TUlaa.] L. crassulaceje (britten). 387 



2. T. pharnaceoides, Hochst. in Schimp. Hb. Abyssin. 104. Stem 

 decumbent or erect, branched, leafy, internodes longer than the leaves. 

 Leaves ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, acuminate, 2—4 lines long", con- 

 nate at the base. Flowers in dense axillary clusters. Calyx- segments 

 very acute, lanceolate, exceeding the petals. Petals connate, " lanceo- 

 late acuminate, or hair-pointed." Carpels reddish. — Combesia abys- 

 sinica, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 307 ; Walp. Ann. ii. 667. Crassula (Dis- 

 poroearpa) pharnaceoides, C. A. Meyer, Ind. Sem. viii. 56 ; Walp. Rep. 

 ii. 254. C. campestris, Eckl. et Zeyh. Herb. 1873 ; Harv. Fl. Cap. ii. 

 351. C. Turrita, Thunb., is erroneously cited as a synonym in Walp. 

 Rep. ii. 254. 



Upper Guinea. Camaroons mountains, 9000 ft. (Nov.), Mann ! 

 Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimp er ! Quartin-DiUon. 

 Also in S. Africa and N.W Himalayas. 



3. T. subulata, Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 658. Stem peren- 

 nial, somewhat woody at the base, thick, as are also the principal 

 branches, 3-6 in. high, ascending or erect, with opposite ascending or 

 erect leafy branches. Leaves connate, spreading, 3-4 lines long, sub- 

 ulate, mucronate, rigid, somewhat fleshy. Flowers subsessile, minute. 

 " green," in dense fascicles in the axils of the upper and sometimes of 

 all but the lowest, leaves ; fascicles much shorter than the leaves ; 

 bracts foliaceous. Calyx nearly as long as the petals, segments lan- 

 ceolate acute. Petals lanceolate, longer than the stamens.:— 7%6-- 

 antha subulata, Hook. Ic. PL t. 590. Crassula subulata, Harv. Fl. Cap. 

 ii. 352. 



Lower Guinea. Benguela, Huilla, Dr. Welwitsch! 



In most Cape specimens, the stems and leaves are longer, more slender, and more 

 ascending than in Tropical African examples. I cannot, however, find any characters 

 hy which to separate the above as a species ; and some Cape specimens nearly corre- 

 spond with it even in these particulars. 



4. T. alsinoides, Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 192. Stems de- 

 cumbent, branched, leafy, slender, rooting at the nodes. Leaves ovate- 

 oblong, subacute, obscurely 3-nerved, about J in. long ,; petioles sheath- 

 ing, connate at the base, the lower nearly as long as the leaves, the 

 upper much shorter. Flowers axillary, solitary, on slender pedicels 

 often longer than the leaves. Calyx-segments lanceolate, acute, equal- 

 ling the petals. Seeds oblong, reddish-brown. Flowers " white, J in. 

 in diameter." 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, 7500 ft., Mann ! 

 Nile Land. Abyssinia, Both! 



5. T. Vaillantii, Willd. Sp. Plant, i. 720. Stems dichotomous, 

 much branched, erect, 1-2 in. high. Leaves subulate, subacute, fleshy, 

 connate at the base, 1-2 lines long. Flowers pedicellate, pedicels equal- 

 ling or usually exceeding the leaves. Calyx divided about halfway 

 down, segments obtuse. Petals exceeding the calyx, ovate obtuse, 

 spreading, " pale pink or white ;" scales linear. Carpels many-seeded, 

 subglobose.— DC. PL Grasses, t. 74. Bulliarda Vaillantii, DC. Prod. 



