MALACOCARPUS. 19I 
Echinocactus schumannianus nigrispinus Haage jr. (Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 9: 45. 1899) 
was given as a synonym of E. nigrispinus, but has never been published otherwise. 
Illustrations: Weinberg, Cacti 11; Knippel, Kakteen pl. 9; Schelle, Handb. Kakteenk. 
179. f. 112; Chodat, Veg. Paraguay 1: f. 90, as Echinocactus nigrispinus. 
5. Malacocarpus reichei (Schumann). 
Echinocactus reichei Schumann, Gesamtb. Kakteen Nachtr. 110. 1903. 
Simple, globular, 6 to 7 cm. in diameter; ribs spiraled, broken into very regular tubercles; spines 
minute, appressed, 7 to 9, dbout equal; flowers small, light yellow, 2.5 cm. long or more; inner 
perianth-segments linear-oblong, acute; style slender, longer than the filaments, red; stigma-lobes 
red; ovary and tube with small scales, pilose and setose in the axils. 
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Fic. 202.—Malacocarpus reichei. Fic. 203.—Malacocarpus tephracanthus. 
Type locality: Not cited. 
Distribution: Chile. a 4 
This species was sent from Santiago to Dr. Schumann by Dr. Karl Reiche in 1900 an 
stributed. It is a very remarkable plant, judging 
does not seem to have been very much di ’ + only f 
from the illustration below cited, and may not be of this alliance. We know it only from 
description and illustration. — 
Illustration: Bliithende Kakteen 1: pl. 42, as Echinocactus retchet. 
Figure 202 is copied from the illustration cited above. 
6. Malacocarpus napinus (Philippi). 
. . eyes . . 720. 1872. 
Echinocactns napinus Philippi, Anal. Univ. Chile 41: 720. 1! 
Echinocactus mitis Philippi, Anal. Univ. Chile 85: 493. 1894- 
Plant 2 tog cm. high with a very large root, larger than the globose stem itself i ribs broken into 
rounded tubercles; spines about 9, minute, 3 mm. long, appressed; flower small, a out 3 cm on 8 
pale yellow to nearly white; flower-tube covered with minute scales, the axils long-woolly an y; 
stigma-lobes reddish. 
Type locality: Huasco, Chile. 
Distribution: Northern Chile. . . 
Echinocactus napinus and E. mitis both came from Huasco, and Schumann is probably 
right in uniting them under the older name. ; a Car. 
Illustrations: Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 11: 93, in part, Bliihende Kakteen 2: pl. 7) Gar- 
tenflora 21: pl. 721, f. 1; Schumann, Gesamtb. Kakteen f. 69, A, as Echinocactus napinus, 
Schumann, Gesamtb. Kakteen f. 69, B, as Echinocactus mitts. 
Figure 201 is copied from the third illustration cited above. 
