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ECHEVERIA* gibbiflóra. 
Gibbous-flowered Echeveria. 
DECANDRIA PENTAGY NI A. 
Nat. ord. CRASSULACEE. 
ECHEVERIA. — Calyx 5-partitus, sepalis folia referentibus erectis, 
imá basi subconcretis. Petala 5, infernè coalita, erecta, crassa, rigidula 
ad nervum medium crassiora et ferè basi trigona, acuta. Stamina 10, petalis 
breviora, basi cum petalis concreta. Sguame 5, breves, obtuse. Car- 
pella 5, in stylos subulatos abeuntia. Frutices carnosi Mexicani. Folia 
alterna, caulina, aut rosulata, subopposita, integerrima, enervia, Flores 
secùs rachin, aut secùs cyme ramos sessiles, coccinei aut flavi.— Dec. prodr. 
3. 401. 
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E. gibbiflora; foliis planis cuneiformibus acutè mucronatis ad apices ramorum 
confertis, paniculá patente, floribus secús ramos breviter pedicellatis.— , 
Dec. prodr. 3. 401. Mémoire sur les Crassulacées, p. 29. t. 5. 
Frutex carnosus, floridus,. 2-3-pedalis, foliis ad apicem caulis brevis 
rosulatis, carnosis, glaucis. Racemus compositus, flexuosus, bracteis infe- 
rioribus majoribus, foliaceis. Petala aurantiaca, basi inter sepala producta 
pallidiora. 
A very handsome succulent plant, belonging to a small 
tribe peculiar to the Flora of tropical America. It lives 
readily in the Greenhouse, where it flowers in November 
and December. 
Our drawing was made in 1828, in the Garden of the 
Horticultural Society, where it had been raised from seeds 
collected on the western coast of South America by 
Mr. James M'Rae. 
M. Decandolle says it is a native of Mexico. 
* Named in honour of M. Echeveria, a skilful Botanical painter, who 
executed many of the finest designs of the Mexican Flora, commen 
under the direction of MM. Sessé, Mociño, and Cervantez. 
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