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CRASSULA, Linn., sect. TILLAEOIDEAE, Schonl. 59 
the upper 3—5 mm. long. Calyx-lobes 2— 2'5 mm. long. Petals 
1 — 1'2 mm. long. 
Lamberts Bai, 10 ft, Schlechter, 8539 ; Piquenierskloof, 850 ft, 
Schlechter, 4920; Botterkloof, 2300 ft, Schlechter, 10886; Houtbay, 
50 ft, Schlechter, 1011 ; Oorlogskloof, Calvinia, Diels, 1175. 
Crass ula glomerata, Linn. Mant. (1767), 60, Syst. Veg. eel. 14, 305; 
Bergius Descr. PI. Cap. 85; (Solander in) Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1, I, 
392 : Thunberg, Prodr. 54, FI. Cap. ed. Schultes, 281 ; Burra, f. Prodr. 
8 , Houttuyn, Linn. Pfl. Syst. vi, 280 ; Willd. Sp. pi. I, 1556 ; Haworth, 
Syn. PL Succ. 58, Rev. PI. Succ. 12 ; DC. PI. Gr. t. 57, Prodr. ill, 389 ; 
Harvey in Harvey and Sonder, FI. Cap. n, 352. (Plate iv, fig. 11.) 
Thisantha glomerata, E. et Z. in Enum. no. 1929, 302. 
Thisantha patens, E. et Z. l.c. no. 1930. 
? Cr. strigosa, Lam. ( Thisantha strigosa, E. et Z. l.c. no. 1932). 
Cr. scabra, Willd. Sp. pi. I, 1556 (teste Haworth). 
Cr. scleranthoides , Burm. f. Prodr. 3. 
Cr. glabra, Haw. Syn. PI. Succ. 58, Rev. 12 ; DC. Prodr. ill, 389; 
Harvey in Harvey and Sonder, FI. Cap. II, 353. 
Cr. capillacea, E. Mey. a (ex Harvey, l.c.). 
Annua. Radices fibrosae. Caulis herbaceus, erectus fastigiatim 
ramosus glabratus aut interdum scabridus. Folia cruciatim opposita 
sessilia connata lineato-lanceolata patula glabrata vel scabrida. Flores 
alii e dichotomis ramorum solitarii, subsessiles, alteri copiosissime 
aggregati ramos terminantes. Calyx semiquinquefidus segmentis 
ovato-lanceolatis crassis glabris vel papillosis, obtusis vel apice scabri- 
dis. Petala alba vel subrosea basi connata oblonga vel ovata subacuta 
glabra vel papillosa. Stamina basi petalis 
adnata filamentis subulatis albis rectis antheris 
ovatis luteis. Ovaria trigona extus convexa 
rugulosa 1 — 2 ovulata. Stili breves filiformes. 
Squamae minutae filiformes apice ampliatae. 
Height of plant 6 — 9 cm. Calyx ’7 — 11 mm. long. Tube of 
corolla - 25 mm., lobes about '75 mm. long. Free parts of stamens 
'75 mm. long. Carpels about '75 mm. long. 
I have been unable to find any essential difference between Cr. 
glomerata, L. and Cr. glabra, Haw. The latter is laxer in growth, but 
this can be produced easily in cultivating typical Cr. glomerata. 1 he 
relative length of sepals and petals is a character which has no value. 
The former are at first shorter, but when the flowers get older, the 
relations become reversed. 
Common in sandy places in S.W. Cape Colony (especially on the 
Cape Peninsula), but recently also found at Humewood, close to 1 oi I 
Fig. 8. 
