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ECHEVERIA retusa. 
Blunt-leaved Echeveria. 
DECANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 
Jat. ord. CRAssuLACEX. (HousELErks, Vegetable Kingdom, p. 344.) 
ECHEVERIA, DC.— Calyx quinquepartitus, laciniis foliiformibus, 
erectis. Corolla perigyna, quinquepartita, laciniis erectis, crassis, rigidulis, 
nervo medio inerassato, basi subtrigonis, acutis. Stamina 10, ime corollae 
inserta, inclusa. Squame hypoyyne breves, obtuse. Ovaria 5, libera ; 
unilocularia, ovulis ad suturam ventralem plurimis. Capsule folliculares 5, 
in stylos subulatos attenuatze, libere, intus longitudinaliter dehiscentes, poly- 
spermze. Frutices mexicani, carnosi ; folis alternis caulinis v. rosulatis 
suboppositis, integerrimis, enerviis, floribus secus rhachin v. secus cym@ ramos 
sessilibus, coccineis v. Aavis.— Endl. gen. 4621. 
E. retusa; foliis obovato-spathulatis demum sparsis vetustis retusis glaucis 
erenulatis caulinis lineari-oblongis integerrimis basi solutis, paniculá 
densä subeorymbosä ramis paucifloris, sepalis linearibus insequalibus 
corollà brevioribus, petalis carinatis acutis basi gibbosis.—Lindley in 
the Journal of the Horticultural Society, vol. 2. p. 306. 
We learn from the Journal of the Horticultural Society 
that this species was ‘ raised from seeds, received from Mr. 
Hartweg in February, 1846, and said to have been collected 
on rocks near Anganguco, in Mexico. 
“ This is a dwarf species, not unlike a contracted form of 
E. Scheerii. Its leaves are originally closely imbricated, but 
are never truly rosulate, and by degrees separate as the stem 
lengthens; they are broad at the point, but acute when 
young, but when old are extremely blunt, and irregularly 
crenated, as well as bordered with purple. The flower-stem 
is from nine inches to a foot high, and bears at the very 
summit a compact panicle of handsome crimson flowers, 
covered with a delicate bloom, and orange-coloured inside. 
* It is a pretty greenhouse, half-shrubby plant, and grows 
freely in a light mixture of sandy loam with leaf-mould and 
plenty of sand. It is easily increased by the leaves, rises 
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