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* ECHEVER1A rosea 



Rosy Echeveria. 



DECANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Crassulace^e. 



ECHEVERIA. Botanical Register, vol. 15. t. 124/ 



E. rosea; caulescens, foliis ovalibus erectis acutis nunc terminalibus rosulatis 

 nunc imbricatis, spica cylindracea densissima, bracteis inferioribus colo- 

 ratis lanceolatis basi angustatis triquetris corollis longioribus, sepalis 

 linearibus acuminatis corollae campanulatse sequalibus. 



Caulis carnosus, teres, pedalis, ramosus, lutescens. Folia carnosa, ovalia, 

 basi angustata triquetra ; in apicibus ramorum sterilium aggregatis viridibus 

 roseo-marginatw, aut secus ramos floridos imbricatis roseis. Sepala linearia, 

 acuta, rosea, corolla campanulatcs 5-partitce cequalia, bracteis linearibus ipsis 

 (Bqualibus suffulta. Stamina 10, corolla basi insert a. Carpella 5, acuminata, 

 squamis nullis hypogynis. 



A Mexican herbaceous plant, imported by Messrs. Lee 

 and Co. of the Vineyard, Hammersmith, and by them pre- 

 sented to the Horticultural Society, in whose garden it flow- 

 ered in April, 1841. 



From E. gibbiflora its short compact inflorescence dis- 

 tinguishes it, as well as the yellow flowers with rose-coloured 

 bracts, which render it very gay. There is indeed but one 

 species yet described in which the corolla is yellow, and that, 

 beino- the old E. csespitosa, is a quite different stemless plant. 



It is a pretty green-house plant, requiring the same ma- 

 nagement as Crassulas and succulents of that kind. It 

 does best when grown in a very light house, and the leaves, 

 bracts and flowers acquire that deep colour which is so beau- 

 tiful in some of the species of this family. It strikes readily 

 either from leaves or from cuttings, and should be grown in a 

 .iirht and well-drained soil. 



* See folio 1247. 



April, 1842 



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