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Ecuinocactus Eyriesti. Sweet-sceENTED 
Spiny Cacrus. 
Class and Order. 
IcosanpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Cacrea. ) 
Generic Character. 
Sepala wumerosa, imbricata, basi ovarii adnata, in tubum 
brevissimum concreta, exteriora involucriformia, interna 
petaliformia. Stamina numerosa. Stylus filiformis, apice 
multifidus, Bacca sepalorum reliquiis subsquamata. Co- 
tyledones nulla ?—Frutices simplicissimi, carnosi, ovati aut 
globosi, melocactoidei, costati, aphylli, costis tuberculis con- 
Jluentibus quasi formatis, dorso aculeorum fasciculos geren- 
tibus. Cephalium sew spadix nullus. Flores e fasciculis 
aculeorum ad apices costarum orti, similes floribus Cerei 
sed tubo vix ullo donati. DC. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Ecuinocactus Eyriesii, caule subgloboso umbilicato, costis 
13 continuis aculeatis subundulatis, tuberculis lanatis 
spinas plures breves rigidas rectas gerentibus, flore 
buceiniforme curvato 6 uncias longo odoratissimo ~ 
extus cinereo villoso, petalis acutissimis stellatis. 
Lindl. 
Ecuinocactus Eyriesii. “ Otto in Verhandl. Preuss. Gart. 
ver.c.ic.”’ Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1707. 
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The drawing of this charming Ecuinocacrtus, no less re- 
markable for the great size of the flower, than for its deli- 
Clous fragrance, was made by Mr. Henry Courris, the 
youngest son of the Conductor of this work, in whose 
choice collection, at Glazenwood, it flowered in Jan., 1835. 
his noble flower, like that of Cergus grandiflorus, ane 
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