1707 
* ECHINOCÂCTUS Eyriésii. 
Sweet-scented Spiny Cactus. 
ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. : 
Bet, 5. 51 CAcTEm. Juss. (Introduction to the Natural System of 
EC. : : : : s 
» n m OCACTUS Link et Otto. Omnia Cerei, sed caulis umbilicatus 
3 continuis acutatis subundu- 
clas gerentibus, flore 
cinereo villoso, 
E. x Mi A caule subgloboso umbilicato, costis 1 
€ ie erculis lanatis spinas plurés breves rigidas re 
e ormi curvato 6 uncias longo odoratissimo extus 
3 P ae is acutissimis stellatis. - 
. Eyriesii. Otto in verhandl. Preuss. Gart. ver. c. ic. 
3 E do not find any mention of this remarkable species 
oia eres of either Martius, Link and Otto, or De Can- 
Tina ut we believe it is published with a figure in the 
: En of the Prussian Horticultural Society, a work 
e do not happen to have at hand. 
En A Y presented to the Horticultural Society some ycars 
Mexi y Sir John Lubbock, who had procured it from 
it "nu where the genus seems to exist in great numbers ; 
di ers at various seasons, and now and then forms an 
ü ges ataca of the large size of i 
val in dimensions those of the Cereus tri 
remarkable for the rich delicious odour they exhale at 
night, at which time its glorious blossoms expand. hen 
young they resemble long sooty-grey horns covered over 
with a thick shaggy hairiness, and would never be suspected 
ACE A ERN 
Echini has naturally suggested the 
h resemble them. 
ts flowers, which 
be of Cacti, it 18 
innen e D 
opt The form of the marine animals called 
pplication of their name to plants which so muc 
