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Urbinia (named for Dr. Manuel Urbina). Crassulaceae. Perennial succulent herbs, caulescent or acaulescent: lvs. closely imbricated, thick and rigid: infl. rather few-fld., cymose: calyx small, 5-lobed, lobes ovate to lanceolate, equal or unequal, much shorter than the corolla which is somewhat cone-shaped, lobes united at base into a tube; stamens 10, borne on the corolla; carpels 5. Three or 4 species, Mex. See also Cotyledon, Vol. II, p. 868. U. obscura, Rose. Caulescent: st. about 4 in. high: lvs. ovate, about 3 x 2 in., thick but flattened, somewhat rounded at base: fl.-sts. thickish, with many narrow lvs.: infl. a 2-branched raceme: fls. about 10; calyx-teeth lanceolate; corolla about 1/2 in. long, bright rose below, lobes slightly spreading, yellow. Habitat unknown. U. Purpusii, Rose. Acaulescent: lvs. forming a very compact rosette, broadly ovate, acuminate, 1 1/4 in. long and nearly as broad at the base, glabrous, mottled with brown: flowering st. reddish, nearly 1 ft. high, bearing numerous small, ovate, appressed lvs.: infl. about 6-fld., in a raceme: sepals green, ovate, acute; corolla somewhat urn-shaped, pinkish outside, pale yellow inside, petals acute. S. Mex. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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