gone generally elongated: the latter having. the flowers arising 
Jrom the vertex of the stem, and the tube of the perigone generally 
short. July has been with us the season of flowering. 
Descr. Our largest specimen is about seven inches in dia- 
meter, globose, but depressed and rather deeply umbilicated at 
the top, full green (not glaucous), somewhat glossy, deeply fur- 
rowed, the ribs about 17-18, nearly straight, much compressed, 
notched at nearly equal intervals, and thus divided into a num- 
ber of very obtuse rounded lobes (crested). Pu/vinult, or collec- 
tions of down, in the notches, from which also diverge 10-12 
slightly curved, strong, large, and unequal spines, or aculei, the 
uppermost one and central one rather the longest and strongest, 
all of a dull-brown colour. FVowers very large, 2—4 from a plant, 
arising from near the summit and from one of the pulvilli, funnel- 
shaped, the fue six inches long, green, bearing numerous acu- 
minated scales, fringed with rather copious woolly black hair, 
uppermost scales longer, gradually passing into sepals, and those 
again into numerous oblong, spreading, rose-coloured petals, ser- 
_ rated and mucronate at the point. Stamens numerous, inserted 
at the mouth, yellow. Anthers small. Style reaching to the 
mouth of the flower, and bearing the numerous long, woolly, 
slender rays of the stigma. 
Cur. This showy Lichinopsis is a native of Chili, and, like its 
Mexican allies, thrives if potted in light loam with a little leaf- 
‘mould and a few nodules of lime-rubbish. The latter are for 
the purpose of keeping the soil open ; it is also necessary that 
the pot should be well drained. In winter, water must be given 
very sparingly and the atmosphere of the house should be dry : 
the temperature need not exceed 50° during the night, and in 
very cold weather it may be allowed to fall 10° lower, provided 
a higher temperature be maintained during the day. As the 
season advances the plants should receive the full influence of the 
increasing warmth of the sun; and during hot weather they will 
be benefited by frequent syringeing over-head, which should be 
done in the evening : it is, however, necessary to guard against 
the soil becoming saturated, for the soft fibrous roots suffer if 
they continue in a wet state for any length of time. J. 8S. 
Pig. 1. Plant, on a very reduced scale. 2. Flowering portion :—znat. size. 
