Echeveria byrnesi Rose

Echeveria byrnesi Rose, sp. nov
Acaulescent, forming dense rosettes of leaves. Leaves bright-green or tinged with red, not at all glaucous, obovate to oblanceolate, 4-5 cm. long, about 2 cm. broad at widest part, mucronate ; inflorescence a secund raceme ; leaves of flowering stem narrow ; sepals narrowly ovate, acute ; corolla about 1 cm. long, the lobes acute, winged on the back (at least in herbarium specimens).
Collected by J. N. Rose and Jos. H. Painter on the Volcano of Toluca, Mexico, October 15, 1903 {no. 7991). I^iving specimens {no. 918) were also sent home which show clearly that the species, while of the E. secunda and E. glauca type, is very distinct from them. This species, on account of its dense rosettes of green leaves, ought to become a useful bedding plant : it is named for Mr. E. M. Byrnes^ for many years an expert grower of Echeverias, now Superintendent of Gardens and Grounds m the U. S. Department of Agriculture.