CRASSULACE^l. V. CRASSULA. 



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19 C. MURICA V TA (Thunb. prod. p. 55. fl. cap. p. 283.) stem 

 frutescent, erect ; branches tetragonal ; leaves connate, trigonal, 

 scabrously ciliated, obtuse ; flowers subumbellate. Tj . D. G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. It differs from C. tetra- 

 gona in the stem being erect, and in the leaves being scabrous. 



Muricated Crassula. Shrub 1 foot. 



4. Columnares (from columna, a column ; disposition of 

 leaves on the branches). Frutescent. Leaves broader, densely 

 imbricated along the stems and branches. Haw. syn. p. 54. 



20 C. COLUMNA'RIS (Lin. fil. suppl. p. 191.) stem erect, sim- 

 ple, an inch high ; leaves connate, roundish, glabrous, very 

 closely imbricated ; flowers disposed in a roundish terminal fas- 

 cicle. Jj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Burm. 

 afr. p. 19. t. 9. f. 2. Flowers white, small, very copious. 



Columnar Crassula. Clt. 1789. PL | foot. 



21 C. LYCOPODIOI'DES (Lam. diet. 2. p. 173.) stem shrubby, 

 branched, covered with leaves on all sides ; leaves decussate, 

 ovate, acute, smooth, imbricating in 4 rows ; flowers axillary, 

 sessile, bracteolate. T? . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. C. imbricata, Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 393. C. muscdsa, 

 Lin. spec. p. 405. Thunb. fl. cap. p. 281. ex Thunb. in litt. 

 Corolla small, purple at the base. There is a variety of this 

 plant having the stems naked at the base, according to Thun- 

 berg. 



Club-moss-like Crassula. Shrub tr. 



22 C. ERICOI'DES (Haw. in phil. mag. 1825. July, p. 30.) 

 plant between erect and decumbent ; branchlets distant ; leaves 

 ovate-oblong, small, flat, closely imbricated in 4 rows ; flowers 

 5-10, disposed in an umbellate cyme, fj . D. G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. An elegant species, not allied to any 

 unless perhaps to C. pyramidalis. Flowers small, snow white. 

 Leaves 3 to 4 lines long. 



Heath-like Crassula. Fl. Sept. Clt. 1 820. Shrub | foot. 



23 C. VESTI'TA (Lin. fil. sup(/. p. 188.) leaves connate, del- 

 toid, obtuse, quite entire, covered with white powder, more fre- 

 quent on the upper ones ; flowers terminal, capitate, f? . D. G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Thunb. fl. cap. p. 290. 

 Stem a hand high, erectish, branched, naked at the base. Flowers 

 yellow, aggregate and sessile on the branches. 



Clothed Crassula. Shrub ^ foot. 



5. Perfilattz (from per, through, anAJllum, a thread ; in re- 

 ference to the thread-like stems). Frutescent or nearly herba- 

 ceous. Leaves flat, broader, glabrous, connate, usually glaucous. 

 Haw. syn. p. 54. 



24 C. rtiRFo'ssA (Lam. diet. (1786) 2. p. 173.) stem suffru- 

 ticose, decumbent, slender, a little branched ; leaves connately 

 perfoliate, roundish, and rather acute, glabrous, dotted above, 

 but not ciliated ; thyrse elongated, composed of cymose pedun- 

 culate opposite branchlets. Ij . D. G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. D. C. pi. grass, t. 25. Jacq. hort. schcenbr. t. 

 432. C. perfilata, Scop. del. insub. (1788) 3. p. 12. t. 6. C. 

 punctata, Mill. C. coronata, Bonn, hort. cant. Flowers yellow. 



Deep-pitted Crassula. Fl. Sept. Clt. 1785. PI. decumbent. 



25 C. PERFORA'TA (Lin. fil. suppl. p. 190. Thunb. fl. cap. p. 

 287.) stem shrubby, erect ; leaves green, connately perfoliate, 

 ovate, remote, glabrous, with cartilaginously ciliated margins ; 

 thyrse interrupted. 1} . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. 



Perforated Crassula. Shrub 1 foot. 



26 C. MARGIN A'LIS (Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 306.) stem peren- 

 nial, herbaceous, glabrous, pellucid ; leaves connately perfoliate, 

 roundish-ovate, ending in a recurved mucrone, flat, spreading, 

 glabrous, dotted within the margin ; flowers disposed in umbel- 

 late corymbs. If. . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Jacq. schoenbr. 4. t. 471. C. marginata, Thunb. prod. p. 56. 

 fl. cap. 287. Stems prostrate, jointed, rooting. Leaves reddish 

 beneath, quite entire, with cartilaginous margins, which are at 

 first reddish, but at length becoming white from fminn. Pedun- 

 cles terminal, with two lateral ones, rising from" -the axils of fhe 

 upper leaves. Flowers white ; petals lanceolate,- 'Eeijte." Tlw 

 characters and synonymes are taken fr^m the inat.bscript of tli>- 

 Prince de Salm-Dyck. 



Marginal-leaved Crassula. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1774. PI. cr. 



27 C. PELLU'CIDA (Lin. spec. p. 406.) stems nearly herbaceous, 

 flaccid, creeping ; leaves opposite, obovate, attenuated at the base, 

 glabrous, glandularly toothed, crowded at the tops of the 

 branches ; cymes subumbellate. 17 . D. G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Dill. hort. elth. t. 100. f. 119. Jacq. fragm. t. 

 44. f. 3. ? Thunb. fl. cap. p. 283. Very like C. spatulata, but 

 differs in being more herbaceous, in the leaves not being petio- 

 late, in the flowers being a little larger, and more crowded ; the 

 rest similar, according to the figure of Jacquin. Flowers pink. 



Pellucid Crassula. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1732. Pl.tr. 



28 C. PROSTRA'TA (Thunb. prod. p. 54. fl.cap. p. 282.) stems 

 herbaceous, decumbent, pellucid, glabrous ; leaves lanceolate, 

 acute ; flowers subumbellate. I/ . D. G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Like C. pellucida, but differs in the form of 

 the leaves. 



Prostrate Crassula. PL prostrate. 



29 C. CENTAURIOI'DES (Lin. spec. p. 404.) stems herbaceous, 

 dichotomous, prostrate ; leaves opposite, sessile, flat, oblong- 

 ovate, glabrous, punctately toothed on the margins ; peduncles 

 axillary, 1-flowered. O- D. G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Sims, hot. mag. t. 1765. C. pellucida, Jacq. fragm. t. 

 44. f. 3. ? Flowers rose-coloured, nearly like those of C. spa- 

 tulata ; the ultimate ones somewhat corymbose. 



Centuary-like Crassula. PL prostrate. 



6. Petiolares (frompetiolus, a leaf-stalk ; in reference to the 

 leaves being stalked). Frutescent. Leaves Jlat, broader, petio- 

 late. Han. syn. p. 55. 



30 C. CORDA'TA (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1. vol. 1. p. 396.) stem 

 shrubby ; leaves opposite, petiolate, cordate, obtuse, quite en- 

 tire, dotted above, glabrous ; cymes panicle-formed. Jj . D. G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. D. C. pi. grass. 2. t. 121. 

 Jacq. schcenbr. t. 431. Flowers reddish. Allied to C. per- 

 forata. C. cordata, Willd. spec. 1. p. 153. but the C. cordata 



of Thunb. appears to be a distinct plant, who says that his plant 

 is annual, and that the flowers are solitary. Plant glaucous. 



CWate-leaved Crassula. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1774. PI. 

 prostrate. 



31 C. SPATULA'TA (Thunb. prod. 58. fl. cap. p. 293.) stems 

 suffruticose, decumbent, branched ; leaves petiolate, roundish, 

 crenated, glabrous, shining above ; corymbs panicle-formed. 

 T? . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. D. C. pi. grass, 

 t. 49. C. lucida, Lam. diet. 2. p. 1 73. C. cordata, Lodd. bot. 

 cab. t. 359. Flowers rose-coloured ; petals acute. Herb very 

 smooth. 



Spatulate-\ea.veA Crassula. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1774. PI. 

 prostrate. 



7. Deltoideee (leaves resembling in figure the Greek delta). 

 Plants suffrutescent. Leaves deltoid, sessile. 



32 C. DELTOI'DEA (Lin. fil. suppl. p. 189.) leaves connate, 

 deltoid, spreading, approximate, glabrous, powdery, glaucous ; 

 flowers corymbose, subfastigiate. lf.7D. G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Thunb. fl. cap. p. 288. Stem erect, 

 branched, naked at the base, fleshy, half a finger in length. 



