ADDISONIA 11 
(Plate 6) 
ECHEVERIA SETOSA 
Setose Echeveria 
Native of southern Mexico 
Family CRASSULACEAE ORPINE Family 
Echeveria setosa Rose & Purpus, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 13: 45. pl. ro. 1910. 
temless perennial. The numerous leaves, one hundred or 
more, fe a dense, almost hemiohode rosette, three or four inches in 
diameter. ‘The leaves are fleshy but flat, spatulate to oblanceolate, 
ae one to two inches long, covered on both sides with setose 
hair he flowering stem is usually simple, sometimes branched, 
fifteen inches long or less, covered with purple hairs, and bearing 
numerous small leaves. ‘There are eight to fifteen flowers, arranged 
long. The five sepals are linear, green, setose, and spreading. 
ios five petals are about one half of an inch tt rad at base, eee 
ip. ‘The ten stamens are white. The carpels are five in number 
es differs from all the other known species of Echeveria in 
having the leaves and inflorescence setose, a peculiarity which 
makes it a very striking plant and a most interesting introduction 
to our conservatories. The plant in the collection of the New 
York Botanical Garden was collected by C. A. Purpus in the 
mountains of Puebla, Mexico. 
The genus Echeveria, of more than sixty species, is confined to 
the New World and chiefly to Mexico. Only one species has been 
reported from the United States and that from near the Mexican 
order. One or two are known from Central America, while one 
occurs as far south as central Peru. Many form dense rosettes of 
highly colored leaves and for this reason are admirable plants for 
carpet and formal bedding. Echeveria secunda, Echeveria glauca, 
and various hybrids have long been familiar favorites. 
Recently many new species with highly colored leaves have been 
discovered in Mexico, some of them as attractive as those now in 
cultivation. 
J. N. Ross. 
EXPLANATION OF Plats. Fig. 1.—Plant. Fig. 2.—Flower, opened to expose 
stamens and pistil, 
