CRASSULA, Linn., sect. TILLAEOIDEAE, Schonl. 
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Perennis caule basi lignoso incrassato valde ramoso ramis virgatis 
totum foliosis, subtetragonis glabris vel rarius pubescentibus. Folia 
viridia vel glaucescentia erecta vel patentia subulata acuta vel e basi 
oblongo-lanceolata applanata rigida glabra vel interdum basi margi- 
nibus scabris vel ciliatis. Flores minuti in cymis congestis quam 
folia multo brevioribus axillaribus brevissime pedicellati. Calycis lobi 
longitudine corollae subaequales subulato-lanceolati acuti. Petala basi 
connata oblonga vel ovato-oblonga acuta. Carpidia staminaque quam 
petala breviora. Ovaria 2-ovulata, stilis subulatis brevibus. Squamae 
spathulatae. 
As in the previous species the plant may flower at a very early 
stage, and in that case it has the appearance of an annual which is 
often, especially in dried specimens, not easily to be distinguished 
from Cr. campestris (E. et Z.), Harv. 
It extends from the eastern part of Cape Colony to Natal, the 
Transvaal and East Tropical Africa, reaching the island of Socotra. It 
is also found in the territory until recently known as German S.W. 
Africa and in Angola. Some variations are noted with the records of 
specimens I have examined. 
Height of plant 3 — 20 cm. Leaves 6—12 mm. long, 1 — 2 mm. 
wide. 
(a) With somewhat flexuous branches, internodes about the length 
of the leaves. Leaves about 6 mm. long. Flowers frequently solitary. 
Tandjesberg near Graaff Reinet, Bolus, 804; Queenstown, E. E.Galpin, 
2584 ; Brou ghton near Molteno, Flanagan, 2224 ; Basutoland, Mrs 
Diete rlen, 166a; Indwe, T. R. Sim, 2752; Drakensberg, source of 
river Injansuti, M. Evans, 639 ; Pietersburg, Bolus, 10896 ; Caledon 
river, Burke, 218; Doornkop, Burke, 219; Groenberg, Natal, J. M. 
Wood, 583. 
( b ) More rigid, internodes much shorter than the leaves ; leaves 
scabrid or ciliate on lower portion, about 1 cm. long. These agree on 
the whole with the type of Cr. transvaaliensis, O.K. 
Tsitsa River, Schlechter, 6380 ; on rocks near Noodsberg (flowers 
yellow), Wood, 826 ; Van Reenen, Wood, 9803 ; Fairfield, Alexandra 
county, Rudatis, 211; Estcourt, Schlechter, 3356 ; Claremont, Natal, 
Schlechter, 3053 ; Johannesburg, O. Kuntze and Galpin, 1393 ; 
Rustenburg, Miss Malcom, 144 ; Middelburg, Transvaal, Transv. M us. 
Herb. 8249 ; Lydenburg, Wilms, 473 ; Wonderboompoort, Leendertz^ 
4A3 ; Pietersb urg, Bolus, 10896. 
Crassula bergioides, Harv. in Harvey and Sonder, FI. Cap. ii, 352. 
(Plate vi, fig. 20.) 
Crassula pusilla, Schonl. in Rev. Alb. Mus. n (1913), 451. 
