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CRASSULACE^E. V. CRASSULA. 



Leaves almost like those of Mesembrydnthemum deltoideum. 



Corymbs few-flowered ; pedicels angular. Root fusiform. 

 Deltoid-leaved Crassula. PL -| foot. 



. . 63. C. COR-A^LUNA (Lin. fil. suppl. p. 188.) leaves opposite, 



deltoid, -obtuoe, approximate, dotted; flowers in umbellate 

 eoryMbsv stems erect, "djchotomously branched. Tj . Lin. 1. 

 : Tiumb.JJ.-G-. ., -Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Thunb. fl. 



cap. p. 290. Stem an inch high. Leaves nearly orbicular, 



white, and powdery at the apex, 1-2 lines long, longer than the 



internodes. 



Coralline Crassula. PL 1 inch. 



34 C. PUBE'SCENS (Lin. fil. suppl. p. 190.) leaves connate, 

 ovate, acute, fleshy, villous, spreading ; stem erect, branched, 

 glabrous ; flowers corymbose. 1. D. G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Thunb. fl. cap. p. 285. Flowers small, white, 

 according to the dried specimen. Calyx puberulous. 



Pubescent Crassula. PL foot. 



8. Rosulares (from rosa, a rose ; leaves spread like the 

 petals in a double rose). Plants herbaceous, perennial. Radical 

 leaves opposite, fiat, disposed in a dense expanded disk, formed 

 like the flower of a rose. Scapes nearly naked. Flowers 

 small, glomerate ; bundles of flowers opposite. Haw. rev. succ. 

 p. 13. 



35 C. ORBICULA'RIS (Lin. mant. p. 361.) radical leaves ob- 

 long, obtuse, cartilaginously ciliated, flat, rosulate ; runners or 

 twigs rising from the root ; scape nearly naked ; bundles of 

 flowers opposite, pedunculate. If. . D. G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Dill. elth. t. 100. f. 118. D. C. pi. grass, t. 

 43. C. sedioides, Mill. diet. no. 9. Herb 4-5 inches high. 

 Petals greenish white, rose-coloured at the apex. Stigmas 

 purple. 



Orbicular Crassula. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1731. PL \ to j ft. 



36 C. ROSULA'RIS (Haw. rev. succ. p. 13.) leaves radical, ob- 

 tuse, minutely ciliated, flat, rosulate ; runners or twigs none ; 

 scape nearly naked ; bundles of flowers opposite, pedunculate. 

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

 orbicularis, but differs in the plant being 3 times the size, desti- 

 tute of runners, and in the flowers being 4-5-cleft and white ; it 

 is, however, probably only a variety of it. 



Rosulate Crassula. Fl. July. Clt. 1819. PL foot. 



9. Glomeratce (from glomero, to heap up in a lump ; ulti- 

 mate flowers). Plants herbaceous, dichotomous, annual. Leaves 

 opposite. Flowers small : loner ones solitary in the forks of the 

 stems, the rest glomerate. Haw. reeis. succ. p. 12. 



37 C. GLOMEKA'TA (Lin. mant. p. 60.) stems herbaceous, sca- 

 brous, dichotomous ; leaves linear-lanceolate ; flowers solitary 

 in the forks of the stems, ultimate ones glomerate. Q. D. G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. D. C. pi. grass, t. 57. C. 

 scleranthoides, N. L. Burm. prod. p. 8. Habit of Scleran- 

 thus or Vulerianella. Herb hardly a finger in length. Flowers 

 white. 



Glomerated Crassula. FL Aug. Oct. Clt. 1774. PL A ft. 



38 C. GLA'BRA (Haw. syn. p. 58. rev. p. 12.) stem herba- 

 ceous, glabrous or rather pubescent, dichotomous ; leaves linear- 

 lanceolate ; flowers solitary in the forks, ultimate ones glomerate. 

 . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. C. glomerata ft, 

 Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 392. Flowers white. 



Glabrous Crassula. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 1774. PL i foot. 



39 C. STRIGOSA (Lin. amoen. 6. p. 86.) stems herbaceous, 

 erect, rather hispid, dichotomous ; leaves obovate, obtuse, stri- 

 gose ; pedicels 1 -flowered. O- D. G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Lam. diet. 2. p. 174. Petals ovate, length of the 

 calyx. 



Strigose Crassula. PL ^ foot. 



10. TiUceoidece (plants with the habit of Till^a). Small 

 subaqualic glabrous herbaceous plants, having 4,-cleft flowers. 



40 C. NATANS (Thunb. prod. p. 54. fl. cap. p. 281.) stems 

 erect, dichotomous ; leaves connate, linear-oblong, obtuse ; pe- 

 dicels axillary, opposite, shorter than the leaves ; petals obovate, 

 a little longer than the calyx. . B. G. Native about Cape 

 Town, in ditches and other watery places. Tillae'a Capensis, 

 Lin. fil. suppl. 



Floating Crassula. PL fl. 



41 C. INA'NIS (Thunb. 1. c.) stem erect, simple, branched at 

 the apex ; leaves perfoliate, ovate, obtuse ; flowers corymbose ; 

 petals ovate-lanceolate, twice the length of the calyx. O. D. G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Tillsea perfoliata, Lin. fil. 

 1. c. 



Dwarf Crassula. PL ^ foot. 



42 C. UMBELLA'TA (Thunb. 1. c.) stem simple, erect ; leaves 

 on short petioles, ovate, obtuse ; flowers umbellate. Q. D. G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Tillae'a umbellata, Willd. 

 spec. 1. p. 721. 



Umbellate-flowered Crassula. PL 



43 C. DECU'MBENS (Thunb. 1. c.) stem erect or decumbent ; 

 leaves connate, terete, subulate ; flowers pedicellate, fastigiate at 

 the tops of the branches. 0. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. C. Thunbergiana, Schultes, syst. 6. p. 733. The stems 

 are said to be decumbent in the diagnosis, but in the description 

 erect. Scales very short, red. 



Decumbent Crassula. PL decumbent. 



f Species not sufficiently known. 

 * Leaves opposite. 



41 C. NEGLE'CTA (Schultes, syst. 6. p. 722.) stems herba- 

 ceous ; leaves petiolate, cordate, and are as well as the branches 

 glabrous; flowers solitary. 0. G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. C. cordata, Thunb. nov. act. nat. cur. 6. p. 330. 

 fl. cap. p. 293. but not of others. 



Neglected Crassula. PL -J foot. 



45 C. EXPA'NSA (Ait. hort. kew. 1 . p. 390.) stems herbaceous, 

 dichotomous ; leaves semicylindrical, subulate, channelled above, 

 spreading ; peduncles axillary, solitary, 1 -flowered. . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. It is not known whether the 

 leaves are opposite or alternate. 



Expanded Crassula. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1774. PL \ foot. 



46 C. DIFFU'SA (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1. vol. 1. p. 395.) stems 

 herbaceous ; leaves oblong, attenuated at the base, crenated ; 

 peduncles opposite the leaves and axillary, solitary. . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers pink ? The rest 

 unknown. 



Diffuse Crassula. FL June, July. Clt. 1774. PL | foot. 



47 C. SUBULA'TA (Lin. mant. p. 360.) stem herbaceous, 

 branched ; leaves opposite, terete, spreading ; flowers capitate. 

 . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Herm. lugd. bat. 

 552. with a figure. Flowers white, ex Herm. and Petiv. gaz. t. 

 89. f. 8. 



Subulate-leaved Crassula. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1800. Pljft. 



48 C. SYLVA'TICA (Licht. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 726.) stem 

 herbaceous, dichotomous, beset with strigose hairs ; leaves obo- 

 vate-oblong, with the margin and base beset with strigose hairs ; 

 flowers terminal and axillary, solitary. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. The rest unknown. 



Wood Crassula. PL ? 



49 C. ADSCE'NDENS (Thunb. nov. act. nat. cur. 6. p. 341.) 

 stem sufFrutescent, decumbent ; branches erect, filiform above, 



