90 
ICOSANDKIA, V0N06TMA. 
BCHINOC Acres 
aculels medtis 2 arrcctis Digricanti- 
bus, exter, 7 minoribus arcuatis fu- 
scentibus. In Mexico* ■^. 
11. M, mamm illar iae for mis Saint ; 
piano -g!obosits tiiberciilosns; tiiber- 
culis coiifertis spiralibus id 25 serie- 
bus; actileia in tiibercvilo 7-radiatis 
rii£idis arcuatis flavo-fiiscis 3 
-5 su- 
1 cen- 
altus. 
perioribus tenuioribus intcrdum 
trail. In Mexico, "^^ 3 unc. 
Flores ignoti. 
13, i>r. placeniiformis Lehm. se- 
miglobosus viridis; costis 14 obtusis- 
eimis ; spinls 8 — 12 inaequalibus re- 
turvis validis, M. Besleri Otto diss, 
Melocactus BesI, b. 
f. 1, Jn Brasilia. ■^. 
t. 21. Cactus 
Eystett. 4, ord. 
8| poll, altus. 
13. M, violaceus Tfeiff, subglo- 
bosus glauciis; costis 10 — 12 acu- 
tatis inter iiodos convexis; sulcis la- 
tis ; nodis subdistantibus iminersis 
primo albo-tomentosis demiim niuUs; 
aculeis 6 — 8 longis stricUs ri^idis pa- 
tulis primo fusco-rubris deinum vio- 
laceo-glaucis anuiilatia, medio duUo. 
Jn BruaUia. '^. 5 uuc. altus. Flo- 
r«s kermestni. 
1^. M, melocactoides DC, globo- 
sns; costis 10, tuberculis lanatis; 
aculeis 7 — 8 subrecnrvis pallidis su- 
perue seasim fuscesceotibus. In Ura-^ 
silia. ^. 
H^Qi. ECBJyOCACTVS DC. 
C1S26). 
a. C s t a t f. 
1. K. Oitonis Lehm, globosns vol 
Ovatas e radice proliferus nitido-viri- 
dis infernc lignosus; costis 10 — 12; 
sulcis acntatis; disco immerso; acu- 
leis exterioribus 12—18 flavescentibus 
tenuihus radlatiB, mediis 4 ferrugineis 
validioribus, supremo brevlssimo infi- 
mo longo deflexo. In Mexico, '^, 3 — 
6 unc. in diamefro. Flores Intei. 
2. E. ienuispinus Link et Otto diss, 
U19. f, i, globosus apice nrabiUcato- 
retusns; costis 12 obtusatis ; aculeis 
fasciculatis teuuilius recnrvis , 3 — 4 
pauio majoribus ; fiorihus lauugine cin- 
ctis. In Brasilia. ^. Viridis. 2—3 
poll, in diametro. 
3. E, lAnkii Lehm, ovatas yiridls ; 
costis 13— 15 > vcrtice retuso; nodis 
albo-tomentosis iminersis; aculeis se^ 
tiformibus tcnuissimis mediis 3 fuscis> 
exter, 10—12 piliformibus albis aplce 
fusco planis adpressis. In Mexico,"^. 
3 unc. in diametro. Flores aiirantiaci 
IJ unc. in diametro. 
4m E. tortuosus k, beroX, plano- 
glohosus, obscure viridis; costis 13 
coinpressis obtusis; verlicc rctU80; 
nodis magnis imniersis primo albo- 
lanatis dcmum glaucis; aculeis strictis 
ri/^iilis exter. 12 — 13, flavis vel dilute 
fusris supremo minlmo. E. murlcatiis 
Hort, In nrasilia. '^, Klorcs fla%'i'. 
5. E, muricatus k, berol. ovatus 
vel stibcolumnaris intcrdum lateribua 
proliferus; cosfis 16 convexis; acu- 
leis exterioribus 12 planis adpressis, 
mediis 3 — 4 patcnlibus , omnibus te- 
miissimis rubro-flavis. In Brasilia,'^* 
8 unc. alius. Flores ignoti, 
6'. E, forinostis h, angl, globosns 
vel obloiigus pal lido viridis; costis 
16 repaudis; nodis ovalibus ^latico- 
lanatis; aculeis aciciilaribus rigi^Iis, 
mediis 2 — 4 longis fuscis, exter. 8 — 
10, superioribus fuscescentibus inferio* 
ribus albis. M. C'illiesii Hort. /« 
Mendoza, '^. 4—6 unc. altus. 
7. E, rkodacantUtts Salvi; globo- 
sus opaco-viridis; costis 12 — 15; acu- 
leis subulatis ngidissimisarcuatis atro- 
rubris sangulnco - diaphanis , dcmiiM 
glaucis, exter. 6 — 8 subadpressis in- 
fimo brevissimo medio 1 minore. E. 
coccineus h. berol. In Mendoza^ ■^. 
e. E, Karxcinskii Zucc, globosus 
obscure viridia; costis 13 — 20 obtusia 
superne gcxninis vcrtice Janato; acu- 
leis rigldis strictis eburneis Iateribu3 
planatis transverse striatis, 6— 8 exter. 
inaequali-radiatis mediis 1 — 3 validis- 
simU distantibus. In Mexico, '^, I^ 
h. monac. ex Pfeiff, 7 unc. altus ct 8 
unc. in diametro. 
9, E. Ceratistes Otto; globosa* 
opaco-virldis; costis 10 — IG obliquis 
subtuberculatis; nodls distantibus ob' 
longis; aculeis exter. 8, infimo mipj- 
mo, medio 1 superue arcuato, omn'" 
bus crassis rigidis uigricauCibus. /« 
C7ti7j. 1q, 
10. E, aciculatus Salm; retuso- 
globosus, 11 — t2-costatus; nodis ap- 
proxiiuatis juniorihus albo - ianatisj 
aculeis tenuihus rigidis strictis fitr*" 
miueis^ exterioribus 10 radiatis infi«>*> 
tongissioio, medio t. In Brasilia* ^' 
In hort, I^alm. coUlur* 
