Rochea
(named in honour of M. de la Roche, a French botanist). SYN. Kalosanthes. ORD. Crassulaceae. A small genus (about four species) of small, greenhouse, shrubby succulents, confined to South Africa. Flowers white, yellow, pink, or scarlet, rather large, aggregated in corymbose-capitate cymes; calyx five-parted or five-fid; corolla salver-shaped, its tube longer than the calyx, the limb five-parted, spreading; stamens five, included. Leaves opposite, connate at base, oblong, obovate, or lanceolate. For culture, see Crassula.
R. coccinea (scarlet). This is the correct name of the plant described in this work as Crassula coccinea.
R. jasminea (Jasmine-like). This is the correct name of the plant described in this work as Crassula jasminea.
R. odoratissima (very fragrant). fl. pale yellow or creamy-white, sometimes rosy, sweet-scented, about 1in. long; limb of the petals lanceolate; cymes many-flowered. June. l. erecto-patent, linear-lanceolate or subulate, 1in. to 1 1/2in. long, taper-pointed. Stem erect, 1ft. to 1 1/2ft. high, scabrous, much-branched or nearly simple. 1793. SYN. Crassula odoratissima (A. B. R. 26).
R. versicolor (various-coloured). This is the correct name of the plant described in this work as Crassula versicolor.