ADDISONIA : 23 
* (Plate 52) 
ECHEVERIA MULTICAULIS 
Many-stemmed Echeveria 
Native of Mexico 
Family CRASSULACEAE OrPINE Family 
Echeveria multicaulis Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 8: 294. 1905. 
The slender stems, which are erect and somewhat branched, are 
eight inches to three feet or more high, roughened below and 
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scattered seanentate leave The leaves are one to two inches 
long, flattened, eanGectiates -tippe ed, glabrous. The eqilateral 
raceme is of seven to twelve flowers, each subtended by a 
bract. The pedicels are short, one quarter of an inch long o “rr ess. 
The calyx has five linear, acute, green lobes. The five-lobed atta: 
angled and acute in the bud, is reddish without, yellowish within. 
This species was introduced into cultivation by E. W. Nelson 
and E. A. Goldman, and was distributed by the United States 
National Museum in 1903. The plant grows freely in cultivation. 
This is one of the few species in this genus with the flowers in 
equilateral racemes. It is a native of the state of Guerrero, Mexico, 
and has repeatedly flowered at the New York Botanical Garden. 
J. N. Ross. 
EXPLANATION OF PLaTE. Fig. 1.—Flowering stem. Fig. 2—Flower, X 2. 
