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SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES OF 
naann, 428 ; on rocky hills near Hermanuspietersfontein near Caledon, 
L. Kensit in Herb. Bolus, 9862. 
var. nana, Schonl. ( Grassula nana , Schonl. et Bak. fil. in Journ. of 
Bot. Oct. 98, 372). Planta ad 1 cm. alta pedicellis brevibus. Calyx 
corollae subaequilongus. Western Region. Zuurfontein (alt. c. 50 m.), 
Schlechter, 8560. 
28. Grassula Marlothii, Schonl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. (Bot.) xxxi (1897), 
553. (Plate vi, fig. 23.) 
Annua acaulescens stolon ifera giaberrima. Folia rosulata omnia 
radicalia longe et tenuissime petiolata laminis obovatis vel orbicu- 
laribus in petiolum attenuatis. Flores sub-umbellati ex axillis 
foliorum vel in cymis paucifloris longissime et tenuissime pedicellati 
pentameri stellati. Sepala ovata basi connata. Petala rosea sublibera 
ovato-lanceolata acuminata quam sepala triplo longiora. Stamina 
quam petala paullum breviora filamentis filiformibus antheris late 
ovatis. Ovaria 4-ovulata stilis quam ovaria paullum brevioribus 
subulatis. Squamae minutae truncatae. 
Length of leaves 10 — 15 mm., of their blades about 2 mm. Pedicels 
2'5 — 4 cm. long. Petals about 2 mm. long. 
On shady, rocky places of the Matroosberg, 4500 ft, Dr R. Marloth, 
2202 . 
This species appears to lead up to Or. dentata, Thunb. 
It is not impossible that it is identical with Crassula minima , 
Thunb. (Prodr. 57, FI. Cap. ed. Schultes, 292.) However, no original 
specimen of the latter seems to exist. Harvey could not place 
it. I have not seen E. and Z., 1896 which the collectors found on 
Table Mountain and identified with this species. The following is 
Thunberg’s description in FI. Cap. (ed. Schultes), 292 : 
“ C. ( minima ) foliis petiolatis, subrotundis, integris ; pedunculis 
uniHoris.” 
“Crescit in rimis intimis umbrosis montium Rode Sand et Bockeveld 
frigidioris dicti. Floret Septembri, Octobri. Planta minima, tener- 
rima, tota glabra. Folia glabra, diffusa, lineam longa. Petiolus 
filiformis, pollicaris. Caulis brevissimus vel subnullus. Pedunculi 
subradicales, capillares, uniflori. Petala semper 5. Filamenta saepius 
5, rarius 4, rare 6. Capsulae et stili 5, rarissime 4, cum staminibus 
totidem ovatae, acutae, conniventes.” 
29. Grassula silvatica, Licht. in Schult. System, vi, 726 ; DC. Prodr. ill, 
390. (Plate vi, fig. 24.) 
Cr. pellucida, Thunb. (non Linn.) in Thunberg, FI. Cap. ed. Schultes, 
282. 
