22. C. retusA (Baker). Aigre caulescens, glabra, foliis dense rosulatts, 
obovato-spathulatis, duplo longioribus quam latis, apice rotundatis, 
demum retusis, utrinque subglauco-viridibus, demum margine cris- 
patis, ramorum floriferorum paucis, valde reductis, floribus 10—15 
in paniculam cymosam ramis paucis racemosis brevibus dispositis, 
bracteis pedicellis erecto-patentibus multo longioribus, sepalis lan- 
ceolatis inzequalibus corolla saturate rubra multo brevioribus. — 
Echeveria retusa, Lindl. Bot. Reg. vol. xxiii. t. 57; Paat. Fl. Gard. 
t.73; Walp. Ann. iii. p. 823. 
Mexico. 
Glabrous, acaulescent or very shortly caulescent. The leaves 
ten to fifteen in a dense rosette, obovate-spathulate, the largest 
three inches long by rather over half as broad three-quarters of 
the way up, the apex rounded, bluntly pointed, finally sometimes 
retuse, the lower three-quarters spathulately narrowed to a broad 
base, both sides a pale slightly glaucous-green, the edge of the 
old leaves much crisped and conspicuously tinged with red. 
Flowering branches six to twelve inches long, with four to six 
oblong-spathulate leaves, the lowest an inch or more long. 
Flowers ten to fifteen in a small panicle, with a few short race- 
mose branches, the lowest horizontal, two to three inches long, 
with flowers down to the base. Main bracts three-quarters to an 
inch long. Pedicels cernuous, a quarter of an inch long. Sepals 
lanceolate, unequal, much shorter than the bright red pentagonal 
corolla, which is half to five-eighths of an inch long. 
23. C. ciBBrrLora (Moc. et Sess.) Longe caulescens, glabra, foliis rosu- 
latis, magnis, obovato-spathulatis, triplo longioribus quam latis, 
apice subdeltoideis, apiculatis, utrinque pallide glauco-viridibus, de- 
mum roseo tinctis, ramorum floriferorum paucis, valde reductis, 
floribus 80—60 in paniculam thyrsoideam laxam ramis patentibus 
racemosis seepe nutantibus dispositis, bracteis lanceolatis, pedicellis 
erecto-patentibus multo excedentibus, sepalis linearibus patulis in- 
eequalibus, corolla saturate rubro-aurantiaca plerisque brevioribus. 
-— EK cheveria gibbiflora, D.C. Prodr. ii. p. 401; Lindl. Bot. Reg. 
t. 1247. Keheveria grandifolia, Haw. Tayl. Phil. Mag. 1828 ; 
Sweet. Fl. Gard. t. 275; Walp. Rep. ii. p. 935. 
Mexico. 
Glabrous. The stems a foot to two feet long, an inch to an 
inch and a half thick, the scars an inch broad by one-eighth of 
an inch deep. Leaves twelve to twenty in a close rosette at the 
