PLATE 326. 
Ceassula multicava, Lem. (Illustr. Hortic. IX. (1861) Misc. 40.) 
Natural Order, Crassulaoe^. 
A fleshy underslirub bearing numerous manj-flowered cymes of white flowers. 
Stems erect or ascending-, fleshy, glabrous. Leaves opposite, petiolate, ovate to 
sub-rotund, concave, thick and fleshy, margins quite entire, obtuse at apex, tapering 
at base to the short petiole, both surfaces thickly covered with minute pustules, 
which on the upper surface are depressed, on the lower one very slightly laised ; 
to 3 inches long; 1 to 2 inches wide; petioles connate in a ring, channelled 
above ; |- to f inch long. Inflorescence cymoso-paniculate, frequently, but not 
always trichotomous, with a small oblong bract at each fork, the lower branches 
of the inflorescence elongated, terete, glabrous ; pedicels 1 to 2-lines long. Calyx 
gamosepalous, 5-lol)ed, small, tube conical, lobes triangular, reaching to the 
apparent sinuses of the corolla. Corolla of 5 lanceolate, spreading white petals ; 
3 lines long, 1 line wide Stamens 5, alternate with petals, and shorter than them ; 
filaments filiform, white ; anthers small, ovate, 2-celled, basi-fixed, brown when 
ripe. Carpels 5, tapering upwards to a filiform style. Squamge 5, oblong, wider 
upwards. Ovules covered with minute prominences. 
Habitat : Natal : Inanda ; 1800 feet alt., June, Wood No. 597b. 
Drawn and described from specimens brought from Upper Umkomaas, and 
grown in Botanic Garden, Durban. 
A plant well worth cultivation, and very suitable for rock work, the flowers 
are not large, but are borne in great profusion, and are pure white. It has no 
uses so far as known to us, and the natives know it only as in-Telezi. 
Fig. 1, calyx; 2, two corolla lobes and two stamens; 3, calyx; 4, a single 
carpel , 5, ovule ; all n^ilarged. 
