cjS. 60. CRASSULACEAE. 



anther halves. Ovary 1 celled with 2 parietal placentas. Ovules 

 numerous, inverted. Styles 2. Fruit capsular. Seeds exendos- 

 permic. 1 genus 1 species. 

 HYDROSTACHYS Thouars. 



natalensis Wedd. Midland rivers. Fairly common. 



FAMILY 60— CRASSULACEAE. 



Herbs or undershrubs, usually succulent. Leaves exstipulate. 

 Flowers regular, hermaphrodite. Petals 3 — 20, free, or united 

 below. Stamens as many, or twice as many as petals. Car-pels 

 as many as petals, free or united at base, usually with a scale- 

 like appendage. Ovules numerous, rarely 1 — 2 in each carpel. 

 Fruit follicular. Seeds with little or no endosperm. 3 genera 56 

 species. 



1. Stamens as many as sepals or petals. 3 CRASSULA. 

 Stamens twice as many as sepals or petals. 2. 



2. Sepals 4. Petals 4. 2 KALANCHOE. 

 Sepals 5. Petals 5. 1 COTYLEDON. 



1. COTYLEDON L. 



orbiculata L. Midlands. Common. 



2. KALANCHOE Adans. 



1. crenata Hamet. Midlands. Common in shade. 



2. hirta Harv. Midlands. 



3. longiflora Schltr. Near Dumbeni. Weenen County. 



3-4,000 ft. 



4. paniculata Harv. Ifafa, 150 ft. alt. 



5. rotundifolia Harv. Common, usually in light shade. 



6. thyrsiilors Harv. Midlands. Common. 



3. CRASSULA L. "inTelegi." 



1. brachypetala E. M. Common, all over Natal. 



2. brevistyla Baker. Umzinyati Falls, 300 ft. 



3. centauroides L. Common in shade. Coast and Midlands 



4. cooperi Regel. Drakensberg. 



5. cordata Ait. Umlaas Native Location. 



6. corymbulosa Link. Umzinyati Falls, 300 ft. 



7. crenatifolia Baker. f. Van Reenen. 



8. crenulata L.f. Inanda, 2,000 ft. 



9. curta N.E.Br. Drakensberg and Mahwaqa Mt. 



10. drakensbergensis Schcin. Van Reenen. 



11. dregeana Harv. 



12. ericoides Harv. Common. 



13. expansa Ait. Coastbelt. 



14. falcata Wendl. Midlands. 



15. heierotricha Schinz. Midlands. 



16. inanis Thunb Mountains. Wet places. 



17. inandcnsis Schon. Inanda. 



