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ECHEVERIA acutifolia. 

 Sharp-leaved Echeveria. 



DECANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Crassulace^. 



ECHEVERIA. Botanical Register, vol. 15. t. 1247 



E. acutifolia; caulescens, foliis subrhombeis acutissimis concavis in apice 

 ramorum rosulatis, paiiicula densa cylindracea ramulis 3-4-floris, sepalis 

 acutis quam petala multo brevioribus. 



Suftrutex carnosiis, omninh E . gibbiflorce vultu ante anthesin, foliis antem 

 magis concavis et multo acutioribus. Flores in paniculam contractam cylindra- 

 ceam vix ultra sex pollices longam ordinati, luteo-coccinei, ramulis rigidis bre- 

 vibus ascendentibus 3-4-^oris. Sepala linearia, carnosa, acuta, petalis lanceo- 

 latis duplb breviora. 



Among the plants found by Mr. Hartweg during a short 

 visit to Oaxaca, in Mexico, was this pretty species, whose suc- 

 culence and tenacity of life enabled its steins to reach Europe 

 alive. When it was first received by the Horticultural So- 

 ciety it was mistaken for E. gibbiflora, but upon flowering it 

 proved to be a very different and much more handsome 

 species. 



The differences between the two are as follows. The 

 leaves of E. acutifolia are acute, in E. gibbiflora they are ob- 

 tuse ; in the former too they are much more green and richly 

 touched with scarlet than in the latter. In E. acutifolia the 

 flowers are disposed in a short narrow erect cylindrical panicle, 

 and they are of rich scarlet tinged with yellow ; in E. gibbi- 

 flora they grow in a loose rambling panicle, and are much less 

 brilliantly coloured. Finally, the lateral branches oi E. acuti- 

 folia are short, straight, and only bear three or four flowers 

 in a corymbose manner at the end ; while in E. gibbiflora 

 they grow all along one side of long drooping zigzag many- 

 flowered shoots. 



For the mode of cultivation see t. 22 of this volume. 

 May, 1842. m 



