388 CRASSULACEA. 
4, Cotyledon (Echeveriag albiflora, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars 1, p. 9. 
Herbacea, glaberrima, foliis caulinis parvis ovato-oblongis crassis obtusis, floribus parvis (albis, 
Galeotti) sessilibus vel breviter pedicellatis spicato-paniculatis. . 
Herba perennis, glaberrima, ramis vix carnosis. Folia caulina sparsa, alterna, carnosa, ovato- 
oblonga, obtusa, vix semipollicaria. Flores (albi, Galeotti) parvi, sessiles vel breviter pedicel- 
lati, spicato-paniculati ; sepala fere libera et zequalia, carnosa, late ovata, obtusa, 1-14 lin. longa ; 
corollz lobi fere ad medium coaliti, carnosi, erecti, carinati, acuti, 24-3 lin. longi; stamina 
tubo inserta, lobis breviora; squamulz quadrate. Carpella 5, stylis brevibus coronata. 
_ SournH Mexico, rocks at 7000 feet in the Cordillera of Oaxaca (Galeotti, 2810). 
Hb. Kew. 
The specimens of this species are very imperfect; but the inflorescence and white 
flowers distinguish it from all others. 
5. Cotyledon atropurpurea, Baker in Ref. Bot. t. 198. 
Mexico ? 
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6. Cotyledon batesii, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars 1, p. 9. (Tab. XIX.) 
Suffruticosa, glaberrima, ramosa, ramis lignosis, foliis sparsis vel confertis carnosis lineari-oblongis 
acutis obtusisve (planis?), floribus parvis numerosis in cymas densas terminales plurifurcatas 
dispositis. 
Suffrutexr habitu Sedi cujusdam, glaberrimus, vix carnosus, ramosus, ramis tenuibus, teretibus, 
lignosis, 6-12-pollicaribus. Folia sparsa vel interdum rosulata, carnosa (plana?), lineari- 
oblonga (subteretia ?), 4-6 lin. longa, ovata et multo breviora, obtusa vel acuta, basi soluta. 
Flores parvi, vix 3 lineas alti et diametro, numerosi, in cymas densas plurifurcatas terminales 
dispositi ; calycis lobi carnosi, inzquales, fere liberi, lineari-oblongi, obtusi, basi gibbosi; — 
corolla vix carnosa, tubulosa, calyce paulo longior, lobis late ovatis, acutis, erectis, leviter 
carinatis, quam tubus brevioribus ; stamina 10, fauci tubi inserta, inclusa, filamentis basi dila- 
tatis; squamule parve, subquadrate. Carpella 5, angusta, stylis elongatis subulatis coronata. 
SoutH Mexico, without localities (Bates, Schiede & Deppe), Zacoalco, near Mexico 
(Bourgeau, 561), Santa Fé (1178 bis, Bourgeau). Hb. Kew. 
This species is remarkably like a Sedum of the S. reflerum type in habit, but it has 
altogether the floral characters of Cotyledon. 
EXPLANATION OF TAB. XIX. 
Plant, nat. size. 
Fig. 1, a leaf; 2, a flower ; 8, the same laid open. 
7. Cotyledon bifida, Hemsl. 
Echeveria bifida, Schl. in Linnea, v. p. 411. 
SoutH Mexico, in a barranca near Regla (Schiede). 
8. Cotyledon coccinea, Cav. Ic. ii. p. 54, t.170; Bot. Mag. t. 2572. 
MEXICO... 
