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ore contracti et vix 2 mm. diametro, sessiles, in a gee parva 
congesti. Calyx 1:75 mm. longus, puberulus; 15 mm 
longi, lanceolati, acuti. Petala 2 mm. longa, oblonga, acuta, plana, 
erecta, apice recurva, ceria Ege! Glandulae hypogynae late 
cuneato - obcordatae, aurantiac eed sae compresso - oblonga, 
Sa: 3 sti Son sewailes 
AFRICA. aeitlimedtarls pions of Cape Colony, Pearson, 
547 
undoubtedly allied to C. deltoidea, Lif 
1292. Crassula humilis, V. E. Brown [Crassulaceae] ; affinis C. 
deltoideae, Linn. f., sed foliis, deltoideo-ovatis patentibus nec imbri- 
catis viridibus vix ‘elaucis et ‘petalis erectis differt 
erba succulenta, 6-8 cm. alta, caespitoso-ramosa, Rami foliiferi 
1°3- 2 em. longi, foliis 10-14 instructi. oe conferta, sessilia, nec 
connata, 0°7-1°5 cm. longa, 0°6-1 cm. lata, 4-8 mm, crassa, deltoideo- 
ovata, supra subplana vel convexiuscula, dorso obtuse carinata, levia, 
glabra, viridia vel subcinereo -viridia, vix glauca, epunctata. 
Peduneulus terminalis, gracilis, 3°5-5 cm. longus, glaber, inferne 
vel prope medium bractearum paribus 1-2 instructus, apice breviter 
cymoso-ramosus. lores perparvi, sessiles, capitato-congesti, Calyx 
2-2°3 mm. longus, minutissime puberulus; lobi 1 mm. longi, del- 
toideo-ovati, obtusi. Petala e calyce breviter exserta, 2-2°3 mm. 
onga, basi connata, oblonga, subobtusa, plana, erecta, apice leviter 
recurva, alba. Glandulae hypogynae late cuneatae, apice emargi- 
natae, albidae. Carpella oblonga, obtusa, glabra; stigma sessile, 
nigrum, 
Sourn Arrica. South-western part of Cape Colony, Pearson, 
84. 
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Described from a living plant which flowered at Kew in August, 
1911, collected by Prof. Pearson and Mr. N. 8. Pillans during the 
Percy Sladen Expedition to the Orange River in 1910. 
1293. msi tec dealbatum, WN. FE. Brown [Ficoideae- 
Mesembryeae] ; ne M. obtuso, Haw., sed foliis aequalibus 
crassioribus et atbidse, floribus  breviter siolailonnti et calyce 
5-lobo bene distinguitur. 
Herba acaulis, caespitoso-ramosa, ramis brevissimis Se 
Folia adscendentia, opposita, basi subconnata, 3-4 em. longa, 1 
lata et crassa, obtuse trigona, obtusissima, levia, albida (nec sicets' 
impunctata. Flores terminales,  solitarii, breviter ean ati, 
folia ig excedentes. Pedunculus cum ovario obconico 16-2 cm. 
longus, basi teis duabus parvis compressis istrocti, albidus, 
Ca alge "6-lobus, albidus, lobis 1°2-1'3 cm. longis ovatis vel ovato- 
lanceolatis apice plus minusve gibbosis. Petala i oon, 
1:3-1°5 em. longa, linearia, obtusa, pallide rosea. Stamina in con 
rectum collecta, filamentis albis, antheris luteis. Stylz 10, seeoti, 
aaah longiores, flavo-virentes. 
Souru Arrica, Little Namaqualand, Pearson, 6062. 
