CRASSULA, Linn., sect. TILLAEOIDEAE, Schonl. 
69 
Only one specimen known which is in the Herb, of the Berlin 
University and marked “ Crassula, Cap. b. spei, Hort. Berol., Jul. 1846, 
199 (46).” 
25. Crassula lycopodioides, Lam. Encycl. n, 173; DC. Prodr. in, 385; 
Harvey in Harvey and Sonder, FI. Cap. ii, 351. (Plate vil, fig. 26.) 
Cr. imbricata (Solander) in Ait. Hort. Kew. i, 393 j>*ow II'mnv A ft'; . ' 
hGr. muscosa, L.— sp.~ 405 -(ex -DC.), PI. Afr. Rar. 10 (ex Ind. 
^ ow.^. 
r Cr. muscosa, Thunb. in FI. Cap. ed. Schultes, 281; ilU; , = 7 
Cr. muscosa, Drege (ex Harvey). 
, , { Cr. lycioides, E. Mey. (ex Harvey). 
S ^Qr. anguina, Harv. in Harvey and Sonder, FI. Cap. n, 350. 
J Tetraphyle lycopodioides, E. et Z. in Enum. no. 1870, 294. 
T. polpodacea, E. et Z. l.c. no. 1869, 293. 
V*jr. littoralis, E. et Z. l.c. no. 1867, 293. I 
'^[T. propinqua, E. et Z. l.c. no. 1868, 293. 
' (Crassula pseudolycopodioides, Dinter et Schinz in “ Dinter, Deutsch 
Slid West Afrika ” may belong here, but I have seen neither a speci- 
men nor the description.) 
Suffruticosa. Caulis irregulariter ramosus foliis quadrifariam 
imbricatis undique tectus vel basi nudus erectus vel subdecumbens. 
Rami ramulique cauli similes subfastigiati vel ramuli multi abbreviati. 
Folia glabra ovata sessilia subdistincta subtus subcon vexiuscula supra 
subplana. Flores minuti pentameri sessiles ex axillis foliorum superi- 
orum solitarii vel in cymis paucifloris. Calyx quam corolla 1/3 brevior 
lobis ima basi connatis sublanceolatis obtusis. Petala alba vel purpura- 
scentia basi connata lobis late oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis marginibus 
inflexis. Stamina carpidiaque calyce subaequilonga. Filamenta basi 
tubo corollae adnata, antherae ovatae. Stili subulati quam ovaria 
pluriovulata parum breviores. Squamae obcuneatae apice rotundatae. 
Height of plant usually 20 — 30 cm. Leaves 2\ — 4 mm. long. 
(They have an almost flat upper surface. 
On the back they are bevelled on the 
margin, the remainder of the back is 
nearly flat again. The bevelled edge 
is minutely punctate.) Calyx about 
1 mm. long. The tube of the corolla is 
about '4 mm. long, the lobes IT mm. 
The stamens and carpels are about Fig. 15. 
1 mm. long. 
This species is found from Namaqualand to Naamvpoort and along 
the coast to Komgha. It is generally found in very dry stony 
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