P L A T E CCCCXIV.
CRASSULA OBLIQUA.
Oblique-leaved Crassula.
C L A S S V. ORDER V.
PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. Five Chives. Five Pointals.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX pentaphyllus. Peíala quinqué. Squamae
quinqué nectariferae ad basin germinis.
EMPALEMENT five-leaved. Petals five. Five
honey-bearing pores at the base of the
germ.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &C.
CRASSULA^ foliis ovatis obliquis integerrimis
acutis distinctisj margine cartilagineis.
mild. Sp. Pi. ]. 1553.—Ait. Hort. Kew.
1. 395.
CRASSULA, with leaves egg-shaped oblique
very entire acute distinct^ and cartilaginous
on the margin.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A flower with its empalement.
2. The seed-bud and pointals.
3. A detached pointai magnified.
ALTHOUGH the genus Crassula is a very extensive one, and possesses many species which are remarkable
either for beauty, singularity, or fragrance ; the one which we have here the satisfaction of illustrating
is, we think, by far the most ornamental; and is at the same time both a stately and a singular
plant. It is very succulent, and requires the heat of the hot-house to make it bloom ; but prospers
best, like all other succulent plants of the more tender kind, on the shelves of a dry stove. It is a
native of the Cape of Good Hope, and is propagated with facility by cuttings; prefers a light loamy
soil, and a dry treatment; and produces its large bunches of flowers late in the year; which are
\ery showy and of considerable duration, particularly if removed into the green-house while in bloom,
and at that time more liberally watered.
The oblique-leaved Crassula is an old inhabitant of our gardens, but not a frequent one. Our
drawing was made from a fine specimen obligingly sent us by Thomas Evans, esq. from his fine collection
at Stepney, last August.
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