_PLATE CCCCXIV. 
CRASSULA OBLIQUA. 
‘ Oblique-leaved Crassula.  - 
oe CEA $8: Vv. ORD ER -V: 
PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. Five Chives. Five Pointals. 
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Ca.yx pentaphyllus. Petala quinque. Squa- EMpALeMeEnr five-leaved. Petals five. Five 
me quinque nectarifere ad basin germi- . || _ honey-bearing pores at the base of the 
nis, germ, - 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &c. 
Crassuxa, foliis ovatis obliquis integerrimis CrassuLa, with leaves egg-shaped oblique 
acutis distinctis, -margine cartilagineis. very entire acute distinet, and cartilagi- 
Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. 1553.—Ait. Hort. Kew. nous on the margin. 
! : 395. | ; 
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
1. A flower with its empalement. 
2. The seed-bud and pointals, : 
3. A detached pointal magnified. 
Arruoueu the genus Crassula is a very extensive one, and possesses many species which are remark- 
able either for beauty, singularity, or fragrance ; the one which we have here the satisfaction of Ulus- 7 
trating is, we think, by far the most ornamental; and is at the same time both a stately and a singular 
plant. Itis very succulent, and requires the heat of the hot-house to make it bloom ; but prospers 
best, like all other succulent plants of the more tender kind, on the shelves of adry stove. It is a 
native of the Cape of Good Hope, and is propagated with facility by cuttings; prefers a light loamy 
soil, and a dry treatment; and produces its large bunches of flowers late in the year ; which are 
very showy and of considerable duration, particularly if removed into the green-house while in bloom, 
and at that time more liberally watered. 
The oblique-leaved Crassula is an old inhabitant of our gardens, but not a frequent one. Our 
drawing was made from a fine specimen obligingly sent us by Thomas Evans, esq. from his fine col- 
lection at Stepney, last August. : 
