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CRASSULACEjE. VI. PURGOSIA. 



2. Ovatifblice (from ovatus, ovate, and folium, a leaf). 

 Leaves ovate, oval, or obovate. 



8 P. ? CILIA'TA ; stem suffruticose, sparingly branched, terete ; 

 leaves oval, obtuse, flattish, distinct, ciliated ; corymbs terminal. 

 TJ.. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Crassula ciliata, 

 Lin. spec. p. 405. D. C. pi. grass, t. 7. Dill. elth. t. 98. f.116. 

 Cilia of leaves white, cartilaginous, usually retrograde. Flowers 

 cream-coloured. 



Ciliated Purgosia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1732. PL | foot. 



9 P. CONCI'NNA ; leaves obovate, ciliated, rather imbricated. 

 If.. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Crassula con- 

 cinna, Haw. rev. succ. This is a much larger plant than the 

 following, to which it is nearly allied. Flowers white. 



Neat Purgosia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1818. PL i foot. 



10 P. CONCINNE'LLA ; leaves obovate, with densely ciliated sil- 

 very margins. 1}. . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Crassula concinnella, Haw. in phil. mag. 1823. p. 381. Allied 

 to P. concinna, but weaker, and 4 or 5 times smaller in every part, 

 densely ciliated. Leaves rather imbricated, and appearing as if 

 they were disposed in 2 compressed rows. The rest unknown. 



Small-neat Purgosia. Fl. July. Clt. 1823. PL | foot. 



1 1 P. COTYLE'DONIS ; radical leaves connate, oblong, obtuse, 

 tomentose, ciliated ; stem nearly naked, herbaceous, somewhat 

 tetragonal ; flowers disposed in a corymb composed of fascicles. 

 If.. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Crassula coty- 

 ledonis, Lin. fil. suppl. 190. Crassula Cotyledon, Haw. syn. p. 

 56. but not of Jacq. Stem simple, erect, a foot high. Leaves 

 an inch broad, and a finger in length, erect. Flowers white. 



Cotyledon Purgosia. PL 1 foot. 



12 P. CAPITELLA'TA (Haw. rev. p. 17.) leaves connate, ob- 

 long, glabrous, cartilaginously ciliated, spreading, longer than 

 the internodes ; flowers in whorled heads. D. G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Crassula capitellata, Lin. fil. suppl. 

 p. 190. Thunb. fl. cap. 286. Stem glabrous, terete, erect. 

 Flowers white, approximate, sessile. 



Headed Purgosia. FL July, Aug. Clt. 1774. PL foot. 



13 P. ALPE'STRIS ; leaves connate, ovate, acute, imbricating in 

 4 rows ; heads pedunculated ; stem leafy, glabrous. If. . D. G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Crassula alpestris, Lin. 

 fil. suppl. p. 190. Thunb. fl. cap. 286. nov. act. nat. cur. 6. p. 

 336. t. 56. f. 4. Allied to Crassula montana, but differs in the 

 leaves being more acuminated, not ciliated, in the stem being 

 thicker, and clothed with leaves, and in the flowers being larger. 



Alp Purgosia. PL \ foot. 



14 P. HEMISPHJE'RICA ; lower leaves connate, roundish, imbri- 

 cated into a round heap, cartilaginously ciliated ; stem nearly 

 naked ; flowers rising in fascicles from the axils, forming a pa- 

 nicled spike. Q. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Cras- 

 sula hetnisphae'rica, Thunb. prod. p. 57. fl. cap. p. 292. Floral 

 leaves very short. Flowers small, white. 



Hemispherical Purgosia. PL ^ foot. 



15 P. THYRSIPL6RA (Haw. rev. succ. 17.) leaves perfoliate, 

 ovate, obtuse, ciliated, glabrous, erectly spreading ; thyrse 

 branched, spicate. $ . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Crassula thyrsiflora, Lin. fil. suppl. 190. Thunb. fl. 

 cap. 283. Stems herbaceous, terete, erect, a span high. Flowers 

 white. 



Thyrse-flowered Purgosia. PL -| foot. 



16 P. OBOVA'TA (Haw. rev. succ. p. 16.) leaves opposite, de- 

 cussate, obovate, ciliated, full of minute impressed dots ; stern 

 rather hispid ; flowers axillary, in a thyrsoid spike. $ . D. G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Crassula obovata, Haw. 

 suppl. p. 17. Flowers white. Allied to P. aloldes. 



Obovate-leaved Purgosia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. PL 1 ft. 



17 P. ALOIDES (Haw. rev. succ. p. 16.) stem simple, rather 

 pilose ; leaves ovate or spatulately lanceolate, distinct, ciliated, 

 full of impressed dots ; heads of flowers axillary, constituting a 

 thyrsoid spike. $ . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Crassula abides, Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 394. Petals mucronulate, 

 white, with a red rib. Stem half a foot high. 



Aloe-like Purgosia. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1774. PL foot. 



18 P. PUNCTA'TA ; stems simple, smooth; leaves opposite, 

 ovate, dotted, ciliated : lower ones oblong ; corymbs axillary, 

 very short, fj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Crassula punctata, Lin. spec. p. 406. Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 



2. p. 193. exclusive of the synonyme of Miller, ex Haw. syn. 

 p. 154. Corolla campanulate, white; limb reflexed ; anthers 

 purple. 



Dotted-leaved Purgosia. Fl. April, Aug. Clt. 1759. PL 1 ft. 



1 9 P. RAMULIFLORA ; stem fruticulose, beset with retrograde 

 hairs ; leaves opposite, obovate, acute, rather connate, ciliated ; 

 branches axillary, few-flowered ; petals lanceolate, erect, shin- 

 ing at the apex, fj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Crassula ramuliflora, Link. enum. 1. p. 301. Otto, et Link, 

 abbild. p. 41. t. 17. Flowers white. Calyx and leaves usually 

 reddish at the apex. 



Branch-flowered Purgosia. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1822. Sh. | ft. 



20 P. TURR'ITA (Haw. rev. succ.]). 16.) radical leaves opposite, 

 connate, ovate-oblong, acute, imbricating in 4 rows, villously cili- 

 ated ; stem leafy at the base ; flowers in whorls. $ . D. G. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Crassula turrita, Thunb. prod. 



3. p. 55. fl. cap. p. 283. Jacq. schcenbr. 1. t. 52. Stem simple, 

 a foot high. Corolla pale, reddish at the apex. 



Var. /3, rdsea (Haw. 1. c.) flowers red. 



Toner Purgosia. Fl. Feb. Mar. Clt. 1818. PL 1 foot. 



21 P. BARBA'TA ; radical leaves opposite, connate, crowded, 

 imbricated into a round heap, reticulated, bearded ; stem nearly 

 naked ; flowers in whorls. $ . D. G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Crassula barbata, Thunb. prod. p. 57. fl. cap. p. 

 292. Lin. fil. suppl. 188. Floral leaves not exceeding the 

 flowers. Stem glabrous, a span high. 



Bearded Purgosia. PL ^ foot. 



22 P. MONTA'NA ; leaves connate, ovate, acute : radical ones 

 approximate : cauline ones distant ; flowers in whorls, in the axils 

 of the upper leaves : ultimate ones capitate. I/ . D. G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Crassula montana, Lin. fil. suppl. 

 p. 189. Thunb. fl. cap. p. 285. Stem filiform, simple. Calyxes 

 ciliated. 



Mountain Purgosia. PL ^ foot. 



23 P. DENTA'TA ; plant glabrous, nearly leafless ; leaves al- 

 most radical, petiolate, toothed, roundish-cordate ; flowers sub- 

 umbellate. $ ? D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, 

 among rocks on the mountain called Ribekcasteel. Crassula 

 dentata, Thunb. prod. p. 57. fl. cap. p. 293. Umbels of flowers 

 radical. Peduncles shorter than the leaves. 



Toothed-leaved Purgosia. PL -j foot. 



24 P. PYRAMIDA'LIS ; leaves connate, imbricating in 4 rows, 

 ovate, obtuse, entire, glabrous ; heads terminal, sessile, globose. 

 If. . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Crassula pyra- 

 midalis, Lin. fil. suppl. p. 189. Thunb. fl. cap. p. 287. nov. 

 act. cur. 6. p. 336. t. 5. b. f. 3. Stems flexuous, erect, covered 

 over with leaves. Leaves a line long. Said to be allied to 

 Crassula muscosa. 



Pyramidal Purgosia. PL \ foot. 



25 P. ? DE'BILIS ; stem herbaceous, dichotomous, straightish ; 

 leaves opposite, glabrous, crowded, nearly terete, concave, pa- 

 pulose ; flowers pedicellate ; petals linear. $ ? D. G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Crassula debilis, Thunb. fl. cap. 

 p. 280. 



