ASTROPHYTUM. 18 5 
Various hybrids have been produced by crossing this species with Astrophytum 
ornatum and A. myriostigma. 
Echtnocactus capricornis major (Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 19: 1 39. 1909) has never 
been described. 
Illustrations: Ann. Rep. Smiths. Inst. 1908: pl. 5, f. 2; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 14: 
183; 26: 135; Gartenwelt 15: 537; Schelle, Handb. Kakteenk. f. 80, 81; Alianza Cientifica 
Universal 3: pl. opp. 190; Mdllers Deutsche Gart. Zeit. 25: 474. f. 6, No. 1; Blanc, Cacti 41. 
No. 420; Karsten and Schenck, Vegetationsbilder 2: pl. 20, as Echinocactus capricornis; 
Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 2: 82; Floralia 42: 372, as Echinocactus capricornis minor; De Laet, 
Cat. Gén. f. 5, as Echinocactus capricornis major. 
Plate XxI, figure 1, is from a painting by E. I. Schutt of a plant collected by C. A. Pur- 
pus at Parras, Mexico. ; 
4. Astrophytum ornatum (De Candolle) Weber.* 
_- Echinocactus ornatus De Candolle, Mém. Mus. Hist. 
Nat. Paris 17: 114. 1828. 
Echinocactus mirbelit Lemaire, Cact. Alig. Nov. 22. 1838. 
_— Echinocactus holopterus ‘Miquel, Linnaea 12: 2. 1838. 
Echinocactus tortus Scheidweiler, Bull. Acad. Sci. Brux. 
5: 493. 1838. . . . 
Echinofossulocactus mirbelit Lawrence in Loudon, Gard. 
Mag. 17: 318. 1841. v 
Echinocactus ghiesbrechtii Salm-Dyck, Allg. Gartenz. 
18: 395. 1850. 
Echinopsis haageana Linke, Wochenschr; Gartn. Pflanz. 
1: 86. 1858. , 
Echinocactus ornatus mirbelii Croucher, Gard. Chron. 
1873: 983. 1873. 
Echimocactas haageanus Riimpler in- Forster, Handb. 
Cact. ed. 2. 469. 1885. 
Echinocactus ornatus glabrescens Schumann, Gesamtb. 
Kakteen 324. 1898. 
Subglobose to cylindric, 3 dm. high or more, 
the surface more or less white-floccose; ribs 8, rather 
prominent, 2 cm. high or more, acute; areoles 1 to 5 
cm. apart, felted; spines 5 to 11, subulate, yellow at oe 
first, ‘becoming brown, often 3 cm. long; flowers large, lemon-yellow, 7 to 9 cm. broad; inner 
perianth-segments broadly oblong, with a broad, more or less serrated apex; scales on ovary 
very narrow. 
Fic. 196.—Astrophytum ornatum. 
Type locality: Mexico. Mexi 
Distribution: Hidalgo and Querétaro, Mexico. ; ; 
Dr. Rose collected this species in the deserts of eastern Queretaro, Mexico, in 1905 (No. 
10286). ; _ 
Astrophytum glabrescens Weber (Dict. Hort. Bois 467. 1896) is given as a synonym of 
this species, although it has never been described. ss 
Echinopsis haageana Linke (Wochenschr. Gartn. Pflanz. I: 86. 1858), although origi- 
nally described as probably from Peru, doubtless belongs to this species. ber: 54: Ann 
Illustrations: Blithende Kakteen 2: pl. 113; Cact. Journ. 1: pl. for sre G “a. Ma 
Rep. Smiths. Inst. 1908: pl. 13, f. 4; Schumann, Gesamtb. Kakteen f. 56; ard : ‘ g 4 
279; Méllers Deutsche Gart. Zeit. 25: 474. f. 6, No. 19, as Echinocactus varbelit: Méllers 
Cacti 50. f. 581; Schelle, Handb. Kakteenk. f. 79, as Echinocactus ornatus mir oh : ° 
Deutsche Girt. Zeit. 25: 485. f. 17, as Echtnocactus ornatus glabrescens; Gartenwe ee 
as Echinocactus mirbelii ornatus; Gard. Chron. 1873: 983. f. 196, as Echinocactus , 
Cact. Journ. 2: 173. . . 
F igure 96 is irom a photograph furnished by Dr. W. E. Safford of the plant collected 
by Dr. Rose near Higuerillas, Mexico, in 1905. 
*This binomial has several times been credited to Weber, 
but has never been formally published. 
