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GRASS UL A, Linn, sect. TILLAEOIDEAE, Schonl. 
5351 ; Redhouse, Mrs T. V. Paterson, 2324 ; Uitenhage, E. and Z. 
1848 ; Oorlogskloof, Onder Bokkeveld, Schlechter, 10936 ; Somerset 
East, Schlechter, 2767 ; Mount Hope Farm, Upper Zwart Kei, E. E. 
Galpin, 2644 ; summit of Andriesberg, E. E. Galpin, 6613; at base of 
Doodmans Krans, Barkly East distr, 8500 ft, E. E. Galpin, 6613 ; 
Likhoele, Basutoland, Mrs Dieterlen, 1056a; Hoogeveld, Transvaal, 
Rehmann, 6688. 
Crassula decumbens, Thunb. ^non E. et Z.) Prodr. (1794), 54, FI. Cap, 
ed. Schultes, 280 ; DC. Prodr. hi, 389. (Plate n, figTA)^ 
BuUiarda trichotoma, E. et Z. Enum. no. 1851. 290; Harvey in 
Harvey and Sonder, FI. Cap. n, 330. 
Crassula Thunbergiana, Roem. et Schult. Syst. vi, 733. 
Gr. Leipoldtii, Schonl. et Bak. f. in Journ. of Bot. XL (1902), 
288 (Leipoldt, 392). 
Tillaea decumbens, Willd. in Sp. pi. I, 721. 
T. trichotoma, Walp. Rep. ii, 251. 
Caulis teres glaber erectus vel decumbens ramosus vel subsimplex, 
ad nodos inferiores radicans. Folia glabra tereti-subulata vel linearia 
vel lineari-lanceolata connata saepissime patentia. Flores tetrameri 
axillares et terminales fastigiati pedicellati, pedicellis filiformibus 
longitudine foliorum vel brevioribus vel interdum longioribus. Sepala 
basi breviter connata lanceolata acuta carinata. Petala sepalis sub- 
aequilonga vel breviora oblongo-ovata basi connata. Stamina quam 
petala breviora filamentis subulatis antheris late ovatis. Ovaria 
oblique oblonga multi-ovulata stilis brevibus reclinatis. Squamae 
obcuneato-flabelliformes apice rotundatae. 
Height usually 3 — 4 cm. Leaves 5 — 8 mm. long. Internodes 
•frequently much longer than the 
leaves. Sepals 2 — 3 mm. long. Petals 
2 — 2'5 mm. long. Stamens about 
1'75 mm. long. Carpels + 2 mm. 
long. 
The relative length of sepals and petals varies considerably. It is, 
therefore, not advisable to keep up Gr. Leipoldtii, Schonl. et Bak. f, 
which is only distinguished from the type by longer sepals and laxer 
growth. The latter is not characteristic either. 
Calvinia near Oorlogs Kloof, Diels, 621 ; Clanwilliam, Leipoldt, 
392 ; Malmesbury distr, Bachmann, 920 ; Porterville, Schlechter, 4888 , 
Wynberg, Schlechter, 1527 and Wilms, 3202 ; Observatory near Gape 
Town, Wolley Dod, 1430 ; Devil’s Peak, Wilms, 3205 ; Appelskraal, 
Rivierzondereende, Z. 2511; Grootvaterbosch (Svvellendam), Z. 2511 b, 
Riversdale, Rust, 269 ; Humewood near Port Elizabeth, Miss M. Dal\ 
