OBVALLATA L., 1767 (engl./ fr.)
Section Globulea
Etymology : Referring to the arrangement of the leaves described in detail in Bulletin de la Société botanique de France, 1854.
Description by Harvey in Flora Capensis 2: 364. 1862 :
Stem short, fleshy, simple, densely leafy.
Leaves (subradical) lanceolate-oblong or obliquely cultrate, subacute or obtuse, glabrous, cartilagineo-ciliate.
Peduncle scapelike, panicled with a few leaf-scales.
Cymules densely fascicled, pubescent.
Calyx-lobes puberulent, ciliate, oblong, blunt.
Petals subconnate, panduriform, with an oblong, dorsal gland below the apex.
Stigma sessile, capitate, squamae oblong.
See also A re-evaluation of Crassula obvallata L. by Roy Mottram
but note that the explanation of the name is completely wrong and also the caption of Fig. 3 : This is plate 61.
Traduction française : Une réévaluation de Crassula obvallata L.
Attention : L'explication du nom est complètement erronée et ce qui concerne Fig. 3 : C'est n° 61, pas 21.
Crassula obvallata L. (E Cape, Stockenstroom District, nr. roadside half way up the Katberg on the S side, on dry rocky bank, shaded, 3500-4000ft; Oct 1925, R. A. Dyer 108) NT specimen at GRA.
Crassula obvallata L. (Cap-Oriental, District de Stockenstroom, au bord de la route à mi-chemin de Katberg, côté sud, sur berges rocheuses ombragées, 1000-1200 m ; octobre 1925, R. A. Dyer 108) néotype, à Grahamstown.
Photos Jacquie Koutsoudis