Refugium Botanicum. | (April, 1870. 
TAB. 199. 
Natural Order CRASSULACES. 
Genus CotyLeponr, Linn. 
Section Ecureverra, D.C. 
C. carntcotor, Baker. Acaulis, glabra, foliis dense rosulatis crassis 
oblanceolato-spathulatis triplo longioribus quam latis acutis pallide 
glauco-rubris, ramorum floriferorum numerosis confertis, floribus 
6—12 in racemum exquilaterale modice densum dispositis, bracteis 
linearibus pedicellis erecto-patentibus brevioribus, sepalis lanceolatis 
subequalibus corolla coccinea distincte pentagona triplo brevioribus. 
Probably a native of Mexico. 
Quite stemless and glabrous. Leaves about twenty in a dense 
rosette, thicker in texture than the average of the section, 
oblanceolate-spathulate, the outer ones two inches long by three- 
quarters of an inch broad half-way up, acute, the haft three- 
eighths of an inch broad just above the base, the face concave, 
the colour a pale glaucous-green with a decided reddish tinge, 
the papille more distinct than in any other species. Stems two 
or three from the crown of the root, arcuately ascending, not 
more than half a foot high including the raceme, densely leafy. 
Racemes six- to twelve-flowered, fifteen to eighteen lines broad, 
not more than an inch and a half to two inches long when fully 
expanded. Bracts linear, the lowest nearly as long as the 
pedicel, the upper much shorter. Pedicels erecto-patent, three 
to four lines long. Sepals lanceolate, subequal, subpatent, two 
lines deep. Corolla bright red when mature, distinctly pen- 
tagonal, half an inch deep, the divisions lanceolate, the outer 
stamens inserted near the base of the corolla. 
A very well-marked new species. The only other acaulescent 
Racemosé known are C. peruviana and lurida, both of which 
have the flowers much more numerous and distant. 
Tab. 199.— 1, outer leaf of rosette, natural size; 2, single flower ; 
3, segment of corolla with two stamens; 4, single stamen of inner series ; 
5, carpels and hypogynous scales: all magnified.—J. G. B. 
This plant should be treated much in the same way as recom- 
mended for C. pubescens (Tab. 197), but it is much more 
