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Tas. 6097. 
ECHIN OCACTUS Cumminait. 
Native of Bolivia. 
Nat. Ord. Cactex.—Tribe EcHinocactex. 
Genus Ecninocactus, Link § Otto ; (Benth. § Hook. f. Gen. Pl., vol, i. p. 848). 
Ecuinocactus Cummingii ; subglobosus, griseo-virescens, tuberculis 4-4 
poll. diam. distinctis subhemisphericis spiraliter dispositis centro de- 
pressis, areolis parvis fere circularibus, demum nudis, spinis exterioribus 
15-20 patentibus gracilibus strictis ad 1 poll. longis pallide flavescen- 
tibus superioribus longioribus centralibus fortioribus, floribus 1 poll. 
diametro aureis, perianthii tubo infundibuliformi, laciniis ad 40 aureis 
extimis tubum efformantibus brevibus imbricatis apicibus sanguineis, 
intimis numerosis patentibus lineari-oblongis obtusis, staminibus con- 
fertis auries tubo fere immersis, antheris parvis, stylo columnari, 
stigmatibus 7-8 erectis cylindraceis. 
Ecurnocacrus Cummingii, Salm-Dyck. Cact. Hort. Dyck. Cult. p. 174; 
Labourét Monog. Cact., p. 264, . 
A very elegant little globose Cactus, with rather large 
bright golden flowers, communicated to Kew by Mr. Pferts- 
dorff in June of last year: it is stated by Labourét and Salm- 
Dyck to be a native of Bolivia, and to be very rare in Europe, 
but one specimen according to the former author existing in 
France (in 1847), which was in the collection of M. Andry, 
of Chaillot. I give it the name under which Mr. Pferfsdortf 
sends it, assuming it to be correct; it agrees with Labourét s 
character in everything but the size of the flowers, which are 
described as “ petites,” whereas these are of considerable size 
in proportion to the size of the plant. E 
Derscr. Stem in our specimen two and a half inches in 
diameter, nearly globose, of a grey-green colour, hardly 
shining, contracted slightly at the base. Tubercles about 
one third of an inch in diameter, arranged in spirals, sub- 
hemispherical, base obtusely quadrangular, with a depression 
at the top in which the areole is placed. Areo/e small, nearly 
circular, outer spines about fifteen to twenty, strict, slender, 
erecto-patent, pale yellowish, the upper rather the longest, 
MAY Ist, 1874. 
