Analytical Table of the American species of Cotyledon 
(Echeverria, D.C.) 
§ Sprcatz.—F lowers in spikes. 
Caulescent. 
Leaves and the whole plant pubescent. 
Leaves obovate-spathulate 1. pubescens. 
Leaves oblanceolate-spathulate . 2. coccinea. 
Leaves and whole plant glabrous 3. roseata. 
Not caulescent . : : : 4, mucronata. 
§§ Racemosa#.—F lowers in equilateral racemes. 
Caulescent. 
Leaves not densely rosulate. 
Blade 3—2 lines thick. 
Flowers 4—8 ; leaves four times as long as broad. 5. quitensis. 
Flowers 10—15 ; leaves twice as long as broad. 7. nuda. 
Blade half an inch thick 8 
Leaves densely rosulate. 
Pedicels erecto-patent. 
. linguaefolia. 
Flowers 4—6 in a lax short raceme . ; . 6. nodulosa. 
Flowers 12 —20 in a lax long raceme ‘ . 9. canaliculata. 
Flowers 80—40 in a dense raceme . d . 980. subspicata. 
Pedicels long, spreading. ‘ :, ; . 381. Spruce. 
Not caulescent. 
Leaves twice as long as broad. : ; : . 10. peruviana. 
Leaves 83—4 times as long as broad. : ; - 11. lurida. 
§$§ Secunpz.—F lowers in secund racemes. 
Caulescent ; leaves not rosulate. 
Sepals valvate, oblong-spathulate, exceeding the corolla. 
: 12. Pachyphytum. 
Sepals lanceolate, much shorter than the corolla. 13. adunca. 
Sepals thick, linear, unequal, the longest about equalling the corolla. 
18. bracteolata. 
Caulescent ; leaves densely rosulate. 
Lower pedicels 83—4 lines long. 
Leaves hardly at all glaucous’. : . 14. secunda. 
Leaves very glaucous. 
Leaves obovate-cuneate . : ; : . 1d. glauca. 
Leaves oblanceolate-cuneate . > . 16. pumila. 
Lower pedicels 14—2 lines long. . . 17. strictiflora, 
