuta. Petala pallide Intescentia, basi connata, ovata, apicem 

 versus subulata, canaliculata, 3 mm. longa. Stamina c. 1-5 mm. 

 longa, filamentis subulatis, antberis ovatis. Carpella qnam stamina 

 paullo breviora, oblique oblonga, stylis subnullis, stigmatibus pone 

 carpelli apicem dorsaliter impositis, squamis membranaceis, trun- 

 catis, cimeatis. 



Hab. Namaqnaland : Garies ; Mr. G. Alston. I'aus, on bills, 

 alt. 2300 ft. ; R. Schlechter, No. 11210. 



Belongs to SphcBritis. Tbis is a densely caespitose species allied 

 to C. clavifolia E. Meyer. The leaves are hairy and thick. The 

 peduncles are dark red, with whitish hairs, bearing bracts about the 

 middle which are connate and subvaginate, hairy and acute, and 

 also similar bracts below the branching. The petals are creamy 

 white. The stamens are shorter than the petals, the anthers dorsi- 

 fixed. The stigma is decidedly dorsal ; the squamae are rectangular- 

 cuneate, membranous, and orange-coloured. 



C. (§ Sph^ritis) hispida, sp. nov. Suffruticosa e basi ramo- 

 sissima. Rami graciles basi lignosi dense foliati retrorso hispidi 

 ad 20 cm. longi, internodiis c. 4 mm. longis. Folia ovato-lanceo- 

 lata acuta, facie sparse hispida, dorso hispida, margine ciliata, basi 

 subconnata, inferiora c. 1 cm. longa, superiora sensim minora. 

 Inflorescentiae terminales subsessiles capitate diam. 5-15 mm., 

 bracteis ovato-lanceolatis dorso scabridis margine ciliatis, floribus 

 subsessilibus. Sepala linearia subacuta serrulata intus concava 

 glabra, dorso scabrida subcarinata sublibera c. 3 mm. longa. 

 Petala sepalis subeequilonga subpanduriformia apice sensim con- 

 tracta caualicalata. Stamina c. 1-5 mm. longa, filamentis fili- 

 formibus antberis late ovatis. Carpella staminis subaequilouga, 

 stylis subnullis, squamis cuneatis apice rotundatis c. 0*8 mm. longis. 



Described from specimens in Herb. Bolus. 



"In coUibus saxosis prope thermas Montagu, alt. 800 ft. leg. 

 H. Bolus (No. 6704), Dec, 1892." 



C. (§ Sph^ritis) multiflora, sp. nov. Sujffruticosa ramosa 

 vel subsimplex robusta. Caulis ramulique teretes glabri, inter- 

 nodiis inferioribus c. 4 mm. longis superioribus sensim minori- 

 bus. Folia perfoliata lanceolata acuta, faciebus glabris, margine 

 cartilagiueo-ciliata, inferiora c, 7 cm. longa superiora sensim 

 minora. luflorescentiae terminales vel ex axillis foliorum supe- 

 riorum laterales, dense multiflor^e cymoso-corymbos^e, bracteis 

 foliis similibus sed minoribus, floribus pedicellatis. Sepala sub- 

 libera serrulata, dorso carinata lanceolata obtusiuscula c. 3 mm. 

 longa. Petala basi connata medio panduriformia apice sensim 

 contracta canaliculata 4 mm. longa. Stamina c. 2*5 mm. longa 

 filamentis filiformibus antberis ovatis. Carpella staminis sub- 

 sequilonga stylis brevissimis ovariis subovatis, squamis cuneatis 

 apice submarginatis c. 0*8 mm. longis. 



Described from specimens in Herb. Bolus. 



" In convalle inter saxa prope thermas, alt. 800 ft. leg. H. Bolus 

 (No. 6702), Dec, 1892." 



