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Echinocactus Pentlandi. Red-flowered 

 echinocactus. 



Class and Order. 



IcOSANDRIA MoNOGYNIA, 



( Nat. Ord.— Cactejs. ) 



Generic Character. 



Sepala munerosa imbricata, basi ovario adnata, in tubum 

 brevissimuiii concreta, exteriora involucrifonnia, intima pe- 

 talifonnia. Stamina numerosa, calyci affixa, inaequalia. 

 mtima brevissima, filiformia, antheris oblongis. Stylus 

 cylindricus, subfistulosns, apice multifidus. Bacca sepalo- 

 rum ""eliquiia suhsquamata, rarissime lasvis. Cotyledones 

 parvulae. — Frutices simplicissimi carnosij ovati aut globosi, 

 melocactoidei aut mammillariceformes, aphylli, costati aut 

 tuberculati, costis tuberculis confluentibus quasi formatis, 

 dorso aculeorum fasciculos gerentibus. Cephalinm seu spa- 

 dix nullus. Plorea e fasciculis aculeorum ad apicem costa- 

 Turn orti, similis jloribus Cerei, sed tubo vix supra recepta- 

 culum elongato. Pfeiff. 



Specific Character and Synonym. 



Echinocactus Pentlandi; globosus vertice umbilicato sub- 

 12-costatus glaucus, costis elevatis remote crenatis, 

 sinubus acutis, areolis distantibus albo-lanatis, aculeis 

 subvalidis aequalibus paululum arcuatis stellatim pa- 

 tent] bus rufo-fuscis, floribus lateralibus sparsis solita- 

 riis, tubo calycino squamoso, squamis ciliato-pilosis, 

 petal is sepal isque rufescenti-roseis lanceolatis mucro- 

 natis. 



Echinocactus Pentlandi. Hortul. 



In the rich collection of the Royal Gardens of Kew; but 



°f its history, I vezvet to say, we know nothing. It is a 



' ' ° very 



