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CRASSULA versicolor. 
Red and white Crassula. 
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PENTANDRIA PENT AGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Sempervivae. Jussieu gen. 307. 3 
CRASSULA. Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. 5-partita. Caps. 5. Herbe aut 
suffrutices; folia alterna aut opposita, interdim connata, rariis pinnata; 
flores terminales fasciculati aut corymbost aut spicati. Species tubulose ad 
CoTyLEeDoneEM repellende. 1d. loc. cit. ’ 
C. versicolor, erecta ramosa; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis cartilagineo-denticu- 
latis basi connato-vaginantibus, umbellis geminato-multifloris. . 
Crassula versicolor. Burchell MSS. ined. " 
Caulis infra sublignescens, ceterim carnosus, crassus, ad inflorescentiam 
usque foliosus, summilate brevitér dichotomus ramo utroque florifero, nunc infra 
ramosus. Folia decussato-opposita, compacta, decrescentia, erecto-patentia, 
rigidiuscula, glauco-virentia, opaca, clongato-oblonga, subulato-lanceolata, 
longiora subbiuncialia, latitudine maximiim subsemuncialia, crasso-carnosa, cars 
tilagine minuté ciliata, supra planiuscula, subtis convexiuscula, basi connato- 
vaginantia, Inflor. compacté umbellata, terminalis, subsessilis: umbellze con- 
tiguo-geminat@e, multiflore ; pedunculi brewssimé, bracteati bracteis subtrinis 
appressis, foliaceis, lineari-lanceolatis, inequalibus, brevioribus calyce; flores 
sesquiunciales, noctu odoratissimt. Cal. 3 unci@e longus, herbaceus, cylindrico- 
connivens, angustus, crassus, ad usque longé infra medtum partitus, segmentis 
lineari-lanceolatis, acuminatis, glanduloso-ciliatis, subviscidis. Cor. tubato- 
hypocrateriformis; tubo lineari-cylindraceo, altiore calyce, subvirescente ; limbo 
albo et puniceo variante, recurvo-rotato, subtriplo breviore tubd: pet, lineari- 
spathulata, ungue erecto, virescente, angusto, lamina ovali-oblonga, obtusa, 
alba, extis et ad latera et utrinque ad apicem puniceo-rubente. Stam. inclusa. 
Anth. erecta, lute, oblonge. Pist. 5, equalia tubo, subulata, coadunata, 
squama minuta ad singulorum basin. 
A beautiful unrecorded species ; very recently introduced 
by Mr. Burchell, Junior, who informs us that it is native of 
the Cape of Good Hope, and that he believes the seed was 
collected on the Table Mountain. The only plants of it, 
at present in Europe, are at the nursery of Messrs. Colville, 
in the King’s Road, Chelsea, where the drawing was taken 
in July last. None of these have yet attained more than a 
foot in height. They flower freely, and may be considered 
as rather hardy greenhouse plants. The blossom gives out, 
as we are told, a delightful fragrance in the night. The 
species is intermediate between coccinea and odoratissima., 
Stem inclining to be woody at the base, fleshy upwards, 
thick, cloathed with foliage up to the inflorescence, often 
