CRASSULA, Linn., sect. TILLAEOIDEAE, Schonl. 
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Fig. 5. 
late ovatis. Ovaria late et oblique ovata 2 — 4-ovulata. Stili breves 
liliformes patentes. Squamae... 
Height 1'5 — 2 cm. Petals about 2 mm. long. 
Boontjes rivier (Western Region), c. 700 m., Schlechter, 
8664. 
The specimens from which the original description 
was drawn up had no leaves at all, but I have since found 
in the Berlin Herbarium typical leaves on plants with 
filiform stems and gradations between this and the 
opuntia-like leafless forms. 
Crassula expansa (Dryander in) Ait. Hort. Kew. I, 390 ; Willd. Sp. pi. I, 
1561 ; DC. Prodr. ill, 389 : Harvey in Harvey and Sonder, FI. Cap. 
II, 354; Britten and Bak. f. in Journ. of Bot. xxxv (1897), 483. 
(Plate ill, fig. 8.) 
Cr. ftlicaulis, E. et Z. (non Haw.?) in Enum. no. 1883, 295. 
Or. maritima, Schonl. in Bull, de 1’herb. Boiss. v, 1897, 862. 
Gr. parviflora, E. Mey. in Herb. Drege. 
Annua herbacea glaberrima e basi ramosa diffusa, ramis ramulis- 
que filiformibus internodiis subteretibus inferioribus foliis longioribus 
superioribus gradatim brevioribus. Folia opposita subconnata patentia 
interdum leviter incurvata vel recurvata carnosula saepius anguste 
semicylindrico-oblonga intus plana vel canaliculata, rarius utrinque 
applanata acuta vel acuminata rarius subobtusa. Flores pentameri 
axillares solitarii vel superiores laxe cymoso-corymbosi pedicellis fili- 
formibus in statu florifero brevibus deinde elongatis. Calycis lobi 
lanceolati subobtu.si extus convexi intus subplani quam petala brevi- 
ores vel iis subaequilongi. Petala erecto-patentia alba vel medio 
viridi-lineata basi connata subovata interdum dorso infra apicem 
minutissime mucronulata. Stamina quam petala breviora filamentis 
albis subulatis antheris luteis. Carpidia staminibus subaequilonga 
ovariis oblique oblongis stilis subulatis. Squamae minutae obcuneatae 
apice rotundatae, interdum apice leviter emarginatae. 
Height of plant usually 12 — 15 cm. Lower internodes 1 — 2 cm. 
long. Leaves + 1 cm. long. Pedicels in 
flowering stage 3 — 5 mm. long, lengthen- 
ing to about 24 — 3'4cm. when the fruit 
ripens. Sepals about 2'5 mm. long. 
Petals 3 — 4 mm. long. The relative 
length of sepals and petals varies con- 
siderably. In cultivated specimens I 
have often observed tetramerous flowers. Along the coast the vegeta- 
tive organs often assume a red colour. The plant may sometimes last 
Fig. 6. 
