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Plate 2530. 



CRASSULA ACINACIFORMIS, Sehinx. 



Crassulace^e. 

 C. acinaciformis, Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. 204; species 



habitu aloiformis distinctissima. 



Caulis erectus, cum inflorescentia 4-5 peel, altus, robustus, 1-1| poll, 

 crassus, apice dense foliosus, basi nudus. Folia 10-18 poll. lon^a 



basi lf-2^ poll, lata, aloiformia, conferta, rosulata, valde recurvata, 



recta vel leviter f alcata, sessilia, e basi ad apicem gradatim attenuata, 



acuminata, glabra, subflaccida, minute cartilagineo-serrata, utrinque 



viridia, nee glauca. Flores parvi, citrini, dense corymbosi, breviter 



pedicellati ; corymbi circiter 18 poll, diametro, pedicellis parce papillo- 



sis scabridis ; bracteae sessiles, attenuato-acuminate, ciliatse. Calyx 



| lin. longus, glaber, usque ad medium 5-lobus ; lobi \ lin. longi, ovati, 



acuti. Beta/a 1 | lin. longa, ^ lin. lata, oblanceolato-oblonga, obtusa, 



glabra, apice dorso minute tuberculata. Stamina 5, petalis jequilonga. 



Squama* hypogyna { lin. longse, cuneato-obcordatse, quam carpella 



subtriplo breviores.— C. aloides, N. E. Brown in Kew Bull. 1896 

 p. 161. 



South Africa : Houtbosch, Transvaal, Behmann, 6375 ; hillsides, 

 in damp places near Barberton, at 2,000-4,000 ft. Gal pin. 



This plate was prepared from a plant raised at Kew from seed, and 

 dried specimens, sent by Mr. Galpin. — N. E. Brown. 



Fig. 1, margin of leaf; 2, a Iracteole; 3, a flower ; 4, pistil and hypoevnous 

 scales. Ail enlarged. * : 



