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Oliveranthus (Oliver's flower; named in compliment to G. W. Oliver, U. S. Dept. Agric.). Crassulaceae. A genus of 1 species, Mexican, separated from Cotyledon (or Echeveria), the fls. not strongly 5-angled, very large and solitary, at the ends of slender branches. O. elegans, Rose (Cotyledon elegans, N. E. Br. Oliverella elegans, Rose), is a caulescent and much-branched perennial, 12-20 in. high, with flat fleshy oblanceolate to spatulate Lvs. closely placed near the ends of the branches: corolla about 1 in. long, bright red with yellow tips, elongated and the lobes nearly free to the base: carpels 5, free. B.M. 7993. G.C. III. 44:275.— An attractive summer-blooming plant, with large fls. of good substance borne on rather slender branches. It does very well out-of-doors at Washington, in sandy soil- L. H. B.
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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