ECHEVE'RIA RACEMOSA, 
RACEMOSE-FLOWERED ECHEVERIA. 
EXOGENZR, DYCOTYLEDONEZ. 
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NATURAL ORDER, CRASSULACE, 
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GENUS. Ecueverr. Catyx 5- -partitus, sepalis folia referentibus erectis, 
ima basi sub-concretis. Prrata 5, inferné coalita, erecta, crassa, rigidula, ad 
he me dium crassiora et fere basi eee acuta, STAMINA nies bre- 
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DECANDOLLE. 
basi cum is ¢ 
ksi saa abeuntia. 
ECIES. Ecurver RIA RACEMOSA. —— Fouis denned a 
confertis, lieder lanceolat rnosis, pruino 
caulinis altern tnis, ovato- scutis Nghe = F onipus a shai pela, oe: 
yee carnoso, — » glauco; corolla ¢ coccinea ida 
Coalitis, apice acutis. é 
ee OF THE GENus, Ecueverta. CaLtyx fiye-parted. Sr- 
PALS resembling the leaves, erect, somewhat concrete at the base. 
Peraus 5, united at the lower part, erect, thick, rigid, thickening to- 
wards the central nerve and almost triangular at the base, acute. Sta- 
MENS 10, shorter than the petals, to which they adhere at the base. 
Scatgs 5, short, obtuse. Carpets 5, terminating in awl-shaped styles. 
Description oF THE Species, EcHEveRiA RACEMOSA. PLANT 
herbaceous, fleshy. Root above the ground, prolonged into a sort of 
tuberous neck, which is dark brown and wrinkled. Rapicat Leaves 
crowded, roseate, elliptic-lanceolate, succulent, glaucous, or almost 
pulverulent, persistent. FLower stems about 2 feet high, with small, 
distant alternate, ovate-acuminate deciduous leaves. Raceme of nu- 
merous crimson flowers, the calyx glaucous li leaves. COROLLA 
fleshy, the petals acute and spreading towards the apex, STaMENS 10, 
in two rows, those of the outer one shorter and adherent to the petals; 
those of the. inner longer and free. Ovary 5-celled, ee 
seeds small. 
Poprunar anp Grocrapuicat Notice. The tribe of plants of which 
the one now figured is a member, grows on the rocks and arid sands of 
most countries, but more particularly of the Cape of Good Hope: all 
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REFERENCE TO THE DissECcTIONS. 
1 sion of at so hegsrvencteke germen. 3, The corolla cut of eeving the stamens round 
the germen, ig 
