CRASSULACE^E. X. ROCHEA. XI. KALOSANTHES. 



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LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Pentagynia. Calyx 5-lobed. Pe- 

 tals 5, united into gamopetalous liypocrateriform corolla ; with 

 a short tube, equal in length to the spreading limb, or shorter 

 than it. Stamens 5, alternating with the petals, a little exserted. 

 Glands and carpels 5. Tall, fleshy, simple, succulent shrubs. 

 Leaves opposite, connate at the base, thick, white. Flowers 

 disposed in terminal corymbs, without any bracteas. 



1 R. FALCA'TA (D. C. pi. grass, t. 103.) leaves rather con- 

 nate, thick, glaucous, oblong, bluntish, bent down in the form of 

 a sickle. Tj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. La- 

 rochea falcata, Haw. syn. p. 50. Tratt. thes. t. 20. Crassula 

 fulfiita, Willd. enum. p. 341. Sims, hot. mag. t. 2035. Cras- 

 sula retroflexa, Meerb. with a figure. Crassula obliqua, Andr. 

 hot. rep. p. 414. exclusive of the synonyms. Crassula Swel- 

 lingrebliana and Cr. decussata, Hort. gall. Flowers scarlet, 

 with the tube about 4 lines long, forming a large, dense, terminal 

 corymb. 



Var. ft, minor (Haw. rev. succ. p. 3.) all parts of the plant 

 smaller. 



Sickle-leaved Rochea. Fl. Ju. Sept. Clt. 1795. Sh. 3 to 8 ft. 



2 R. PERFOLIA'TA (Haw. rev. p. 6. under Larochea} leaves 

 connate, lanceolate, acuminated, rather channelled above, convex 

 beneath, of a greenish glaucous colour. Ij . D. G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Crassula perfolita, Lin. spec. 404. 

 Haw. syn. p. 51. Flowers scarlei, disposed in large, terminal 

 corymbs. Leaves said to be ciliated. 



Var. /3, alb'tflora (Haw. 1. c.) flowers white. Crassula perfo- 

 liata, D. C. pi. grass, t. 13. Dill. hort. elth. f. 1 13. Mill. fig. 

 t. 108. Comm. prsel. t. 23. without any flower, and is there- 

 fore referrible to A~loe pertiisa, Haw. in Lin. trans. 7. p. 25. 



Perfoliate-leaved Rochea. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1700. Sh. 

 3 to 6 feet. 



3 R. ALBIFLORA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 393.) leaves distinct, ovate, 

 acuminated, spreading, cartilaginously ciliated. Tj . D. G. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Crassula albiflora, Sims. bot. 

 mag. t. 2,391. Flowers white, disposed like those of R. falcata, 

 but larger than those of R. perfolidla. Anthers blackish, and 

 a little more exserted than those of the other species. 



White-flowered Rochea. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1800. Shrub 

 2 to 3 feet ? 



Cult. Large, succulent plants, elegant when in flower. Their 

 culture, propagation, and treatment are the same as that recom- 

 mended for Globulea, p. 106. 



XI. KALOSA'NTHES (from jcaXoc, kalos, beautiful, and 

 av0oe, anthos, a flower ; flowers elegant). Haw. rev. succ. 

 1821. p. 6. but not of Blume. Dietrichia, Tratt. tab. t. 449. 

 arch. gew. (1812.) no. 449. but not of Rseusch. Rochea, sect. 

 2. Franciscea, D. C. prod. 3. p. 393. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Pentagynia. Calyx 5-lobed (f. 26. 

 a.). Petals 5, united into a gamopetalous hypocratrilbrm co- 

 rolla (f. 26. a.), with a cylindrical tube 2 or 3 times longer than 

 the spreading limb (f. 26. a.). Stamens 5, alternating with the 

 petals ; anthers in the throat of the tube of the corolla. Glands 

 and carpels 5. Succulent shrubs. Leaves opposite, oval, or 

 oblong, connate, flat, cartilaginously ciliated. Flowers disposed in 

 cymose umbels or heads, involucrated with numerous bracteas. 

 . 1 K. COCCINEA (Haw. rev. p. 18.) leaves connate and sheath- 

 ing at the base, ovate-oblong, acutish. ^ . D. G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Larochea coccinea, Haw. syn. p. 50. 

 Crassula coccinea, Lin. spec. Curt. bot. mag. t. 495. Dietri- 

 chia coccinea, Tratt. thes. t. 19. Comm. rar. t. 24. Bradl. 

 succ. t. 50. Burin, afr. t. 23. f. 1. Flowers scarlet; tube an 

 inch long. According to Breyn. prod. 3. t. 20. f. 1. there is a 

 variety with flesh-coloured flowers ; and according to Bradl. succ. 



FIG. 26. 



t. 50. and Haw. rev. p. 8. there is a variety with white flowers, 

 but in the gardens it is not to be found but with scarlet flowers. 

 Scar let- flowered. Kalosanthes. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1710. 

 Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



2 K. ME'DIA (Haw. rev. p. 7.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, con- 

 nate, stem-clasping ; flowers variable in colour. ^ D. G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Rochea media, D. C. prod. 

 3. p. 394. 



Middle Kalosanthes. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1810. Shrub 1 ft. 



3 K. VERSICOLOR (Haw. rev. p. 7.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 acute, connate and sheathing at the base ; stem erect, branched ; 

 flowers in umbellate heads. Tj . D. G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope, on the Table Mountain. Crassula versicolor, 

 Burch, ex Ker. bot. reg. t. 320. Rochea versicolor, D. C. prod. 

 3. p. 394. Flowers about the size of those of AT. coccinea, having 

 the tube white, and the segments of the limb oval, white in the 

 middle, edged with scarlet. Calyx as long as f of the tube of 

 the corolla. 



Party-coloured-Rovrered. Kalosanthes. Fl. Mar. Sept. Clt. 

 1817. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



4 K. ODORATISSIMA (Haw. rev. 

 p. 7.) leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 gradually acuminated, connately 

 stem-clasping ; flowers in umbel- 

 late heads ; segments of the co- 

 rolla oblong, acutish. fj . D. G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Crassula odoratissima, 

 Andr. bot. rep. t. 26. Jacq. hort. 

 schoenbr. t. 434. Larochea odo- 

 ratissima, Haw. syn. p. 51. Die- 

 trichia odoratissima, Tratt. Ro- 

 chea odoratissima, D. C. prod. 3. 

 p. 394. The flowers are yellow, 

 according to Andrews ; yellow- 

 ish, Haworth ; but with red claws 

 and white lamina, according to 



Jacquin ; they have the scent of those of Polydnthus luberosus, 

 or Tube-rose. 



Var. fl, dlba (D. C. prod. 3. p. 394.) flowers white. ^ . D. G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Crassula capitata, Lodd. 

 bot. cab. t. 1029. Leaves less ciliated, according to the figure, 

 than those of the species. 



Smeet-scented Kalosanthes. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1793. Sh. 1 ft. 



5 K. BI'COLOR (Haw. rev. p. 7.) flowers capitate, sessile, yel- 

 low, and scarlet. I? . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Very like the preceding species, but larger and more rigid, and 

 the leaves are more acute. 



Tno-coloured-RoviereA. Kalosanthes. Fl.Ju.Jul. Clt. 1810. 

 Shrub 1 foot. 



6 K. FLA'VA (Haw. syn. p. 50. under Larochea) leaves con- 

 nate, sheathing, smooth, approximate, linear, thick, acute. 

 Jj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Burm. afr. t. 

 23. f. 3. Pluk. aim. t. 314. f. 2. Crassula flava, Lin. mant. 

 p. 60. Flowers yellow, disposed in a panicled corymb. 



Yellow-fiowered Kalosanthes. Shrub 1 to 2 feet ? 



7 K. CYMOSA (Haw. rev. p. 7.) leaves connate, sheathing, 

 linear ; cymes terminal ; stem shrubby. Tj . D. G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Crassula cymosa, Lin. mant. 222. C. 

 capitata, Lam. diet. 2. p. 171. Lar6chea cymosa, Haw. syn. p. 

 50. Flowers red. 



Cymose-fiowered Kalosanthes. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1800. PI. ft. 



8 K. JASMI'NEA (Haw. rev. p. 6.) leaves lanceolate, sessile, 

 bluntish ; flowers few, capitate ; stems suflfruticose, decumbent. 

 J? . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Crassula jas- 

 miniflSra, Haw. Crassula jasminea, Sims, bot. mag. 2178. 



