

(June, 1878. 
Refugium Botanicum.| 
TAB. 338. 
Natural Order CRASSULACEZ. 
Genus Crassuna, Linn. 
GC. prrroniata (Linn. Sp. Plant. 404). Caule valido erecto simplici 
vel furcato, foliis crassis oppositis decussatis lanceolatis acu- 
minatis griseis glabris ascendentibus rectis dorso teretibus 
facie leviter concavis, floribus pedicellatis in cymam magnam 
terminalem corymbosam  trichotomiter furcatam dispositis, 
sepalis lanceolatis erectis pubescentibus basi connatis, petalis 
rubris lanceolatis calyce triplo longioribus, genitalibus inclusis. 
Harv. Fl. Cap. ii. 888. Rochea perfoliata, DC. Prod. ii. 898. 
A native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Stems terete, three to five feet high, simple or forked, leafy 
down nearly to the base, woody and reaching an inch in thick- 
ness in the lower part. Leaves in moderately close decussate 
pairs, distinctly connate at the base, lanceolate, narrowed gradu- 
ally to a point, not at all oblique, five to six inches long, three- 
fourths to an inch broad, the upper ascending, one-fourth to 
three-eighths of an inch thick, dull gray-green, glabrous, rounded 
on the back, slightly concave on the face, with a raised rib down 
the middle. Flowers erect, shortly pedicellate, arranged in a 
close trichotomous corymbose cyme half a foot broad. Calyx 
one-eighth of an inch deep, densely pubescent; the divisions 
lanceolate, united in a distinct cup at the base. Petals bright red, 
lanceolate, three times as long as the calyx. Stamens and pistils 
both rather shorter than the petals. 
Tap. 338. —1, the whole plant, reduced. 2, single flower; 3, the 
five carpels; 4, a single carpel: all magnified.—J. G: B. 

This ig another old inhabitant of my succulent house, growing 
several feet in height, and when in flower is a fine effective plant. 
It is not difficult to grow, if carefully treated and allowed light 
and air, and not too much water in the winter season. Leaves 
of the plant, laid on sand and kept moderately dry, soon show 
roots, and the plant can be easily increased in this manner.— 
W. W. S. 
