(10) 
gostura, State of San Luis Potosi, June 27, 1891 (no. 3766), and 
distributed as C. Gray7, a very different plant. 
EcHEVERIA SUBRIGIDA (Rob. & Sea.) Rose. 
Cotyledon subrigida Rob. & Sea. Proc. Am. Acad. 28: 105. 
1893. 
Only known from Tultenango Cafion, State of Mexico, where it 
was first collected by Mr. Pringle in October, 1892 (no. 4326). 
It is a most beautiful species, worthy of general cultivation. A 
single specimen collected by Mr. Rose, now in the Missouri Bo- 
tanical Garden, is the only one in cultivation. 
Echeveria Palmeri Rose, sp. nov. 
Acaulescent; leaves numerous, erect or aie spreading, pale 
green, at first somewhat glaucous, with reddish margins, rhomboid 
or SblAse colt, the largest ones 2 dm. es 1 dm. broad at widest 
rose-colored above, bearing a few scattered oblong leaves 4—5 cm. 
long; inflorescence a rather compact panicle 1-2 dm. long, its 
branches somewhat glaucous, short, 3-4-flowered; pedicels stout, 
mm. long; calyx deeply 5-parted, its lobes very Paty. linear 
to narrowly ovate, acute, the longer ones ro mm. long; corolla- 
buds sharply 5-angled, acute, broadly ovate in ae somewhat 
glaucous ; in 2 cm. long, 12 mm. broad at base, reddish- 
yellow, deeply parted into 5 lobes, the tube ae only 3 mm 
ng, lobes oblong, thickish, somewhat spreading at tip but con- 
nivent in age, gibbous at base; stamens 10, all inserted at top of 
corolla-tube, those opposite the petals broad at base; appendages 
lunate, deep purple, depressed in the center; carpels erect, distinct 
or nearly so, tapering into the slender purple styles; ovules many. 
Described from living specimens sent by Dr. E. Palmer from the 
high mountains about Alvarez near the city of San Luis Potosi. 
One of the showiest of all the Echeverias. Perhaps nearest Z. 
subrigtda, but with different inflorescence and larger leaves. 
COURANTIA Lem. Jard. Fleur. 1: Misc. 92. 1851. 
Caulescent. Leaves alternate, closely set, flat and broad. In- 
florescence a dense spike; bracts brightly celored. Calyx-lobes 
equal (?), linear, brightly ae as long as the corolla. Corolla 
not 5-angled, yellow », 5-parte tamens 10, borne at base of the 
corolla ; filaments united into a a tube for half their length; scales 
none (?). Carpels widely spreading. 
Type of genus, Acheveria rosea Lindl. 
