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CRASSULACEJE. V. CRASSULA. 



Portulaca-\\k.e Crassula. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1759. Shrub 

 3 to 4 feet. 



8 C. LA'CTEA (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1. p. 496.) stem shrubby, 

 terete, branched, twisted below ; leaves ovate, attenuated at the 

 base, and connate, glabrous, dotted within the margin ; cymes 

 many-flowered, panicle-formed. T? . D. G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. D. C. pi. grass, t. 37. Smith, exot. bot. 

 t. 33. Sims, bot. mag. 1. 1771. Jacq. schcenbr. t. 430. Thunb. 

 fl. cap. p. 289. no. 45. Leaves pale green. Flowers snow 

 white, stellately spreading. 



Mz'tt-coloured-flowered Crassula. Fl. Sept. Oct. Clt. 1774. 

 Shrub j to 1 foot. 



4 C. ARGE'NiEA(Lin. fil. suppl. p. 1 88.) leaves connate, ovate, 

 entire, fleshy, glabrous, silvery ; stem shrubby ; corymbs supra- 

 decompound. Tj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Thunb. fl. cap. p. 289. Flowers white ; anthers black. Stem 

 a foot or more in height. Leaves obtuse, with an acumen. 



Silvery Crassula. Shrub 1-| foot. 



5 C. TELEPHIOIDES (Haw. rev. succ. p. 9.) stems herbaceous? 

 erect ; leaves obovate-oblong, stem-clasping, minutely and punc- 

 tately crenated below ; flowers cymose. Tj . D. G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Leaves 3 inches long and 18 lines 

 broad. Petals pale rose-coloured. Scales square. Habit 

 almost of Sedum Telephium, but smaller and more humble ; and 

 differs in the stamens being 5. D. C. Perhaps Anacampseros, 

 Burm. afr. t. 25. f. 2. is referrible to this plant. 



Orpine-like Crassula. Fl. July. Clt. 1818. Shrub 1 foot. 



2. Subulares (from subula, an awl ; form of leaves). Shrubby. 

 Leaves subulate. Haw. syn. p. 51. 



6 C. RAM&SA (Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 390.) shrubby, glabrous, 

 branched at the base ; leaves subulate, flat above, connately per- 

 foliate, smooth, much spreading ; peduncles elongated, cymosely 

 corymbose, t; . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Thunb. fl. cap. p. 284. Haw. syn. p. 51. according to whom it 

 is nearly allied to C. perfolidta. C. dichotoma, Lin. fil. suppl. 

 p. 188. ex Willd. Flowers pink. 



Branched Crassula. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1774. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



7 C. FRUTICULOSA (Lin. mant. p. 61.) stem shrubby, smooth; 

 leaves opposite, subulate, acute, much spreading, and a little 

 recurved ; peduncles solitary, subumbellate. J? . D. G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers small, white, campanulate ; 

 anthers purple. Very like C. perfoliata, according to Thun- 

 berg ; but it differs in the leaves being reflexed. 



Var. j8, Cafra (Lin. mant. p. 222.) stem suffruticose. 

 Shrubby Crassula. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



8 C. REVO'LVENS (Haw. phil. mag. 1824. p. 188.) stem suffru- 

 ticose, slender, a little branched ; branches erect ; leaves linear, 

 lean, acute, revolutely reflexed, and arched, rather distant. Jj . 

 D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers small, 

 white, in dense terminal heads. Perhaps not distinct from C. 

 fruticulosa. 



Revolving-leaved Crassula. Fl. Aug, Sept. Clt. 1820. Shrub 

 1 foot. 



9 C. TETRAGONA (Lin. spec. 404.) stem erect, shrubby, terete, 

 leaves decussately opposite, depressed above, subulate, some- 

 what tetragonal, incurved, spreading, glabrous, f? . D. G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Bradl. succ. pi. dec. 5. t. 

 41. D. C. pi. grass, t. 19. Flowers small, white, nearly urceo- 

 late, disposed in a pedunculate fastigiate cyme. Stems some- 

 times rooting. 



Tetragonal Crassula. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1711. Shrub 2 feet. 



10 C. BIFLANA'TA (Haw. phil. mag. 1824. p. 186.) stem suf- 

 fruticose, erect, with spreading branches ; leaves erectish, smooth, 

 subulate, acute, flat on both surfaces, channelled beneath. Jj . 



D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Very like the 

 following. Bracteas larger. Flowers white ; anthers reddish. 

 Biplanate-\eave& Crassula. Fl. Sept. Clt. 1823. Sh. 1 ft. - 



11 C. ACUTIFOLIA (Lam. diet. 2. p. 175.) stem suffruticose, 

 decumbent, branched, terete ; leaves opposite, fleshy, terete, su- 

 bulate, spreading, glabrous ; cymes small, pedunculate. ^ . D. 

 G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. D. C. pi. grass, t. 2. 

 Allied to C. tetragbna, but is rather more herbaceous, decum- 

 bent, and rooting. Leaves usually reflexed. Flowers white. 



Acute-leaved Crassula. Fl. Sept. Nov. Clt. 1795. PL de- 

 cumbent. 



12 C. BIBRACTEA'TA (Haw. in phil. mag. 1824. p. 187.) plant 

 effuse, decumbent, rooting; leaves subulate, expanded, flat or 

 furrowed above ; bracteas two on each peduncle. T; . D. G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers white ; anthers 

 sulphur-coloured, but at length becoming brown. Allied to C. 

 acutifolia. 



Var. a, minor (Haw. 1. c.) plant usually rufescent ; leaves less 

 furrowed above or flat, full of rufous dots beneath. 



Far. /3, major (Haw. 1. c.) greenish ; leaves usually furrowed 

 above, and often dotted with brown ; branches longer than in 

 var. a. 



Bibracteate Crassula. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1823. PI. foot. 



13 C. FILICAU'LIS (Haw. in phil. mag. 1824. p. 188.) plant 

 effusely dichotomous ; leaves spreadingly recurved, lanceolate- 

 subulate, smooth, convex beneath ; branches rooting, filiform. 



$ . ? J? . ? D. G. Native of the Cape of Gqod Hope. Flowers 

 white, disposed in a kind of cyme ; anthers yellow. Allied to 

 the two preceding species. 



Thread-stemmed Crassula. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1820. PI. pr. 



3. Squamulbsce (from squamulosus, covered with little scales). 

 Frutescent. Leaves linear-lanceolate, rough from scaly papulce. 

 Ham. rev. succ. p. 11. 



14 C. SCA'BRA (Lin. spec. p. 405.) stem suffruticose, erect, 

 terete, branched, covered with retrograde rugosities ; leaves op- 

 posite, spreading, connate, linear-lanceolate, acute, scabrous, 

 ciliated ; flowers corymbose, terminal, fj . D. G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Dill. hort. elth. t. 99. f. 117. Mart, 

 cent. t. 24. Segments of flowers spreading, or a little revolute, 

 white at first, but becoming at length brownish. 



Scabrous Crassula. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1730. PL 1 foot. 



15 C. SCABRE'LLA (Haw. rev. succ. p. 11.) leaves linear-lan- 

 ceolate, acuminated, expanded, and are, as well as the stems, 

 rough from scales, fj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Allied to C. scabra and C, squamulijsa. Flowers white ? 



Roughish Crassula. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1810. PL to 1 ft. 



16 C. SQ.UAMULOSA (Willd. enum. suppl. p. 15.) the whole 

 plant scaly from diaphanous papulae ; leaves lanceolate ; flowers 

 capitate. I; . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Haw. 

 rev. succ. p. 11. Flowers white. Said to be nearly allied to C. 

 scabra. 



Scaly Crassula. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1817. PL foot. 



17 C. BULLULA'TA (Haw. rev. succ. p. 11.) leaves lorate-lan- 

 ceolate, and are, as well as the stems, roughish from whitish 

 blisters ; flowers cymose. f; . D. G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Cotyledon, &c. Mart. cent. t. 24. Flowers said 

 to be yellow. Allied to C. scabra, according to Haworth. 



Little-blistered Crassula. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1800. Shrub 

 1 foot. 



18 C. PRUINOSA (Lin. mant. p. 60.) stem shrubby, dichoto- 

 mous ; branchlets and leaves subulate, scabrous from papulae ; 

 flowers corymbose, fj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Flowers white. Leaves opposite, linear, rather connate 

 at the base. Thunb. prod. p. 55. fl. cap. p. 283. 



Pruinose Crassula. Shrub 1 foot. 



