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CRASSULA, Linn., sect. TILLAEOIDEAE, Schonl. 
? Cr. strigosa, Linn. Amoen. vi, 86; DC. Prodr. ill, 389 (non Lam. ?). 
Cr. pubescens, Endl. in Walp. Rep. II, 252 (ex Ind. Kew.). 
Cr. diapliana, a. Drege (ex Harvey). 
Cr. Sarcolipes, Harv. in Harvey and Sonder, FI. Cap. II, 355. 
Sarcolipes pubescens, E. et Z. in Enum. no. 1853, 290. 
Annua. Caulis herbaceus carnosus diffusus ramosus erectiusculus 
pubescens. Folia opposita subconnata carnosula applanata obovata 
obtusa pubescentia vel glabra margine tenuissime ciliata. Flores 
roseo-albi pentameri inferiores axillares vel in dichotomis ramulorum 
terminales, superiores subumbellati pedicellati, pedicellis capillaribus 
villosis foliis brevioribus. Calycis lobi basi connati lanceolato-oblongi 
subacuti pubescentes corollae subaequilongi. Petala sublibera ovata 
acuta incarnata stellata. Stamina quam corolla breviora antheris flavis. 
Ovaria multi-ovulata, stilis brevibus subulatis. Squamae lineares. 
A small herb with lax growth 5 — 10 cm. high. Internodes 
1'2 — 2 - 4 cm. long. Leaves 1 — 2 cm. long, 6 — 8 mm. wide. Petals 
about 2 mm. long on hairlike pedicels 1 — T5 cm. long. 
Endlicher’s name cannot be adopted for the species as there is 
already a Cr. pubescens, L. f. I think Thunberg was mistaken 
when he identified his plant with Cr. pellucida, L. I have not seen 
Lichtenstein’s description, but his specimens in the Berlin Herbarium 
prove the identity of his species with Cr. Sarcolipes, Harv. The 
description of Cr. strigosa, L. is insufficient for identification. 
Above Orange Kloof, Table Mt., Sc-hlechter, 1320 ; Camps Bay, Z. 
114, 5073; Zeekoe Vley, Schlechter, 8504; near Clanwilliam, Diels, 
289, 331 and 331a, E. and Z. 1853; Witsenberg (Tulbagh), Z. ? sine 
no. in Herb. Berol. ; Forest near Swellendam, Lichtenstein in Herb. 
Berol. ; Prom. b. sp., Drege in Herb. Beijol. 
Harvey also records the plant from Simon’s Bay and Piquetberg, 
etc., Thunberg from Paarl and Paardeberg, Mosselbay, Zwartland and 
elsewhere. 
30. Crassula diapliana,, E. Mey. in Harvey and Sonder, FI. Cap. II, 355. 
? Cr. inanis (Th. a.), E. Mey. in Herb. Drege. 
“ Herbacea. Caulis dichotome ramosus diffusus gracilis pubescens. 
Folia remota opposita subconnata ovata basi attenuata pubescentia 
plana. Flores pedicellis filiformibus inferiores solitarii, superiores laxe 
fasciculato-subumbellati. Calycis lobi quam petala dimidio brevioies 
hispido-pubescentes oblongi obtusi. Petala connata obovata-oblonga. 
Stili breves subulati.” 
“A slender herb 7‘5 — 15 cm. high. Internodes 2‘4 4 8 cm. long. 
Leaves l - 2 cm. long, 4 mm. broad, membranous when dry. Flowers 
2 mm. long. Near Cr. Sarcolipes, but with different flowers.” “Between 
Nieuwkloof and Slangenkeuwel, Drege ’ (ex Harvey). 
A. H. B. II. 
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