larger than the others. Ctyrolla of 5 petals, 5-angular, connected
below, straight, taper-pointed, flesh-coloured and
Raucous outside, the mouth rather contracted, inside yellow.
Petals keeled, fleshy, swollen at the base, which is occasioned
by the 5 protuberances at the base of the carpella.
f im e n s 10, five connected to the petals a little above the
base, and 5 alternate with them : filaments smooth, slender,
attached to the base of the anthers. Scales or protuberances
5, fleshy and obtuse, flattened towards the petals. Carpella
5, conical, smooth, each terminated in a subulate Style, and
capitate Stigma, the stigmas fimbriate, and all facing outwards.
Seeds very numerous.
Our drawing of this new and magnificent plant was made
from a fine specimen in the choice collection of rare exotics
cultivated in the conservatory of the Colissæum in the Regent
s-park, in September last ; we have seen the plant again
since, when it was much finer than when our drawing was
taken, the upper part being lengthened out into pendulous
racemes, that become erect as the flowers expand, and remains
in full bloom for a long time ; of this collection we
shall give a more particular account at some future opportunity.
The present subject is a native of Mexico, and was first
raised from seed by Mr. Tate, of the Sloane Street Nursery ■
the seed was sent home by G. Ackerman, Esq. to his father
m the Strand, who presented it to Mr. Tate. A singular
character belonging to this genus is, that the leaves are
slighuy attached to the stems, though they appear firmly
attached; but by moving them upwards at the back, it will
be seen that they are quite loose, and come off easily as if
they were only stuck on; those, if dried a little, and then
planted, will soon root and produce young plants ; there are
now five species of the genus known, all of which have lately
been described by Mr. Haworth, in an account of the genus
in the Philosophical Magazine and Annals. We find all the
succulent plants from Mexico, and also from the Canary
Islands, thrive well and flower abundantly by the side of a
wall m a southern aspect, planted in light sandy soil, and
covered by a mat or any other loose covering in frosty
weather. “
The genus was named by M. Decandolle after Echeveria,
Botanical painter, of Mexico; the name on the Mexican
drawings was used for two other genera, Fouquiera and
Bronma of Kunth.
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