H. SCHINZ. BEITR.EGE ZUR KENNTNIS DER AFRIKANISCHEN FLORA. 813 
GRASSULACEA. 
Edmund BAKER (South Kensington). 
Crassula (Eucrassula) brevistyla nov. spec. 
Caulis teres sæpe ramosus. Folia herbacea planiuscula oblonga vel 
oblongo-lanceolata caulina in vaginam connata superiora quam inferiora 
sensim breviora et quam internodia sæpe breviora inferiora quam 
internodia longiora. 
Inflorescentia terminalis; cymæ superne densæ inferiores laxiores. 
Sepala lanceolata glabra acuta mucronata carpellis subæquilonga quam 
petala breviora. Petala lanceolata alba mucronata glabra. Stamina quam 
calyx longiora. Carpella margine axiali ciliata stigmate subsessili. 
Squamæ subquadratæ quam carpella multoties breviores. 
Natal : Umzynyati alt. 400 m. J. M. Wood, 942; near Mooiriver, 
1000 m, J. M. Wood, 5346. 
A member of Harvey’s series Perpilatæ. 
Stem simple or branching 20—25 cm long, terete, glabrous, slightly 
swollen at the nodes. Leaves herbaceous, thin, plat, in opposite pairs, 
connate slightly vaginate at the base, 2,5—9».0 cm long, or rather 
longer, upper leaves shorter than the internodes below longer. 
Inflorescence terminal, rather dense, 3—4 cm long rather over I cm in 
diameter. cymes rather laxer below. 
Sepals lanceolate, glabrous, acute, mucronate about as long as the 
carpels, and rather less than half the length of the petals. 
Petals lanceolate, mucronate. glabrous, -- »,5 mm long. Stamens 
longer than the calyx. 
Carpels ciliate on the inner margin. Stigma subsessile. Squamæ 
subquadrate about '/ı the length of the carpels. 
Crassula (Eucrassula) compacta SCHŒNLD. var. nov. elatior. 
Caulis cinereo-pubescens quam typus C. compactæ S. Schönland 
multoties elatior basin foliosus superne floriferus. Folia radicalia late 
cunealo-obovata sessilia margine ciliata folia caulinia oblonga vel oblongo- 
ovala connata opposita. Flores diffuso-verlicillati et terminales bracteæ 
2 oppositæ foliis similes sed mulloties minores. 
Sepala sublibera lanceolata ciliata quam petala breviora. Petala 
oblonga oblusa quam stamina longiora. Filamenta filiformia apice 
