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nicus and £. acanthodes are translated and condensed from the 
same paper, every contribution to the knowledge of synonymy 
being of much value. 
No such plant as the one described under C. Californicus is 
known from Baja California, but it may prove to belong to some 
one of the forms now aggregated under C. Emoryi. Although 
Dr. Weber describes his plant as ‘‘adult’’ it is known that the 
spines often increase in number with age long after arriving at the 
flowering stage. Plants cultivated from seeds would soon attain 
a very much greater size than one of the same number of years 
subjected to the hard conditions of its native home, consequently 
two plants of the same size may havea very different spine 
character. 
““ECHINOCACTUS DIGUETI n sp. (Fig. 1) E. elongatus, dein cyl- 
indricus, columnaris, crassissimus, maximus; costis numerosis 
(34) angustis; sinubus profundis acutis; vertice impresso; areolis 
junioribus tomentosis; aculeis 6-7 aequalibus, gracilibus acicu- 
laribus, subarcuatis, flavescentibus, exterioribus 5-6, centrali 1; 
floribus flavidis, tubo glabro squamato. 
The spines are 1 central, 1 lower, 4 lateral and sometimes an 
upper one—all slender, acicular, nearly equal, 3-4 cm. long, 
straight, not annulate. The fruit is not known. 
According to the photographs this Echinocactus is generally 1, 
2, or even 3 m. in height, by a diameter of 4o, 50, or even 80 cm. 
Some examples of old plants, however, reach a height of 4 m., 
which surpasses any other species known. The photograph 
(fig. 1) shows that a man with upraised hand is only able to reach 
half the height of one of the plants. 
This curious Echinocactus was discovered by M. Diguet in the 
Catalana Island (upon most of the charts this island is called 
Catalina, but according to M. Diguet its true name is Catalana) - 
situated in the Gulf of California, about 25° of latitude, and fre- 
quented by the pearl fishers. 
Ecuinocactus CALIFoRNICcUS Monv. This species,mentioned 
first in Monville’s Catalogue, 1846, was well known and suffi- 
ciently distributed in France fifty years ago. It was raised about 
