XLV. C'RASSULACE^E. , lOl 



4. GRAMMANTHES, DC. 



Calyx bell-sHapecl, semi-5-fid. Corolla gamopetalous, the 

 tube as long as the caljx ; limb 5-6-lobed, spreading. Sta- 

 mens 5-6, attached to the corolla-tube, shortly exserted. 

 Carpels 5-6, many-ovuled, with subulate styles. Scales very 

 minute or obsolete. Follicles many-seeded. — Fl. Cap. ii. p. 

 331. 



A small, 2-chotonious, glabrous and glaucous annual, very variable in 

 size of all parts ; found in sandy soil throughout the Western districts. 

 Stems rigid, wiry ; leaves in distant pairs, flesliy, oblong ovate or sublinear. 

 Flowers panicled, few or many, or solitary, terminal !, orange yellow or 

 creamy-white, each petal commonly (not always) having a darker mark 

 shaped like the letter V. 



5. CRASSULA, Linn. 



Calyx 5-parted or deeply 5-cleft, rarely 6-9-parted, spread- 

 ing or erect. Petals 5 (rarely 6-9), free or connate below, 

 spreading or erect, or erect with recurved points, ovate ob- 

 ovate oblong or panduriform or lanceolate, either simple at 

 the apex or mucronulate or gland-tipped. Stamens 5 (rarely 

 6-9), shorter than the petals. Scales various. Follicles 

 several-seeded. — Fl. Cap. ii. p. 332. 



A large genus of succulent shrubs undershrubs or herbs, very variable in 

 habit and size. Leaves opposite, mostly connate at base, bx-oad or narrow, 

 flat or round, more or less fleshy, glabrous pubescent or scaly, often carti- 

 lagineo-ciliate. Flowers white, red, rarely yellow, mostly of small size, 

 solitary cymose or capitate. — About 100 species (probably moi'e), dispersed, 

 chiefly in dry ground. 



6. ROCHEA, DC. 



Calyx 5-parted or deeply 5-cleft. Corolla more or less per- 

 fectly gamopetalous, salver-shaped, its tube longer than the 

 calyx ; limb 5-parted, spreading. Stamens 5, adnate to the 

 claws of the petals ; anthers subsessile, in the throat of the 

 tube. Scales very small. Carpels 5, several-ovuled ; styles 

 subulate or clavate. Follicles many-seeded. — Fl. Cap. ii. p. 368, 



Shrubby or half-shrubby succulents. Leaves connate or sheathing at 

 base, fringed with small cilia. Flowers handsome, crimson rosy white or 

 pale yellow ; some very sweetly scented. — 4 species, all Western. 



7. COTYLEDON, Limi. 



Calyx 5-parted, much shorter than the tube of corolla. 

 Corolla gamopetalous, with an ovate or linear, 5-angled tube, 

 and a spreading or reflexed and revolute, 5-parted limb, 

 spirally twisted in bud. Stamens 10, attached to the base of 

 the corolla-tube, exserted or subincluded. Scales oval. Car- 

 pels 5, many-ovuled ; styles subulate. — Fl. Cap. '\\. p. 370. 



