ECHEVERIA HOVEYI HORT. (Crassulaceae . ) 28673. Plants turned 
over to the Department for distribution, ty Dr, J. N. Rose, 
Associate Curator, Division of Plants, United States National 
Museum. Usually stemless, "but when old developing a short 
stem; leaves forming a loose spreading rosette, pale green with 
broad pinkish or white margins, and these more or less wavy or 
sometimes, colored throughout; flowering stem a secund raceme 
hearing 6 to IS flowers; corolla pinkish. The origin of this 
form is unknown, "but it is probably some horticultural sport 
or hybrid but does not closely resemble any of our common cul- 
tivated forms, although it may be said to belong to the group 
of species in which Echeveria secunda and Echeveria glauca is 
found. (See photograph above.) For immediate distribution* 
