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Cotyledon—continued. 
or five-partite; lobes often longer than the tube; stamens 
ten, united to the petals at the base; scales five; carpels 
five, each ending in a subulate style. Fleshy 
shrubs or herbs, mostly from Mexico, one from 
Peru, and another from Japan. 
Pistorinia. Calyx short; corolla tube much 
elongated, cylindrical; stamens inserted in the 
throat of the corolla; carpels long, linear. An- 
nual erect herbs, natives of Spain and Algiers. 
Umbilicus. Calyx five-parted, equal to, or 
slightly shorter than, corolla tube; corolla tu- 
bular or campanulate, five-cleft; lobes acute; 
stamens ten, inserted in the corolla; scales five; 
earpels five; styles subulate. Herbs, indigenous 
to the South of Europe and the Orient. 
CULTIVATION. Most of the Cotyledons suc- 
ceed in well-drained sandy loam, and are readily 
propagated by seed; this plan being, of course, 
the only one for the annual species, Many pro- 
duce a large number of offsets, which afford a 
certain and rapid method of increase. With 
those species from which no offsets are developed, 
and from which*few cuttings can be obtained, 
excluded by means of mats or som: 
е | | e other covering. Thi 
әй опе of Aun easiest to increase, as it нона ci OR 
ae qu cw of side growths, which ean be removed and 
on into good plants in a comparatively short time 
EO ем = * m einbowe winte -flowering plant that 
айана т us jor lon, аз its thick coral-red, wax- 
1 0 main siderable time in full b 
x aes. grown, e i not "ig euis much Залата ы 
agated eave i 
LZ т have done flow ME о ен 
In the cuttings, which should be 
_ place until they have rooted. Early € hg m 
ler dry during winter, in а frame Or house free 
! i entioned at the commencement of this paragraph 
ced). И. yell 
у 7 oh ‚и е 2ft. to Aft. Mexico, 
.* Л. dull orange, few, disposed on a 
‹ „1. rosulate 
to a rigid, spiny point, Nee 
agavoides. 
| €. atropurpurea sd pentagonal 
ite towards the hows, Purple)* A. bright red 
wards base ; flower-stem erect, башайы in a long 
obovate-spathulate, | Purple, covered with a 
THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Cotyledon— continued. 
glaucous 'bloom," and aggregated into a dense rosette at the 
top of the stem, which is short, stout, and glaucous, Mexico, 
1869. SYN. Echeveria atropurpurea. (Ref. B. 198.) 
“Fig, 535. COTYLEDON AGAVOIDES. 
C. cæspitosa (tufted). Л. yellow, cymose. 
narrow, tongue-formed, lanceolate, graduall 
acute P h. lft. California, 1796. SYN, Ас 
(Ref. В. 69.) P 
C. californica (Californian).* Л. pale yellow, disposed on lateri 
flowering stems, which are 1. long, bearing short, ovate, 
lexicaul leaves, and a bifid or trifid raceme. l. rosulate, ! 1855. 
- lanceolate, acute, farinosely-glaucous. A. 9in. California, 
SYN. Echeveria californica. (Kef. B. 70.) 
C. canaliculata (channelled). Л. red. April. 
1846. SYN. Echeveria canaliculata. "vs 
July. l. rosulate, 
narrowed to an 
ia coespitosa. 
aed ed) Л. purple ; spikes terminal. # | 
lub-leav . purple ; spikes ndr 
ber. i m club-formed, incurved, acuminated, 
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