S$$ Secunde. 
12. C. Pacuypuytum (Baker). Caulescens, glabra, foliis percrassis, 
ageregatis, oblanceolato-subspathulatis, triplo vel quadruplo longi- 
oribus quam latis, apice rotundatis, egre apiculatis, deorsum e basi 
tertil superioris subspathulatim angustatis, utrinque farinoso-glau- 
cis, paullulum purpureo tinctis, ramorum floriferorum paucis, valde 
reductis, floribus 12—18 in racemum confertum secundum adun- 
cum dispositis, bracteis magnis, oblongis, basi biauriculatis, imbri- 
catis, persistentibus, pedicellis brevibus crassis, sepalis magnis, val- 
vatis, oblongo-spathulatis, corolla saturate rubra paullulum ex- 
cedentibus. — Pachyphytum bracteosum, Klotzsch in Otto et Dietr. 
Allg. Gart. 9 Jahr. p. 9; Ic. Pl. Rar. Hort. Der. p. 107, t. 43; 
Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4951. 
Mexico. 
Glabrous ; the stem attaining a height of six to twelve inches 
and a thickness of an inch and a half, very glaucous, the scars 
roundish. Leaves oblanceolate-subspathulate, twenty to forty 
ageregated towards the apex of the stem, spreading over a space 
of four to eight inches, the lower ones spreading horizontally, the 
largest three to four inches long by about an inch broad three- 
quarters of the way up, the apex rounded, bluntly pointed, the 
lower two-thirds slightly spathulate, the base subterete, half an 
inch thick, the centre of the blade a quarter of an inch thick, 
both sides exceedingly glauco-farinose, with a slight purplish 
bloom towards the edge. Flowermg branches a foot and a half to 
two feet long, a quarter of an inch thick, firm, terete, farinose, 
with a few scattered much-reduced leaves, which usually fall 
before the flowers expand. lowers twelve to eighteen in a close 
decurved secund raceme four to six inches long, which finally 
becomes nearly erect. Bracts oblong, an inch long, closely tiled 
over one another in two rows, sharply spurred on each side at 
the base. Pedicels very thick, two to three lines long, the lower 
ones patent, the upper ones ascending. Calyx deeply campanu- 
late, eight to nine lines long, the divisions oblong-spathulate, 
often unequal, valvate, completely enclosing the bright red 
corolla. 
A very distinct species, remarkable for its large bracts and 
calyx.—J. G. B. 
