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SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES OF 
Herba annua pusilla simplex dense foliosa. Folia connato-per- 
foliata rubra subplana subcarnosa ovata acuta apice breviter aristata 
marginibus albidis minutissime papillosis intus concava extus convexa. 
Flores pentameri breviter pedicellati inferiores ex axillis foliorum 
solitarii superiores in dichasia 3-flora dispositi ; bracteae foliis similes 
sed minores. Sepala basi connata lanceolata margine minutissime 
papilloso-ciliata apice aristata. Petala alba ovata obtusa sepalorum 
longitudinem subaequantia. Filamenta subulata, antherae parvae 
luteae late oblongae. Ovaria multi-ovulata late et oblique ovata 
margine ventrali laevi, dorsali apicem versus papillosa, in stilum 
brevem subulatum sensim conti’acta. Squamae minutae stipitato- 
obcuneatae apice sub-truncatae. 
Height of plant 5 — 12 mm. Leaves (without the short awn) about 
6 mm. long, about 4 mm. broad. Calyx tube about '25 mm. long, 
lobes about 2 mm. long, awn of calyx \5 — '75 mm. long. 
The description with measurements was taken from some speci- 
mens found by me in Sept. 1910, on a dry plain close to the town of 
Worcester; which I described as Cr. pusilla, I have not seen the 
type of Cr. bergioides, Harv., but Harvey’s description agrees with our 
plant sufficiently to allow of the conclusion that my Cr. pusilla must 
be sunk in it. The species was found at the JBreede River by Zeyher 
(no. 2515). Schlechter, 1587 and 1805, from Malmesbury and 
Riversdale, must also be referred to it. According to Schlechter 
it is widely spread from Caledon to Mossel Bay. 
24. Crassula aristata, Schonl. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. XLlll (1909), 362. 
Annua (?) glabra laxe ramosa, ramis brevibus. Folia lanceolata ' 
margine minutissime dentieulata cetera m glabra apice breviter 
aristata. Flores inferiores pentameri ex axillis foliorum solitarii, 
superiores in dichasia pauciflora dispositi, bracteae foliis similes sed 
minores. Sepala lanceolata aristata margine minutissime ciliata 
quam petala triplo longiora. Petala late ovata obtusa. Stamina et 
carpidia petalorum circ. 2/3 longitudinem aequantia, filamentis subu- 
latis, antheris late oblongis, ovariis margine ventrali papillosis late 
et oblique ovatis multi-ovulatis in stilum brevem 
subulatum contractis. Squamae.... 
Height 10 cm. Lower leaves circ. 12 mm. long, 
lower internodes a little longer, the upper leaves 
and internodes gradually shorter. Calyx lobes 
3*5 — 4 mm. long, petals about 1/3 this length. 
Longest pedicels about 5 mm. long, the lateral 
pedicels of the dichasia much shorter. 
Fig. 14. 
