Crassula monticola N.E. Brown 1882
Publication The Gardeners' Chronicle (London) n.s., 18 : 264 (26 août 1882).
Type : Lynch s.n., avril 1882, conservé aux Jardins Botaniques Royaux de Kew (Angleterre) (K000310848 : type , et K000310846 : syntype).
« Crassula monticola, N. E. Brown.
A dwarf branched, shrubby species, growing from 6 inches to a foot or perhaps more in height, quite glabrous in all parts. Stem and branches woody, 1 1/2—2 lines thick. Leaves opposite (the pairs 3—6 lines apart), connate, ovate acute, slightly concave above except the apical part which is flat, beneath somewhat gibbous-convex, 6—8 lines long, 4 1/2—7 lines broad, 2 1/2—3 lines thick in the middle, light green covered with a glaucous bloom. (When dried the leaves are rust-colour.) Flowers in terminal, shortly pedunculate, bracteate, corymbose cymes, 3/4—2 inches in diameter. Pedicels 1 1/2 line long, slender, pale pinkish. Bracteoles 1—2 lines long, lanceolate acute. Calyx 3/4 line long, green, the segments ovate-oblong, obtuse. Petals pinkish-white, or pinkish, 2 lines long, 1 line broad, obovate oblong, the tips spreading, obtusely rounded, flat, without a dorsal apiculus or callosity. Stamens five; filaments rose-pink, anthers blackish, pollen yellow. Hypogynous scales subquadrate, yellow. Carpels five, rose-pink, with short recurving styles.
South Africa; summit of Mount Bothasberg, 2300 feet ; MacOwan, 960 ! ; rocky places at Loot's Kloof, province of Somerset, J. Leonard ! ; stony places near Graaf Reinet, at an altitude of 2500—2900 feet, flowering in August, Bolus, 486 !
This species is nearly allied to C. brevifolia, Harv., having the same habit, but differing in having much broader differently shaped leaves, and apparently larger flowers. It was introduced some years ago by Mr.Bolus, but appears to be somewhat difficult to flower; it has not flowered at Kew, but under the management of Mr. Lynch, who obtained it from Kew, it flowered in the Cambridge Botanic Gardens during April last. When in flower it is an exceedingly pretty plant.
N, E, Brown. »
- monticola : du latin montis, montagne, et colere, habiter, cultiver : qui pousse sur la montagne.
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Type : Lynch s.n., avril 1882, conservé aux Jardins Botaniques Royaux de Kew (Angleterre) (K000310848 : type , et K000310846 : syntype).
Synonyme de
Crassula rupestris ssp. rupestris Thunberg 1778Commentaires
Publication originale (G. Don 1834) :« Crassula monticola, N. E. Brown.
A dwarf branched, shrubby species, growing from 6 inches to a foot or perhaps more in height, quite glabrous in all parts. Stem and branches woody, 1 1/2—2 lines thick. Leaves opposite (the pairs 3—6 lines apart), connate, ovate acute, slightly concave above except the apical part which is flat, beneath somewhat gibbous-convex, 6—8 lines long, 4 1/2—7 lines broad, 2 1/2—3 lines thick in the middle, light green covered with a glaucous bloom. (When dried the leaves are rust-colour.) Flowers in terminal, shortly pedunculate, bracteate, corymbose cymes, 3/4—2 inches in diameter. Pedicels 1 1/2 line long, slender, pale pinkish. Bracteoles 1—2 lines long, lanceolate acute. Calyx 3/4 line long, green, the segments ovate-oblong, obtuse. Petals pinkish-white, or pinkish, 2 lines long, 1 line broad, obovate oblong, the tips spreading, obtusely rounded, flat, without a dorsal apiculus or callosity. Stamens five; filaments rose-pink, anthers blackish, pollen yellow. Hypogynous scales subquadrate, yellow. Carpels five, rose-pink, with short recurving styles.
South Africa; summit of Mount Bothasberg, 2300 feet ; MacOwan, 960 ! ; rocky places at Loot's Kloof, province of Somerset, J. Leonard ! ; stony places near Graaf Reinet, at an altitude of 2500—2900 feet, flowering in August, Bolus, 486 !
This species is nearly allied to C. brevifolia, Harv., having the same habit, but differing in having much broader differently shaped leaves, and apparently larger flowers. It was introduced some years ago by Mr.Bolus, but appears to be somewhat difficult to flower; it has not flowered at Kew, but under the management of Mr. Lynch, who obtained it from Kew, it flowered in the Cambridge Botanic Gardens during April last. When in flower it is an exceedingly pretty plant.
N, E, Brown. »
Étymologie
- Crassula : du latin crassus, épais, en référence à la succulence de la plupart des espèces du genre.- monticola : du latin montis, montagne, et colere, habiter, cultiver : qui pousse sur la montagne.
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Espèces du même genre :
Crassula columella Marloth & Schönland 1929