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CRASSULACE^E. VII. GLOBULEA. VIII. CURTOGYNE. IX. GRAMMANTHES. 



4. Loralae (from loratus, lorate ; shape of leaves). Leaves 

 lorate, narrowest at the apex, convex beneath, tufted, imbricating 

 in 4 rows. Stems herbaceous. Scapes leafy. 



1 1 G. IMPRE'SSA (Haw. in phil. mag. 1824. p. 189.) plant 

 stemless ; leaves lorately-lanceolate, green, full of impressed 

 dots ; dots large, scattered, numerous. Tf. . D. G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Leaves caespitose, decussate, rather 

 ciliated at the base. Flowers small, pale. 



Var. (3, minor (Haw. 1. c.) smaller ; dots on leaves more ob- 

 solete. 



Impressed-dotted Globulea. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1 820. PI. ift. 



12 G. PANICULA'TA (Haw. in phil. mag. 1825. p. 29.) leaves 

 lorate, acuminated, green, beset with minute impressed dots ; 

 branches of panicle spike-formed. I/ . D. G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Plant stemless, smooth. Leaves convex 

 beneath and channelled above, with cartilaginously sub-ciliated 

 margins. Flowers snow white ; anthers yellow. 



Panicled-fiov.-ered Globulea. Fl. Jul. Clt. 1823. PI. to | ft. 



13 G. HISPIDA (Haw. 1. c. p. 30.) leaves crowded, lorate, 

 acuminated, convex beneath, hispid ; stem suffruticose, hispid. 

 V? . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers white. 



Hispid Globulea. Fl. Nov. Clt. 1823. PI. foot. 



5. Subulatce (from subula, an awl; shape of leaves). Leaves 

 subulate, fleshy, flattish above. Stems suffruticose, branched. 

 Flowers disposed in dense, cymose, terminal heads. Haw. in phil. 

 mag. 1824. p. 191. 



14 G. MESEMBRYANTHEMOIDES (Haw. 1. C. p. 190.) Stems Suf- 



fruticose, bushy, erect ; leaves subulate, and are as well as the 

 branches, branchlets, and calyxes hispid. Tj . D. G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers glomerate, in dense fasci- 

 cles, cream-coloured. 



Var. ft ; plant a little taller ; flowers not so crowded. 



Fig-marigold-like Globulea. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1820. PI. 

 A to foot. 



15 G. SUBINCA'NA (Haw. 1. c.) stem suffruticose, erectly de- 

 cumbent ; leaves semiterete, subulate, acute, a little incurved, 

 and are as well as the branchlets covered with soft hoary down. 

 fj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers white. 

 There are decumbent and erect varieties of this plant. 



Hoaryish Globulea. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1823. PI. foot. 



16 G. MOLLIS (Haw. 1. c. p. 191.) leaves semi-cylindrical, 

 acute, gibbous below, smooth, erectish, finely tomentose ; cymes 

 terminal, compound. J? . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Crassula mollis, Lin. fil. suppl. p. 189. Thunb. fl. cap. 

 p. 284. Stem frutescent, angular, a foot high, simple, erect. 

 Leaves somewhat triquetrous, and therefore it is probably a 

 distinct genus according to Haworth. Flowers white. 



Soft Globulea. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1774. Shrub 1 foot. 



Cult. Globulea is a very pretty genus of succulent plants. 

 Sandy loam and brick rubbish is a good soil for them ; and the 

 pots should be well drained. Cuttings root easily if laid to dry 

 a few days after cutting off, before they are planted, to dry up 

 the wound, that they may not rot. A good situation for the 

 plants is on the shelves of a greenhouse. 



VIII. CURTO'GYNE (cvproe, kurtos, gibbous, and ywr\,gyne, 

 a style, in botanical language ; in reference to the gibbous ovaria). 

 Haw. rev. succ. p. 8. D. C. prod. 3. p. 392. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Pentagynia. Calyx 5-parted, much 

 shorter than the corolla. Petals 5, united at the base into 5- 

 parted corolla. Stamens 5. Scales 5, short. Ovaria 5, terete- 

 oblong, gibbous at the apex, ending each in a long sublateral 

 style. Subshrubs, natives of the Cape of Good Hope. Leaves 

 opposite, flat, rather fleshy, cartilaginously ciliated, ovate. In- 



florescence disposed in umbellate cymes. Flowers white. This 

 is an intermediate genus between Crassula and Rochea. 



1 C. UNDA'TA (Haw. rev. p. 8.) leaves oblong, or ovate- 

 tongue-shaped, expanded : upper ones waved. Ij . D. G. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Curt6gyne dejfccta, D. C. 

 prod. 3. p. 892. Crassula dejecta, Jacq. schcenbr. t. 433. 

 Crassula undata, Haw. suppl. 19. Stems much branched, weak. 

 Petals snow white, spreading ; anthers exserted, purple, but at 

 length blackish. 



JVavy-leaved Curtogyne. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1818. PI. 

 decumbent. 



2 C. UNDULA'TA (Haw. rev. p. 9.) leaves connate, ovate, ex- 

 panded, cartilaginously crenated : superior ones ovate-elliptic, un- 

 dulately incurved ; stems dichotomous. Tj . D. G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Crassula undulata, Haw. syn. p. 53. 

 Similar to the first species, but differs in all the parts being 

 much smaller and more branched. Flowers white. 



Undulate-leaved Curtogyne. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1797. Sh.^ft. 



3 C. UNDOSA (Haw. in phil. mag. 1827. p. 184.) leaves ovate- 

 tongue-shaped, curled : those of the flowering branches retro- 

 flexed, fj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



WWd-leaved Curtogyne. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1824. Sh. 1 ft.. 



Cult. The culture and propagation of the species of this 

 genus are the same as that recommended for Globulea, above. 

 A pretty succulent genus. 



IX. GRAMMA'NTHES (from -ypa^pn, gramma, a writing, 

 and avBog, anthos, a flower ; in consequence of the segments 

 of the corolla having some supposed resemblance to the letter 

 V marked on them ; hence also its synonymous name Vaudn- 

 thes). D. C. prod. 3. p. 392. mem. crass, t. 1. f. 6. Vauanthes, 

 Haw. rev. p. 18. Crassula species of Lin. and others. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Pentagynia. Calyx campanulate, 

 5-cleft, erect. Corolla gamopetalous, having the tube the length 

 of the calyx ; and the lobes 5-6, oval, expanded. Stamens 5-6, 

 alternating with the lobes, inserted in the tube of the corolla, 

 and inclosed within it. Scales wanting. Carpels 5. Herbs 

 annual. Leaves opposite, ovate-oblong, remote, flat, sessile. 

 Flowers disposed in cymose corymbs. 



1 G. CHLOR^EFLORA (Haw. 1. c.) leaves oblong. Q. D. 

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

 p. 553, with a figure. Crassula retroflexa, Thunb. fl. cap. 

 p. 282. but not of Meerb. Crassula dichotoma, Lin. amcen. 6. 

 p. 86. Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1. vol. 1. p. 392. Pedicels lateral. 

 Flowers yellow. The segments of the corolla elegantly marked 

 with the inverted letter V. in red. 



Var. (3 ; flowers orange-coloured. Crassula retroflexa, Ait. 

 hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 2. p. 194. Haw. syn. p. 57. 



Chlora-flowered Grammanthes. Fl. Jul. Clt. 1774. PI. ft. 



2 G. GENTIANO!DES (D. C. prod. 3. p. 393.) leaves ovate- 

 oblong. O- G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Cras- 

 sula gentianoides, Lam. diet. 2. p. 175. Pluk. mant. 89. t. 415. 

 f. 6. Flowers pale blue, ex Pluk. and Lam. but the flowers are 

 more likely yellow, and have become bluish on drying. Perhaps 

 sufficiently distinct from the preceding. 



Gentian-like Grammanthes. PI. ^ foot. 



Cult. Sow the seeds thinly in pots filled with a mixture of 

 gravelly sand or lime rubbish and loam, draining them well with 

 sherds. The species are singular succulent plants. 



X. RO'CHEA (in honour of M. de la Roche, author of a 

 monograph on the genus Eryngium, &c.). D. C. pi. grass, no. 

 103. prod. 3. p. 393. mem. crass, t. 1. f. 3. Larochea, Pers. 

 ench. no. 753. Rcem. et Schultes, syst. no. 1255. Haw. syn. 

 p. 50. 



