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Cotyledon continued. 



curled at the apex. A. 6in. Cape of Good Hope, 1824. This 

 species is allied to C. cristata, but the flowers are about twice the 



C. coccinea (scarlet).* ., ... .., ,.^ u , ,^^ } ot ,^ a , 

 corolla scarlet on the outside, and yellow on the inside, or paler. 



fi. in axillary, elongated, leafy spikes ; 

 ' le, or paler. 

 Plant soft, 



October. 1. spathulately lanceolate. A. 1ft to 2ft 

 pubescent. SYN. Echeveria coccinea. (B. M. 2572.) 



C. Cooper! (Cooper's). H. pink. A. 6in. South Africa, 1860. 

 (Ref. B. 72.) 



C. coruscans (glittering).* fl. orange-coloured, pendulous, dis- 

 posed in umbellate panicles. June. I. decussate, aggregate, 

 cuneate-oblong, channelled, with thick margins, apiculated, 

 covered with white mealiness. A. 1ft to 2ft Cape of Good Hope, 

 1818. (B. M. 2601.) 



C. cristata (crested), fl. small, variegated, open in the morning ; 

 spikes terminal September. I. petiolate, cuneately-triangular, 

 dotted, curled, and crested at the apex. Stem short A. 6iu. 

 Cape of Good Hope, 1820. 



C. decipiens (deceiving), fl. white. A. 6in. Peru, 1868. SYN. 

 Echeveria decipiens. 



C. decussata (cross-leaved). Synonymous with C. papiUarit. 



C. fascicularis (clustered). /. panicled, pendulous ; corolla with 

 a short, greenish, broad, sub-pentagonal tube, and a reddish- 

 revolute limb. July. I. scattered, but in fascicles at the tops of 

 the branches, cuneiform, obtuse, flat, thick. Caudex thickened, 

 branched A. 1ft. Cape of Good Hope, 1759. (B. M. 5602.) 



C. fulgens (shining).* fl. bright coral-red, yellow at the base, dis- 

 posed in an irregular panicle of nodding racemes. /. obovate- 

 spathulate, pale glaucous-green, arranged in a thin rosette. Stem 

 4in. to 6in. high, throwing out leafy flowering branches, 12in. to 

 18in. long. Mexico. SYN. Echeveria fulgens. (Ref. B. 64.) 



aly. J. flat, cuneiform, 

 acutely mucronate, crowded at the tops of the branches, h. 1ft. 

 to 2ft. Mexico, 1826. SYN. Echeveria gibbiflora. 



C. g. metallica (metallic).* 



owish, tipped with red, thirty 



to sixty in a loose thyrsoid panicle, which is borne on a longish 

 stem. I. broad, obovate-spathulate, about 6in. across, and rather 

 more in length, of a beautiful purplish-glaucous metallic hue. 

 Mexico. SYN. C. metallica. (Ref. B. 65.) Of this very extensively- 

 cultivated plant there are numerous forms. 



C. glaber (smooth), fl. yellowish ; floral stem 6in. high, cymose- 

 paniculate. I. rosulate, spathulate-elliptic. Turkestan, 1880. 

 Hardy. SYN. Umbilicus glaber. 



C. glauca (glaucous), fl. scarlet, tipped with yellow, twelve to 

 twenty in a secund raceme, the stems of which are slender and 

 pinkish. I. in a dense rosette, obovate-cuneate, mucronate, and 

 farinosely glaucous, 



(Ref. B. 61.) 



h. 6in. Mexico. SYN. Echeveria glauca. 

 in spicate panicles ; corolla 



. grandiflora (large-flowered).* fl. in spicate panicles ; corolla 

 of a reddish-orange colour, with a tinge of purple. October. I. 

 orbicularly cuneated, all white or glaucous ; lower ones rosulate. 

 h. 1ft. to 2ft. Mexico, 1828. SYN. EcUeveria grandiflora. 

 C. hemisphaerica (hemispherical), fl. with a green tube, and 

 the limb variegated with white and purple ; small, nearly sessile, 

 erect, along an elongated peduncle. July. I. scattered, ovate- 

 roundish, thick, dotted, glabrous. A. 1ft. Cape of Good Hope, 



C. lingnsefolia (tongue-leaved), fl. yellowish. A. 1ft Mexico. 

 SYN. Echeveria linguae/alia. (Ref. B. 58.) 



C. lurida (lurid). /. disposed in racemose spikes ; corolla same as 

 in C. grandiflora, but more scarlet July. I., lower ones lanceo- 

 late-cuneated, of a livid colour ; superior ones lanceolate. A. 1ft 

 Mexico, 1830. Plant rather tufted. SYN. Echeveria lurida. 

 (Ref. B. 59.) 



C. macnlata (spotted), fl. in a lax simple raceme; tube of 

 corolla green, sub-ventricose, with the segmentsof the limb acute, 

 rose-pink ; throat white, slightly spotted. July. I. scattered, 

 ovate-spathulate, somewhat auricled at the base, fleshy, shining, 

 marked with dark-red spots on both surfaces. A. 1ft. Cape of 

 Good Hope, 1816. (Ref. B. 35.) 



C. metallica (metallic). A synonym of C. gibbiflora metallica. 



C. orbiculata (round), fl. reddish, panicled. July. I. opposite, 

 flat, obovately-spathulate, obtuse, with an acumen, glaucous and 

 mealy, margined with red, A. 2ft. to 4ft. Cape of Good Hope, 

 16SO. (R. H. 1857, 347.) The following varieties belong to this 

 spec-it's : data, obloii'ja, obovata, ramona, and rotundifvlia. 



C. Pachyphytum (thick-plant).* /I. red. A. 1ft Mexico. SYN. 

 Pachyphytiiiu bracteuxum. 



C. papillaris (pimpled), fl. in panicles ; corolla with a some- 

 what pentagonal tube, and oblong acute reflexed lobes. August. 

 1. opposite, terete-ovate, Heshy, glabrous, acute, erect A. 1ft. to 

 2ft Cape of Good Hope, 1819. SYN. C. decussata. (B. R. 915.) 



C. Peacookii (Peacock's).* /., corolla bright red, under iin. long ; 

 spike scorpioid, 1ft. long ; upper flowers close, the lower ones 

 distant. July. I. in a close rosette, obovate-spathulate, about 

 2in. to 2Jin. long, and liin. broad. Stem lateral, slender, terete, 

 reddish-brown, h. Ut Mexico, 1874. SYN. Echeveria Peacockii. 



Cotyledon continued. 



C. Pestalozzw (Postal ozza'sl* fl. pale rose, sub-secund ; panicle 

 glandulously hairy, panicled. L, radical ones spathulate-obtuse, 

 margin obsoletely denticulated ; cauline ones obovate-oblone. 

 Cilicia, 1877. SYN. UmbUicut Pestalozzae. (U. C. n. s., vliL 457.) 



C. platyphylla (broad-leaved), fl. white, cymose-corymbose. L, 

 radical ones rosulate, ovate-spathulate, obtuse, or sub-acute, 

 minutely papillose-hairy. A. 9in. Altai, 1880. Hardy. SYN. 

 Umbilicus platyphyllut. 



C. racemosa (racemose).* fl. scarlet, alternate, erect, on short 

 pedicels, very closely resembling those of C. coecinea, but the 

 sepals are shorter and mucronate, and the petals are narrower ; 

 racemes spike-formed and elongated. October. I., radical 

 ones thickish, elliptic, acute, awnless, rosulate. Plant quite 

 glabrous. A. 2ft Mexico, 1836. SYN. Echeveria racemosa. 



C. ramosisslma (much-branched), fl. with a pale green tube, and 

 a pinkish spreading limb, solitary at the tips of the branchlets, 

 drooping, liin. long. September. I. crowded, opposite, Jin. to 

 Iin. long, orbicular, obovate, sub-acute or cuspidate, concave, 

 densely fleshy. A. 1ft to 3ft South Africa. A bushy, succulent, 

 much-branched, erect shrub. (B. M. 6417.) 



C. retusa (blunt).* fl. yellowish ; petals keeled, gibbous at the 

 base ; branches few-flowered ; panicle dense, sub -corymbose. I. 

 obovate-spathulate ; old ones retuse, glaucous, crenulated ; cauline 

 ones linear-oblong, quite entire. A. IJft. Mexico, 1846. SYN. 

 Echeveria retusa. The varieties glauca and floribunda tplendent 

 are among the best of flowering varieties. 



C. rosea (rosy), fl., calyx rose-coloured ; corolla yellow ; lower 

 bracts triquetrous ; spike cylindrical, donse. April. I. oval-acute, 

 sometimes rosulate, sometimes imbricated. Plant caulescent A. 

 1ft. Mexico, 1840. SYN. Echeveria rosea. 



C. Salzmanni (Salzmann's). fl., corollas brilliant golden, tips of 

 the spreading lobes red ; disposed in a broad compound! y corym- 

 bose head. July. I. fleshy, terete, covered with short red streaks. 

 Stem stout, ascending, leafy. Tangiers, 1869. SYN. Pistorinia 

 Salimanni. (B. M. 5801.) 



C. Scbeeril (Scheer's). fl. creamy-yellow ; racemes uutant 

 October. 1. ovate-acute, lengthened into the flat petioles. A. IJft 

 Mexico, 1841. Plant caulescent. SYN. Echeveria Schcerii. 



C. secunda (secund). fl. reddish-yellow, on long peduncles; 

 racemes secund, recurved. June to August I. rosulate, crowded, 

 cuneate, mucronate, glaucous. A. 1ft Mexico, 1837. This is one 

 of the best for general purposes, and is most extensively grown. 

 SYN. Echeveria secunda. It has numerous varieties. The best are : 

 glauca, with bluish-white leaves ; glauca major, a large form of 

 the first-named variety, having leaves not quite so light-coloured ; 

 and 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 Cockscomb. 



FlO. 637. COTYLBDON SEMPERVIVUM. 



