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Edward Otto, who sent it to Berlin from the Caraccas in 1840. 
He found it in the Quebrada de Chacaito, near Chacao, at 
the elevation of 4500 feet above the sea, on the banks of a 
little stream. The foliage is bright green, the flowers reddish 
yellow, the habit that of Echeveria gibbiflora ; it is not hand- 
some enough for decoration. 
17. SALVIA tubiformis. 
Link, Klotzsch, & Otto, Icones Plantarum, t. 28. 
S. tubiformis; ** caule suffruticoso, erecto, petiolisque pubescente-villosis ; 
folis membranaceis, deflexis, suborbiculari-ovatis, acutis basi cordatis, 
supra glabris, rugosis, convexiusculis, margine crenato-serratis, ciliatis, 
subtus in nervis breviter pilosis, superioribus breviter, inferioribus longe 
petiolatis, floralibus deciduis, ovato-acuminatis, subtus pilosis; racemis 
simplicibus ; verticillastris 10-12 floris; calycibus longis, tubulosis, 
striatis, piloso-glandulosis, labio superiore integro dentibusque labii 
inferioris setosis; corollis puniceis, calyce sexies longioribus, extus 
villosis, labiis subæqualibus, superiore recto, emarginato, inferioris lobis 
rotundatis, minutissime denticulatis, lateralibus abbreviatis, deflexis, 
medio oblongo, patente; genitalibus longe exsertis ; stylis versus 
apicem pilosis; lobis stigmatis valde inæquilongis.” 
"This is a handsome scarlet-flowered Sage, sent from Mexico 
by Deppe and Schiede, and raised in the Berlin garden. |t 
grows to the height of five feet, is evergreen, requires a green- 
house in winter, but is said to do well when bedded out. If 
it flowers freely, and does not become weedy, it will be worth 
having. 
18. OXALIS discolor. 
Link, Klotzsch, & Otto, Icones Plantarum, t. 29. 
O. discolor; **acaulis, bulbosa; bulbo simplici; foliis ternatis, foliolis 
carnosulis, late obovato-obcordatis, supra olivaceo-viridibus, glabris, 
subtus violaceo-sanguineis petiolisque adpresse-pubescentibus ; scapo 
bi-trifloro, sparsim piloso, foliis longiore; sepalis oblongis, adpresse 
pilosis, subacutis, apice biglandulosis, corolla triplo brevioribus ; corolla 
saturate rosea, in fundo dilute flavida, viridi-striata; staminibus pube- : 
scenti-scabris, longioribus medio dentatis; stylis brevissimis glabris." 
Flowers violet tinged with crimson, and about the size of 
those of O. Deppei. Leaves green above, with a dark arrow- 
headed stain, crimson underneath. Its bulbs were found 
among moss in unpacking some Mammillarias from Mexico 
in the Berlin garden. It is rather pretty. 
