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SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES OF 
1076, Mrs T. Y. Paterson, 2298; Pr. b. sp., Mund et Maire (named 
Tillaea verticillaris, DC. in Herb. Berol.). 
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Crassula brevifolia (E. et Z.), Schonl. (Plate ill, fig. 6.) 
Bulliarda brevifolia, E. et Z. Enum. (1837), no. 1852, p. 290 ; 
Harvey in Harvey and Sonder, FI. Cap. II, 330. 
Tillaea brevifolia, Walp. Rep. II, 251. 
Annua pusilla e basi rarnosa ramis patentibus internodiis quam 
folia multo majoribus. Folia brevissima carnosa lineari-obovata vel 
subrotundata obtusa. Flores axillares et terminales subfastigiati 
pedicellis filiformibus quam folia longioribus. Calyx profunde qua- 
drifidus 2/3 longitudinis petalorum aequans laciniis oblongis obtusis. 
Petala oblonga obtusa alba. Filamenta subulata, antherae late 
oblongae. Ovaria 8 — 10-ovulata. Stili breves filiformes. Squamae 
stipitatae apice abrupte semilunulariae. 
The plant, which grows in damp places, is usually only 2 — 3 cm. 
high, but may reach a height of 8 cm. It is easily recognised by its 
small leaves and its relatively large flowers. The leaves are 1 — 2 mm. 
long, the petals 3 mm. long. 
I have retained the specific name, as it is very suitable, and have 
given Cr. brevifolia, Harv. (FI. Cap. II, 339) the name of Cr. Pearsoni 
l (Ann. S. A. Mus. ix, 47). It flowers in September and October. 
Near the Zoutrivier, Sept. 1815, Bergius (who states on the label 
“ Caulis et ramuli di- et trichotomi diaphani striati pallide rosei. 
Folia carnosa ovata connata. Petala calyce duplo longiora, extus 
versus apicem macula rubra ”) ; Cape Town, Z. 635 ; on the slopes of 
the Devil’s Peak, E. and Z. 1851 (who describe the flowers as “pallide 
flavescentes ”) ; Capeflats, Wolley Dod, 441, MacOwan, 3160 and Herb. 
Austr. Afr. 1753 ; near Claremont, Schlechter, 1530 ; Wynberg, Wilms, 
3202; Three Anchor Bay, Wolley Dod, 1535; sandy places on the 
Zwartriver, Z. 5071 ; near Hopefield, H. Bolus, 12677 ; in sandy places 
near Alexandershoek, Schlechter, 5140. 
7. Crassula aphylla, Schonl. et Bak. fil. in Journ. of Bot. xxxvi (1898), 371. 
(Plate in, fig. 7.) 
Annua glabra pusilla. Caulis opuntiaeformis aphyllus supra 
parum ramosus erectus internodiis basi subteretibus apicem versus 
gradatim inflatis applanatis summo excavatis vel sparse foliosus foliis 
late oblongis obtusis, internodiis plus minusve filiformibus. Flores 
4-meri (vel ramus 3-meri ?) terminales breviter pedicellati. Calyx 
obconicus lobis minutis subtrigonis. Petala late ovata. Stamina 
pet-alis subaequilonga filamentis linearibus apice constrictis antheris 
