1707 



* ECHINOCACTUS Eyriesii. 



Sweet-scented Spiny Cactus. 



ICOSANDRIA MO^OGYNIA. 



Nat. ord, Cacte^. Juss. {Introduction to the Natural System of 

 Botany, p. 54.) 



£ CHINOC ACT US Liink et Otto. Omnia Cerei, sed caulis umbllicatus 

 V. globosus. 



E. Eyriesii ; caule subgloboso umbilicato, costis 13 continuis acutatis subundu- 

 latis, tuberculis lanatis spinas plures breves rigidas rectas gerentibus, flore 

 bucciniformi curvato 6 uncias longo odoratissimo extus cinereo villoso, 

 petalis acutissimis stellatis. 



E. Eyriesii. Otto in verhandl. Preuss. Gart. ver. c. ic. 



We do not find any mention of this remarkable species 

 in the treatises of either Martins, Link and Otto, or De Can- 

 dolle ; but we believe it is published with a figure in the 

 Transactions of the Prussian Horticultural Society, a work 

 we do not happen to have at hand. 



It was presented to the Horticultural Society some years 

 since by Sir John Lubbock, who had procured it from 

 Mexico, where the genus seems to exist in great numbers ; 

 it flowers at various seasons, and now and then forms an 

 offset. 



Independently of the large size of its flowers, which 

 rival in dimensions those of the Cereus tribe of Cacti, it is 

 remarkable for the rich delicious odour they exhale at 

 night, at which time its glorious blossoms expand. When 

 young they resemble long sooty-grey horns Covered over 

 with a thick shaggy hairiness, and would never be suspected 



* The form of the marine animals called Ecliini has naturally suggested the 

 application of their name to plants which so much resemble them. 



