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POPULAR GARDEN BOTANY, 



pinnatistipula, grandis, manicata, mollissima, princeps, 

 sjolendens, sanguinea, etc., are now formed into the genus 

 Tacsonia, and are very elegant greenhouse climbers. 



CRASS TIL A C~E2E. 



Exogens, with flowers having either many petals or only one, 

 and a calyx of from three to twenty parts, more or less united. 

 Stamens inserted with the petals, either equal in number and 

 alternate with them, or twice as many, those opposite the petals 

 being the shortest, and arriving at perfection after the others. 

 Leaves entire or pinnated. — Succulent herbs, or shrubs ; natives 

 of many parts of the world, in the driest situations ; properties 

 medicinal. 



CRASSULA, 



Gen. Char. [Pentandria Pentagynia.) Flowers inferior; calyx 

 five-leaved ; petals five ; scales five, bearing honey at the base of 

 the ovary ; capsules five. 



The name is derived from the Latin crassus, thick, from 

 the character of the leaves and stems. The greenhouse 

 species are numerous, and, being Cape plants, require a dry 

 air. The leaves are thick, broad, smooth, and often imbri- 

 cated ; the flowers are principally white, a few rose-coloured, 



