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‘Tas. 4634. 
ECHINOCACTUS ruoporuTHatmus; 
var. ELLIPTICUS. 
hed-eyed Echinocactus ; elliptical variety. 
Nat. Ord. CactEm.—IcosanpRIA Monocynta. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 4124.) 
Ecurinocactus rhodophthalmus. (For specific character and description, see 
Tan. 4486.) 
Var. ellipticus ; basi contractus ; spinis rubescentibus. 
It was not till all the plates were worked off for publication 
that we ascertained that this Mexican Hehinocactus was speci- 
fically the same as that we have given at our Tab. 4486, differing 
almost solely in its smaller size, more elliptical form, 2. e., with 
the base contracted instead of spreading so as to give a conical 
form to the stock, and in the redder colour of the spines. We 
can only consider it as a variety of a groupe of plants which is 
very apt to sport. W. J. H. 
Cur. This is a variety of the species figured at Tab. 4486, 
and will succeed if treated in the manner there described. /. 8. 
Fig. 1. Cluster of spines, separated from the plant, and very slightly 
MARCH Ist, 1852. “ 
