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ECHEVERIA* gibbifldra. 



Gibbous -flowered Echeveria. 



DECANDRIA PENTAQYlsriA. 



Nat. ord. Crassulace^. 



ECHEVERIA. — Calyx 5-partitus, sepalis folia referentibus erectis, 

 ima basi subcoiicretis. Petala 5, inferne coalita, eracta, crassa, rigidula 

 ad nervum medium crassiora et fere basi trigona, acuta. Stamina 10, petalis 

 breviora, basi cum petalis concreta. Squamce 5, breves, obtusse. Car- 



pella 5, in stylos subulatos abeuntia. Frutkes carnosi Mexicani, Folia 



alterna, caulina, aut rosulata, subopposita, integerrinia, enervia. Flores 

 secils rachin, aut seeks cymce. rumos sessiles, coccinei aut jJavi. — Dec. prodr. 

 3.401. 



E. qibbiflora; foliis planis cuneiformibus acut^ mucronatis ad apices ramorum 

 confertis, panicula patente, floribus seciis ramos breviter pedicellatis. — 

 Dec. prodr. 3. 401. Memoirs sur les Crassulacees, p. 29. t. 5. 

 Frutex carnosus, floridus, 2-3-pedalis, foliis ad apicem caulis brevis 



rosulatis, crimosis, glands. Racemus compositus, Jiexiiosus, bracteis iufe- 



rioribus majoribus, foliaceis. Petala aurantiaca, basi inter sepala producta 



pallidiora. 



A very handsome succulent plant, belonging to a small 

 tribe peculiar to the Flora of tropical America. It lives 

 readily in the Greenhouse, where it flowers in November 

 and December. 



Our drawing was made in 1828, in the Garden of the 

 Horticultural Society, where it had been raised from seeds 

 collected on the western coast of South America by 

 Mr. James M'Rae. 



M. DecandoUe says it is a native of Mexico. 



* Named in honour of M. Echeveria, a skilful Botanical painter, who 

 executed many of the finest designs of the Mexican Flora, commenced 

 under the direction of MM, Sesse, Moclno, and Cervantez. 



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