Pachyphytum brevifolium Rose

Pachyphytum brevifolium Rose, sp. nov
Shortly caulescent, 4-5 cm. long in specimens seen. Leaves very short, 1-2 cm. long, doubtlessteretein section, certainly very turgid, obtuse, whitish, perhaps glaucous ; peduncle 1-2 cm. long; raceme few-flowered; pedicels 4-5 mm. long; calyx 6 mm. long, its lobes equal, broad and obtuse, nearly hiding the corolla, cleft nearly to the base; corolla-segments broad and thin, free nearly to the base, longer than the stamens ; the 5 stamens alternate with petals free to the base, the other 5 borne on the petals and appendaged at base.
Collected by A. Dug^s near Guanajuata, Mexico, January, 1898 {no. 153). Ty^e in the Gray Herbarium ; fragment in the U. S. National Herbarium.