Tas. 4951. 
PACHYPHYTUM sractTeEosum. 
Bracteated Pachyphytum. 
Nat. Ord. CrassuLacE®.—DEcANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 
Gen. Char. Pacuypuytum, K/.—Calyx campanulatus, quinquepartitus, laciniis 
inzequalibus, filiformibus, corollam superantibus. Corolla perigyna, quinquepar- 
tita, hypocraterimorpha, limdi lobis patentissimis, in fauce ad marginem dilatato- 
involutis, cucullato-bilobis. Stamina 10, quorum 5 calyci, 5 petalis imposita, 
eequilonga, exserta. Sguamule nulle. Germina 5, libera, unilocularia ; ovulis ad 
suturam ventralem plurimis. Capsule folliculares 5, in stylos subulatos attenuate, 
liberee, intus longitudinaliter dehiscentes, polyspermee. Semina minima, elongato- 
scobiformia.—Suffrutex Mexicanus, carnosus, glaucescenti-albidus. Caulis brevis, 
crassus. Folia rosulata, magna, obovato-cuneiformia, crassa, carnosa, obtuse apicu- 
lata. Flores secundi, dense spicati, bracteati ; spica apice cernua; bracteis mag- 
nis, crassis, obovatis, brevissime acutis, basi sagittatis, unilateraliter bifariam im- 
bricatis. Corolle limbus coccineus. Kl. 
Pacuypuytum bracteosum. 
Pacuyruytum bracteosum. Klotzsch in Otto et Dietr. Allgemeine Gartenzeitung, 
9ter Jahrgang, p. 9. Klotzsch in Ic. Plant. Rar. Hort. Berol. p. 107. t. 43. 
This is a solitary species of a new genus, an inhabitant of 
Mexico, allied to Fcheveria, but sufficiently distinct both in — 
habit and in the structure of the flowers, and very remarkable 
in the curved, secund, bracteated spikes of flowers, in the large 
campanulate calyx, much exceeding the corolla in length, in the 
two spurs at the base of the leaves, of the peduncle, and of the 
bracteas, and in the two scales or ears at the base of the lamina of 
the petals. There is a most striking contrast between the colour 
of these petals and the pale glaucous hue of the large calyx and 
bracts, and all the rest of the plant; and the flowers are more 
readily brought into view by the curvature of the spikes. ‘The 
plant only requires the protection of a temperate greenhouse. 
It flowers in the summer months, and the spike becomes erect 
after flowering. 
Descr. A suffruticose, very succulent plant: the rather short 
- NOVEMBER Is7, 1856. 
