NEW CRASSULAS FROM SOUTH AFRICA 2838 
acute, glabrous, ee ar the sepals, + 8 mm. long, + 1 mm. 
broad, keeled. Squam# quadrate, yellowish. Anthers violet- 
coloured, filaments narrow at en a pers broadening downwards. 
Carpels ay heh Satlies than the s 
Hab. Namaqualand, Steinkopt ere Schlechter, no. 42. In 
flower, 11 Dec. 1 897. 
he above a been compared with type. 
C. rudis, sp.nov. Herbacea glaberrima perennis, e basi ramosa, 
¢. 15cm. alta. Folia 6-8 patibus conferta subimbricata connata 
+ 1 cm. longa crassa carnosa acuminata 3 set lanceolata, trans- 
verse fere circularia, + 3 mm. diam. Flores pauci terminales 
cymoso-corymbosi, “iat iets Ianceolatis oppo Pedunculus 
c. ongus. Calycis lobi breves ovati ¢. ‘5 mm. longi, dorso 
rotundati. Petala aac venis roseis erecta, ad api icem recurvata, ad 
basin connata, c. 1°5 mm. long ata vel ovato-lanceolata cama! 
Filamenta crassa sursum leviter attenuata, antheris ovatis. na 
carpellaque vix 1°mm. longa, stylis breviter subulatis. _ Saran 0 
late cuneate, apice leviter emarginate latiores quam lon 
Hab. Namaqualand, Garies, Mr. HK, G. Alston. 0 1897. 
Flowered in Grahamstown, Dec. 1898. 
This plant a the appearance of small specimens of C. acutt- 
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folia Lam., but is quite different, Leaves 6-8 or fewer pairs, closely 
set, patent or ng ee -patent, subimbricate, ovato-lance olate, con- 
nate, about 1 cm. long, almost circular in transverse section, about 
3 mm. greatest diameter. Inflorescence terminal cymoso-corym- 
bose, seats comparatively few flowers and tooth-like bracts. 
lobes short, ovate, rounded on the back, much shorter than the 
petals. Petals whitish with rosy veins, only recurved at the apex, 
and therefore flower campanulate, ovate or ovate- lanceolate — 
Filaments thick, tapering above. Anthers ovate, dark bro 
© Stig broadly cuneate or almost , slightly gaiigivaic 
apex 
Closely allied to C. densifolia Harv. from which it differs by its 
campanulate smaller flowers and differently shaped leaves 
C. Ernesti, sp.nov. Fruticulus gh aul 
lignosus caveat ater. ramosus, ra recti cal adscendentes 
plerumque albo-hirti 4-6 em. longi, fitentipallt 3-5 m 
ym 
lanceolati, basi connati, eek cinereo-hirti, + 2 mm. longi. 
tulum concava, sepala fere equilongis uame minute vix 1mm. 
longe emarginate. Carpella apicem versus gradatim attenuata. 
small b 
herbaceous above, 4-6-7 cm. long, except a at base | 
Leaves opposite, hairy, Aare’ or oblong-ovate, sessile, fleshy, acute 
