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Peduncles axillary, Elongated, terminal. Floicers pani- 

 culated or umbellate, white and purplish. 



This little plant, which thrives best in a sandy soil, and 

 abounds in the Cape Flats and Downs, is employed in 

 pulmonary affections. It is generally used in the form of 

 infusion, which is of a rather pleasant, aromatic, bitter 

 taste, and is also somewhat mucilaginous and slightly 

 diuretic. By the name of Droedas kruiden, it is known to 

 many colonists, who make use of it in coughs, and espe- 

 cially in those that threaten consumption. 



CRASSULA. Lin. 



( CrassulacecB.) 

 V. — 5, PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. LIN. SYST. 



34. Crassula tetragona. Lin. Stern suffrutlcose, 

 succulent, round, branchy, procumbent, smooth. 

 Branches alternate, erect. Leaves connate, decus- 

 sate, three-sided, incurved, acute, entire. Flowers 

 terminal, corymbose, small, white. 



A succulent plant, rather astringent, and a native of the 

 district of Uitenhage. If boiled in milk, the leaves of this 

 species are used as a tonic in diarrhoea. The Crassula por- 

 tulacacea Lam.y which is called i'Karkey by the Hotten- 

 tots, is said to be used in similar cases. 



TETRAPHYLE. Eck. and Zeyh. 



i^CrassulacecE.) 

 V. — 5. PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. LIN. SYST. 



35. Tetraphyle furcata, E. and Z. Root fleshy, 

 scaly, spreading. Stem erect. Branches quadrangular, 

 fastigiate. I^eaves standing in fours, small, ovato- 

 lanceolate, imbricated, smooth. Flowers 5-10, ter- 

 minal. 



This plant becomes very brittle when dried. It is bitter 

 and astringent, and used in the form of decoction for 

 diarrhoea and dysentery. During one of the late Kafir 

 wars, when the latter disease prevailed amongst the troops, 

 this remedy appears to have been tried with marked success. 



. COTYLEDON. Lin. 



(^CrassulacecB.) 

 X. — 5. DECANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. LIN. SYST. 



36. Cotyledon orbiculata. Lin. Stem fleshy, leafless, 

 elongated, branchy. Leaves of)posite, flat, obovate, 



