The ternate-leaved Geranium belongs to L’Heritier’s genus Erodium. It is a native of mountainous, rocky situations, in the northern parts of Africa; but has been cultivated in most of our best collections of exotics several seasons; yet is not so frequently met with as it deserves to be, on account of the unusual delicacy in the veining and spotting of its flowers; which, from their size and number, make a good appearance; and are produced in succession most part of the year. The plant itself is of very humble, scarcely shrubby growth; yet rises somewhat higher than the real tuberous species; to which, however, in its contracted, thickened stems, it betrays a considerable affinity. It is propagated readily by seeds, and likewise by cuttings; and stands out in the open ground in mild winters uninjured, although it is generally killed in severe ones; which renders it necessary to preserve a supply of it in the conservatory. [Illustration] PLATE CCCCXIV. CRASSULA OBLIQUA. _Oblique-leaved Crassula._ CLASS V. ORDER V. _PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA._ Five Chives. Five Pointals. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. CALYX pentaphyllus. Petala quinque. Squamæ quinque nectariferæ 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 distinctis, margine cartilagineis. _Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. 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 pointal 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 very 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. [Illustration] PLATE CCCCXV. CANTUA CORONOPIFOLIA. _Coronopus-leaved Cantua._ CLASS V. ORDER I. _PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Five Chives. One Pointal. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.