AN ENCYCLOPEDIA 
OF HORTICULTURE. 889 
Cotyledon —continued. 
curled at the apex. А. біп. Саре of Good Hope, 1824, This 
species is allied to C. cristata, but the flowers are about twice the 
size. 
C. coccinea (scarlet).* fl. in axillary elongated, leafy spikes ; 
corolla pasas on the outside, and yellow on the inside, or paler. 
October. l. spathulately lanceolate. h. lft. to 2ft. Plant soft, 
pubescent. SYN. Echeveria coccinea. (B. M. 2572.) : 
C. Cooperi (Coopers) ñ. pink. А. біп. South Africa, 1860. 
B. 72.) 
с. 1 ittering).* Л. -coloured, pendulous, dis. 
coruscans g, orange. 
posed in date panicles. June. /. decussate, aggregate, 
cuneate-oblo channelled, with thick margins, apiculated, 
covered with wilhe mentine. "ke Pto SIL Cape of Good Hope, 
1818. (B. M. 2601.) 
cristata (crested). small, variegated, open in the morning ; 
E ikes re ary E gt Petlolate, cuneately-triangular, 
otted, curled, and crested at the apex. Stem short. 4A. 6in. 
Cape of Good Hope, 1 
C. decipiens (deceiving). fl. white. А. біп, Peru, 1868 SYN. 
Echeveria decipiens. re 
C. decussata (cross-leaved). Synonymous with C. papillaris. 
C. fascicularis (clustered). fl. panicled, pendulous; corolla with 
a short, greenish, broad, sub-pentagonal tube, and a reddish- 
revolute limb. July. J. scattered, but in fascicles at the tops of 
the branches, cuneiform, obtuse, flat, thick. Caudex thickened, 
branched. Л. 1ft. Саре of Good Hope, 1759. (В. M. 5602.) 
C. fulgens (shining)* 1. bright coral-red, yellow at the base, dis- 
posed in an irregular panicle of nodding racemes. J, obovate- 
thulate, pale glaucous-green, arranged in a thin rosette, Stem 
йш. to бір. high, throwing out leafy flowering branches, 12in. to 
18in. long. Mexico. SYN. Echeveria fulgens. (Ref. B. 64.) 
C. gibbiflora (gibbous-flowered) fl. on short pedicels along the 
branches of the panicle, which is spreading ; petals gibbous at the 
base, between the lobes of the calyx, straight, acute, white at the 
base, and rather scarlet at the apex. July. i. flat, cuneiform, 
acutely mucronate, crowded at the tops of the branches. h. lft. 
to 2ft. Mexico, 1826. SYN. Echeveria gibbiflora. 
оо metallic hue. 
cultivated plant there are numerous forms. 
C. glaber (smooth). Л. yellowish; floral stem біп. high, cymose- 
paniculate. 4. rosulate, spathulate-elliptic, Turkestan, 1880. 
Hardy. SYN. Umbilicus glaber. Ў 
C. glauca (glaucous). Л. scarlet, tipped with yellow, twelve to 
twenty іп a secund raceme, the stems of which are slender and 
inkish. 4. in a dense rosette, obovate-cuneate, mucronate, and 
inosely p h. біп. Mexico. SYN. Echeveria glauca. 
(Ref. B. 61. 
grandiflora (large-flowered).* fl. in spicate panicles; corolla 
of areddish-orange colour, with a tinge of purple. October. 4. 
orbicularly cuneated, all white or glaucous ; lower ones rosulate, 
h. 1ft..to 2ft. Mexico, 1828. SYN. Echeveria grandijtora. 
C. hemisphzerica (hemispherical). Л. with a green tube, and 
‚Ше limb variegated with white and purple ; small, nearly sessile, 
erect, along an elongated peduncle. July. i. scattered, ovate- 
тезу thick, dotted, glabrous. A.1ft Саре of Good Hope, 
1731. 
c. ptos (tongue-leaved) fl. yellowish. Л. lft. Mexico. 
: Syn, veria, linguefolia. (Ref. В. 58.) 
. C. lurida (lurid). Л. disposed in racemose spikes ; corolla same as 
n C. grandilora, but more scarlet. July. l, lower ones lanceo- 
of a livid colour; superior ones lanceolate. h. lit. 
rather tufted. SYN. Echeveria lurida. 
(spotted), f. in a lax simple raceme; tube of 
th the segments of the limb acute, 
tly spotted. July. l scattered, 
base, fleshy, shining, 
S. A, lft. Cape of 
rose-pink ; 3 
ovate-spathulate, somewhat auricled at the 
marked with dark-red spots on 
Good Hope, 1816. (Ref. B. 35.) 
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C. metallica (metallic). A synonym of C. gibbiflora metallica. 
C. orbiculata (round) Л. reddish, panicled. July. Lo site, 
flat, obovately-spathulate, obtuse, with an о Кока апа 
mealy, margined with red, A. 2ft. to 4ft. Cape of Good Hope, 
1690, (Б. Н. 1857, 547.) The following varieties belong to this 
Species : elata, oblonga, obovata, ramosa, and rotundifolia, 
C. Pachyphytum (thick-plant).* / red. A. lft. Mexico. Syn. 
Pachyphytum bracteosum. Е 
c. (pimpled) Л. in panicles; corolla with a some- 
what pentagonal tube, and oblong acute reflexed lobes. August. 
1. opposite, terete-ovate, fleshy, glabrous, acute, erect. A. lft. to 
UR Cape of Good Hope, 1819. Syn. C. decussata. (B. R. 915.) 
i Н (Peacock's).* jl., corolla bright red, under in. long ; 
spike ioid, lft. long; upper flowers close, the lower ones 
in rosette, obovate-spathulate, about 
í ,1874. SYN. 
| Bs . uly. 1. а 
in. to? эзы and din. broad. Stem lateral, slender, t 
d reddish-brown. А. lit. емо Щщ pan , Sien Pea erete, 
Cotyledon—continued. 
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C. Pestalozzee (Pestalozza's).* rose, sub-secund ; panicle 
glandulously hairy, panicled. P radical ones spathulate-obtuse, 
margin obsoletely denticulated ; cauline ones obovate-oblon 
Cilicia, 1877. Syn. Umbilicus Pestalozze. (G. C. n. s., viii. 487) 
C. platyphylla (broad-leaved). Л. white, cymose-corymt L, 
radical ones rosulate, ovate-spathulate, obtuse, or sub-acute, 
minutely papillose-hairy. h. 9in. Altai, 1880. Hardy. SYN. 
Umbilicus platyphyllus. . 
C. racemosa (racemose).* Л. scarlet, alternate, erect, on short 
pedicels, very closely resembling those of C. coccinea, but the 
sepals are shorter and mucronate, and the petals are narrower ; 
racemes spike-formed and elongated. October. lL, radical 
ones thickish, elliptic, acute, awnless, rosulate. Plant quite 
glabrous. Л. 26. Mexico, 1836. SYN. Echeveria racemosa. 
ramosissima (much-branched). Л. with а pale green tube, and 
a pinkish spreading limb, solitary at the ti 
d з of the branchlets, 
drooping, ljin. long. September. l. crow ed, opposite, Jin, to 
lin. jong, orbicular, obovate, sub-acute or шне, concave, 
densely fleshy. A.1ft. to 3ft. South Africa. А bushy, succulent, 
much-branched, erect shrub. (B. M. 6417.) 
С. retusa (blunt).* Л. yellowish ; petals keeled, gibbous at the 
осии MNT n dense, eub come n ib 
obovate-spa; ate; old ones retuse, glau cren ; 
: A. lift. Mexico, 1848 
ones linear-oblong, quite entire, 
` Echeveria retusa. The varieties glauca an 
are among the best of flowering varieties. 
rosea (rosy). fl, calyx rose-coloured ; corolla yellow; lower 
bracts triquetrous ; spike cylindrical, dense. April. 7. oval-acute, 
Sometimes rosulate, sometimes imbricated. Plant caulescent. A. 
lft. Mexico, 1840. SYN. Echeveria rosea, 
C. Salzmanni (Salzmann's) jl., corollas brilliant golden, tips of 
the re lobes red ; жы їп a broad compoundly IM 
-bose 1 › terete, covered with short red streaks. 
Stem stout, Tu ahi "Ed Tangiers, 1869. SYN. Pistorinia 
©. (Scheer's). creamy-yellow ; racemes nutant, 
October. Z. ovate-acute, PE Oe in the flat petioles, A. lift. 
Mexico, 1841. Plant caulescent. Syn. Echeveria Scheerii, 
С. secunda (secund) Л. reddish-yellow, on long peduncles; 
racemes secund, recurved. June to August. l rosulate, cro , 
cuneate, mucronate, glaucous. h. lft. Mexico, 1837. This is one 
of the best for general purposes, and is most extensively grown. 
SYN. Echeveria secunda. It has numerous varieties, The hes ot; d ru 
form 
glauca, with bluish-white leaves; glauca major, a : 
the first-named variety, having leaves not quite so light-coloured ; 
апа ramosa, a monstrosity in habit of growth—stem flat, broad, 
and covered at the top with numerous small green abortive leaves, 
in appearance resembling the inflorescence of a Соб 
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Fig. 537. COTYLEDON SEMPERVIVUM, 
