Plate 12. 



CEASSULA FALCATA. 



Cape Province. 



Orassulaceae. 

 Crassula, Linn. ; Benth. et Hooh.f. Gen. Plant, vol. i. p. 657. 



Crassula faleata, Wendland, Bot. Beolachtungm, p. 44 (1798), Willd. Emm. 

 p. 341 (1809); Fl. Gap. vol. ii. p. 338. 



Among rock plants there are few which equal this fine 

 Crassula for brilliant colouring. It is easy to propagate and 

 flowers freely. The species is common in the Eastern 

 Province, and is found in flower during the month of June. 

 The specimen from which our illustration is made was collected 

 by Mr. P. J. Pienaar at G-rahamstown and flowered in the 

 Gardens of the Division of Botany. 



Description : — Stem succulent, 30-55 cm. high, simple. 

 Leaves connate at the base, fleshy, 6-9 cm. long, 1-5-25 cm. 

 broad, decreasing in size upwards, obliquely falcate, obtuse, 

 glaucous. Peduncle reddish in colour. Inflorescence a dense 

 trichotomous cyme. Calyx-lobes 3 mm. long, ovate or oblong, 

 obtuse, canescent. Petals 1 cm. long, connate at the base ; 

 lobes linear-lanceolate, subobtuse. Stamens nearly as long as 

 the petals. Styles 5, subulate. Squamae minute. 



Plate 12. — Fig. 1, carpels and squamae x 5. 

 F.P.S.A., 1921. 



