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CoTYLEDOiS" CHiCLE^s'sis, n. sp. Cliicla ! 



Eadice crassa, fusiformi, pluries furcata ; foliis radicalibus 

 dense rosulatis, glaberrimis, lineari-Ianceolatis, acutis, 6-8 pollices 

 longis, crasse succulentis ; caiile erecto, 12-lS-ponicari, foliaceo ; 

 foliis caulinis numerosis, oblongo-lanceolatis, sessilibus, basi calca- 

 ratis ; floribus omnibus pedicellatis, erectis vel deinum nutantibus, 

 pedicellis inferioribus G-8-linearibus, superioribus sensim brevio- 

 ribus, bracteis pedicello suba^quilongis ; calycis segmentis ovatis, 

 obscure virentibus ; petalis coccineis, lincari-oblongis, acumiuatis, 

 calycis longitudiuem ter superantibu?^, basin versus usque ad 

 quartam partem coalitis. Carpellis siccis (emarcidis) sensim 

 acutatis, subrecurvis, divaricatis. 



An ornamental plant, with a general resemblance to several of 

 tbe cultivated species of the Echeveria group ; but I find it 

 impossible to identify it with any of those hitherto described. 



Sebum A^rnnsTir, n. sp. Chiela ! 



Planta pygmsoa, ca^spitosa, e basi ramosa ; ramis numerosis, 

 tenuibus, 2-3-pollicaribus, florigeris erectiusculis ; foliis hemi- 

 sphtericis miuutis ; cyma subquadriflora, flore terminali sessili, 

 iateralibus breviter pedicellatis ; sepalis ovato-ellipticis, dimidiam 

 longitudiuem petalorum sequantibus vel paullo superantibus ; 

 petalis oblongo-lanceolatis, obtusiusculis, atrorubentibus, imabasi 

 coalitis. Stamina 10. 



Yery distinct from any Mexican or other American species 

 hitherto described ; and the first Sedum, so far as I know, that 

 has been found in South America. 



ONAGRARIEiE. 



(E>'OTnERA MTJLTiCAULis, Biiiz Sf JPav.^ var. PETiOLAEis, nob' 

 Chiela ! 



Foliis radicalibus et caulinis inferioribus in petiolum attenuatis. 



(EyoTHEiiA PSTCHixopniLA, n. sp. Chiela ! 



E basi ramosa; ramis adscendentibus glabris vel supernepube- 

 rulis ; foliis ovato-lanceolatis, in petiohun sensim attenuatis, 

 margine subintegerrimis, vix aut ne vix obscure denticulatis, 

 glabris j calycis tubo incano, sub anthesi supra medium constricto, 

 laciniis liberis, petalis saturate roseis subaeq^uilongis ; capsula 



