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minuli obscure angulali. Aculci subpollicares, duo ulrinque lalerales, quinlus 

 deflexus, palentissimi subrecurvi flavescenles, basi purporascenlcs. Flores pro 

 magniludine plantae magni numerosi, complurcs simul llorenles in plantae vcr- 

 lice. Squamae calycinae virenles, sensim majores cl petaloidcac. pelala palentia 

 obovala albida. Slamina numerosa, antherae minutac auranliacae, stigmatis 

 radii albescentes. — Crescit ? 



t Iconcs addcndae. 

 E. OXYGONUS Lnk. ct Ollo. - Hook. Bot. Magaz. t. 4162. 

 E. PECTINIFERUS Lemaire. - Hook. I. c. I. 4190. 

 E. GIBBOSUS DC. — Lemaire, Iconogr. des Cacl. fascic. 5. (t. I.) 

 E. COPTONOGONUS Lemaire. - Lemaire I. c. fascic. 3. (I. 1.) 



V. DISCOCACTTS Pfffr. 

 (Pfffr. Nov. act. acad. Caesar. Leop. Carol. XIX. I. 119. t. 15. — Salm-Dyck, Cact. 

 in horl. Dyckensi 1845. cult. p. 23. — Wlprs. Bepert. bot. sysl. II. 323. absq. charact, 



generis.) 

 Perigonii tubus cylindraceus gracilis, basi nudus, ultra germeu longe 

 productus laevis, pbylla numerosa, extcriora elongata lanceolata recurvato- 

 patenlissima colorata, interiora breviora biserialia, apice radiatim patenlia, 

 eorollam tubulosam liinbo brcvi simulantia. Slamina tubo adnata, intima 

 breviora, cxlima lubi orificium claudentia. Slylus Gliformis, snpernc incras- 

 satus, slaminibus brevior. Stigma 5-radiatum, radiis linearibus. Bacca et 



scmina ? — Caule simplicissimo disciformi cosiato, costis obtusis, pul- 



villis aculeiferis instructis; floribus in verlice caulis c lana densa, cephalium 

 platium simulanle prodeuntis, noclurnis ephemeris. 



1. D. (CEBEUS Lindl. Bot. Begist. [New Ser.] XVI. Pl. misc. GO.) BIFOBMIS Lindl. 

 Bot. Begist. (New Ser.) XVIII. t. 9. — Frulex debilis subproslralus. Bami adulti 

 teretes, spinulis stellatis parce obsili, juniores alali arliculali crenati, floridi 

 lanccolati, basi lereles, stcrilcs oblongi sessilcs. Flores minores rosei. Sepala 1, 

 lineari-subulata sesquipollicaria, apice recurva, petala lotidcm acqualia lanceo- 

 lala, apice patula. Fruclus sanguinci ovalo - lageniformes, scmina polita, testa 

 valde fragili leviter arcuala. — In Ilonduras. 



VI. ASFROPIIYTOI Lemaire. 



(Lemaire, Nov. Caclear. gener. el spec. 3. el 105. — Wlprs. Bepert. bot. syst. II. 323. 

 [absq. charact. gener.]) 

 Calycis tubus carnosus brcvissimus, innumerabilibus squamis purpureo- 

 nigris rigidis lineari-lanceolatis aculissimis, pilis lanuginosis longis inter- 

 textis undique operlus, divisiones perianlhoideae internae breves numcro- 

 sissimac lanceolalae acutae, in plures series dispositae acanthideae. Stamina 

 inclusa, filamentis brevissimis parlim tubo, partim ovario gradalim insertis 

 (et verosimililcr serius anlheras versus inlernum imum flectentibus), onlheris 

 luteo-auratis; slylus brevissimus crassissimus stamina vix aequans. profun- 

 dissime (usque ad dimidium) in octo radios carnosos Gssus. Ovarium cras- 

 sissime carnosum, ovulis in mcdio vcre nidulantibus. [Characleres cx ala- 

 bastro elaborati sunt.] — Planta hemisphaerica: coslis 5-G crassissimis 

 farctis, infernc fere omnino deplanatis, supcrnc obtusis, punclis albidis 

 adspersis pulvilligeris; pulvillis confertis prominulis tomcntosis, in planlis 

 novellis aculeis quibusdam mox cvancsccntibus inslructis. 



1. *A. (ECIIINOCACTUS Salm-Dyck, Cact. in horl. Dyck. 1845. cult. 22.") MYBIO- 

 STIGMA Lemaire I. c f — (Wlprs. 1. c.) - Hook. Bot. Magaz. t. 4177. - Crescit 

 in Mexico? 



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