FLORA 
291 
L"l:rf!: r" -t<^.f -^-^-l^^^O adcmanbus recurvo-radiantibus, intcrionbus multo Ion- 
rectis 
hroW^i-n „^„ * 1 . '^ ' b'-"-" »^iMaiiaur», rruuB erccus cum central! suh- 
tZZ T ^^™'!"'=^ "'^""^'^'^ ; ™*-'^« ™.«o.« e/o«^a;a 3-6.««ck/i arf Aa.i„ tnieri/,,^ Solano 
tuberoso similibus munita. Received 1850. 
costisq 
ibustHk 
rubns a^bisque bicolonbus, supencre uno sublongiorc robustiorc applanato crccto cum duobus adven 
Utns subsetacc, eentrah u.. brevi.imo. cxtcrioribus sub 8 reflexo divergentibns quasi crisp" 
H- 1*- P- 27, post EcUmcactum Californicum. 
267 EcHixocACius Po«.i, S. D.-(Otto et Dietr. Allg. Garten.. 1850. uo. 50) ; variat planta 
spims centrahbus, 3 etiam 3, cum nonn.llis supcrioribus setaceis. Ecceived 1847. 
H. D. p. 35. § 8*. 
268. EcHiNocACTus bicolor, Galeotti. Planta eraortua. Received 1842 
"\'ar. /3. Poitsi, S. D. 1845. Planta emortua. 
Var. 7 ; elongatns, cylindricns, aculeis Inteis intcrdum rubris. Received 1847-50. 
H. D. p. 35. § 8*» 
11" f^^-^^^^^^^^^^^^i'^^^^^^^^^S.^ (Otto et Dietr. Allg. Gartenz.1850.no. 50); flores magni, 
li alti, pliyllis sepaloidibus obovatis rubro-purpureis ad margincs l^etc fimbriatis; pctaloidibus laxis 
erectis Imean-lanceolatis, camels, linca media purpurea notatis; stamina numerosa, antherec minuta. 
snbcrocci; stigmata 9 subradiata aurantiaca. Received 1850. 
H. D. p. 41. §"l*t. Pcntalo^hi. 
270. EcHiNocEREUs subinermw, S. D. in Uteris. Planta distinctissima, clavata vel snbglobosa, 
serugmosa, 5- vel 6-costata/ subnnda quasi inermis, costis acutis rcpandisj areolis 6' distantibus 
minutis; aculeis 3-4 minutissimis, sub Icute subulatis. Flos magnus, speciosissimus, luteus. Tubus 
abbreviatus, subpoUicaris. Petala palHde lutea, spathulato-lanceolata, ad margincs supcrnc crosa, 
apicc acuta. Stamina collecta stjlo adpressa, filamentis flavidis antherisque croecis. Stylus stamini- 
bus longior, stigmata 8 viridia. Planta emortua. Received 1845 and afterwards. 
This plant bears no resemblance to any EcMnocereus received ; but, on account of its large flowers and 
green stigmas, cannot be ranged imder any other division. There are varieties, one with three or four long 
spines closely adpressed to the plant, but not altering its general aspect. 
tt Beealophi, post C. coccineum. 
271. EcHiNOCEREus Sulm-Dyckianus, Scheer. Species praesingularis, Cereis flagriformibus simi- 
lis bipedalis plusve et diametro vix pollicari ; caule cylindraceo ad basin et supcrne valde prolifero, 
dccumbcntcj earnoso, submolli, 7-8-sulcato; costis rcpandis, subtuberculatis ; pulvillis approximatis, 
junioribus gilvo-tomentosis, aculeis gracilibus rectis, exterioribus 8-10-radiantibus, interiore 1 (intcr- 
dum 2 vel 3) duplo longiore plusve et panlo validiore, ad basin subnoduloso porrccto, omnibus griscis. 
Received 1847. 
272. EcHiNOCEREus Scheerii, S.D. — Hort. Dyck. p. 191. 1845. 
Var. yS. nigrispinus. Planta emortua. Received 1850. 
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