Echidnium—continued. 
Regelianum (Regel’s). jl. purplish-brown ; spathe sub-erect ; 
spadix cylindrical ; peduncle partly adnate to the spathe. June. 
L tripartite, deep green. k. 11. to 3ft. Brazil 1866. SYN. 
E. Spruceanum, of gardens. (В. G. 505.) 
4 ШИ нап (Spruce's. A garden synonym of E. Regeli- 
_ECHIDNOPSIS (from echidne, a viper, and opsis, 
appearance; alluding to the stems). ORD. Asclepiadacec. 
A greenhouse, fleshy, leafless, perennial herb. For culture, 
see Stapelia. 
cereiformis (Cereus - like). ji. bright yellow, small, in 
fascicles ; calyx tube hemispheric, with five triangular, acute, 
Spreading and recurved lobes; corolla broadly rotate-campanu- 
late. Stem elongated, cylindrical, obtuse, cernuous or pendulous, 
.areolate. h. біп. Abyssinia, 1871. (B. M. 5930.) 
ECHINACEA (from echinos, a hedgehog; referring 
to the prickly scales of the receptacle). Овр. Composite. 
Ornamental hardy herbaceous perennials, with - generic 
characters scarcely distinct from Rudbeckia, in which 
enus it is included by Bentham and Hooker. Echinaceas 
rm excellent subjects for mixed borders and sub-tropical 
dens. The species thrive best in warm, sunny situa- 
ions, and in a compost of deep rich loam and leaf mould. 
They are readily propagated by divisions. 
E. tifolia (narrow-leaved).* ji.-heads light purple or rose, 
4in. to біп. across. Summer. 2. lanceolate, hairy, din. to біп. 
long, jin. broad. Stem hairy below. №. 2ft. to 4ft. United 
States, 1861. (B. M. 5281.) 
дэ, ne te-flowering) is a hirsute or hispid form of 
E. purpurea. тн C. 1539.) P 
ECHINANTHUS. See Echinops. 
ECHINATE. Covered with prickles, like a hedge- 
. 
ECHINOCACTUS (from echinos, a hedgehog, and 
actus; plants beset with spines like a hedgehog). Hedge- 
Thistle. ORD. Cactew. A large genus of simple, 
tesque, fleshy, ovoid or globose, ribbed, leafless, suc- 
snb plants. Flowers usually rising from the fascicles 
Oof spines at the tops of the ribs; sepals numerous, 
abricated, united into a short tube, adnate to the base 
the ovary; outer ones bract-like; inner ones petaloid, 
ongated, spreading. About 200 forms have been de- 
ed. They are dispersed from Texas and California 
"Peru and Brazil, but are most numerous in Mexico. 
culture, see Cactus. 
Streaks down the centre; nearly 3in. across; anthers yellow. 
. Plant sub-globose; tubercles in fifteen nearly vertical 
1 ‚ confluent, T areole oval, white, tomentose; outer 
е age slender, central four stronger. л. біп. Mexico, 1840. 
(B. М. 3974.) : 
'Coneinnus (neat). /. yellow. Spring. Plant globose, de- 
Pressed, эсе ушат nile до ten ribs, which are obtuse and 
Sinuately crenated ; areole remotish, wooly: spines setaceous, 
to м one of which is longer and stronger. h. біп. 
"lexico (?), 1828. (В. M. 4415.) сш, 
| Corynodes (helmet-flowered). Л. rich sulphur-yellow, 2in. in 
diameter whee fait ded, in from the crown of the 
t; tube externally shaggy with brown wool ; petals in two or 
ree rows, spathulate, crenate and almost laciniated towards the 
: ; stamens numerous, pale yellow, crowded around the style ; 
: with the rays erect, bright scarlet. Summer. Plant sub- 
, but depressed at the top, and narrowed at the base, deep 
Zmewhat glaucous green. The sides are cut into about sixteen 
vertical furrows, and as many prominent, crenated ridges ; 
crenatures are from дїп. to jin. apart, and in them is lodged a 
"I6 of dense white wool, from which arise seven to nine spread- 
rigid, fale brown spines, together with a central erecto-patent 
sd i, of a uniform deep brown colour. Zin. to Sin. 
837. A very showy species. (B. M. 3906.) ат 
(curled). lish, Summer. Plant obova 
, iT or береме at summit; sides cut 
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centeterius (many-spined). Л. deep straw-colour, with reddish 
Echinocactus-—- continued. 
into about a score of vertical, narrow, undulated ; young 
areole with deciduous white tomentum; outer spines eight or 
nine, spreading, setaceous, white, with a brown point; four 
central ones reddish, much larger. See Fig. 688, for which we 
are indebted to Herr Fr. Ad. Haage, jun., of Erfurt. 
Ш i ШИ ) 
Fic. 688. ECHINOCACTUS CRISPATUS. 
. Cummingii (Cumming’s). ff. golden-yellow, lin. in diameter, 
with a funnel-shaped © к 1 June. Plant 
nearly globose, greyish-green, contracted slightly at the base; 
tubercles about jin. in diameter, arranged in spirals, sub-hemi- 
spherical; areole small, nearly circular; outer spines about 
fifteen to twenty, strict, slender, erecto-paten 
the upper rather the bem central two or 
stouter. A, din. Bolivia, 1847. (В. M. 6097.) 
Fue. 689. ECHINOCACTUS HAYNHL | 
E white. July. Plant roundish, —— — . 
= Мокин, («ОЛАН with a remarkable swelling below - Becr 
each parcel of spines. А. West Indies ала Central America, — — 
1808. (В. R. 137.) P 
