NEOMAMMILLARIA. 145 
Figure 159 is from a photograph of the specimen collected by Dr. Rose in 1908 at the 
type locality. 
113. Neomammillaria mercadensis (Patoni). 
Mammiullaria mercadensis Patoni, Alianza Cientifica Universal 1:54. 1910. 
Mammillaria ocamponis Ochoterena, Bol. Direccion Estudios Biol. 2: 355. 1918. 
Solitary or cespitose, small, globose; radial spines numerous, sometimes 25, widely spreading, 
white; central spines 4 or 5, elongated, much longer than the flowers, one of them strongly hooked 
at apex; flowers small, pale rose-colored; perianth-segments oblong, obtuse. 
Type locality: Cerro de Mercado, Durango. 
Distribution: Durango, Mexico. 
We know this plant only from descriptions and illustrations. 
Fic. 159.—Neomammiillaria barbata. 
Illustrations: Alianza Cientifica Universal 3: pl. facing 223, as Mammillaria barbata; 
Bol. Direccion Estudios Biol. 2: facing 356, as Mammillaria ocamponis. - , 
Figure 160 is from a photograph of the type plant, which has the same origin as the 
illustrations cited above. 
114. Neomammillaria kunzeana (Boédeker and Quehl). 
Mammillaria kunzeana Bédeker and Quehl, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 22: 177. 
Mammiillaria bocasana kunzeana Quehl, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 26: 46. 1916. 
Cespitose, globose or sometimes becoming cylindric, light green; tubercles cylindric, setose 
in their axils: radial spines about 25, white, setaceous; central spines 3 Or 4, own, P eruler t 
one of them hooked; flowers white or yellowish white, rose-colored on the outside, 2 cm. g; 
inner perianth-segments acuminate; stigma-lobes 4, whitish yellow. 
IgI2. 
Type locality: Mexico. 
Distribution: Mexico, but range unknown. . 
This species is dedicated to Dr. Richard Ernest Kunze ( 1838-1919), who we an mn 
thusiastic student of cacti and for many years a resident of Phoenix, Arizona. e sen 
the plant to Germany in 1910. 
