sis CACTEAE. 



vil. (5166.) ECHINOPSIS Zuccarini. 

 (Wlprs. Repert. bot. syat. II. 323.) 



i. B. AMOENA Scheidweil. in ottn el Dielr. Allgem. Garlenzeilng. XII. 1H7. — Ob- 

 ovata pallide viridis: vortice rolundato; eostis 11-12 oblusis interrapte lubcrcu- 

 latis; aculeis e lana parca decidna seplem brevibns rcciis albtdis patentibns, Imo 

 longiore. ^- — Quam maxime affinis /■.'. pulchellae, cujn forle habenda crii va- 

 rielas. Planla clavala sesquipollicaris pallide virens. Aculei 2 snperiores rainimi 

 vix lineam lohgi paralleli, duo ulrinque lalerales, quorom Bnperior minor sesqui- 

 linearis, aller bilinearis, septimus inferior Irilinearis, aculei omnes griaeo-albi, 

 prima juvenlule Qavescentes. Flores laterales solilarii pollicares. Tulii calycini 

 squamae imbricatae, lamina lanaia acnleolorum fasciculo lerminata, aculeoli 

 trcs 4-5 lin. longi setacei Qavescenles, squamae omnes lanceolalae obtusac vi- 

 renles, superiores longiores inermes rubro— marginalae, carina fusca. Pelala 

 circiler 20 laele ct inlense purpurea '■'/, poll. longa lanceolala mucronala. Blamina 

 pclalis dimidio breviora \i\ rubenlia, anlheris (lavis. Sljlus filiformis albus lon- 

 giludine staminum, sligmala 5 crassiuscula virescenli-lulea. — In Mexico. 



2. *E. PECTINATA Fennel in Ollo el Dielr. I. c. XI. 282. — Echinocactus peclinatus 

 Scheidweil. — Wlprs. I. c. 321. no. 100. 



VIII. FILOCEREITS Lemaire. 



(Lcmaire, Cac.t. nov. gcn. p. 0. — Salm-Dyck, Cact. in hort. Dyckens. 1845. cult. p. 24. 

 — Cerei scctio 1. Cephalophorus Miqucl. — Wlprs. Repert. bot. syst. II. 325.) 

 Pcrigonii tubus ultra gcrmen produclus abbrcviatus lalus, pbylla extc- 

 riora parum numerosa lala obtusa, axillis sublaevibus, interiora petaloidea 

 subbiserialia paullulum longiora connivcnlia, corollam clavatam aemulantia. 

 Slamina filiformia numcrosissima, graclatim tubo adnala, limbo breviora. 

 Slylus robustus exsertus. Stigma 6-12-radiatum, radiis linearibus. Bacca 

 subsquamata, squamaram axillis nudis vel parce lanigeris. Coljledones 

 crassae globosac. — Caulis Cereorum erectus multicostatus, coslis pulvillis 

 confertis aculci- vel criniferis instructis. Pulvilli floriferi praeterea lana 

 densa munili, ex qua flores prodcunt. Flores mediocres latcrales solitarii 

 vel zonaliter disposili aut in caulis partc supera conferti et tunc quasi in 

 ccphalio dcnsissime lanuginoso immersi. 



1. *P. (CEREUS DC. — Wlprs. I. c. no. 1.) SENILIS Lemaire. — Salm-Dyck I. c. 



2. *P. (CEREUS Karwinski. — Wlprs. 1. c. no. 2.) COLUMNA Lemaire. — Salm- 

 Dyck I. c. 



3. *P. (CEREUS DC. — Wlprs. I. c. 326. no. 8.) POLYLOPHUS Salm-Dyck I. c. 



4. *P. (CEREUS Olto. - Wlprs 1. c. 327. no. 23.) CURTISII Salm-Dyck 1. c. 



5. *P. JUBATUS Salm-Dyck I. c. - Ccreus Cometes Scbeidweil. — Wlprs. I. c. 341. 

 no.159. 



6. *P. (CEREUS DC. - Wlprs. 1. c. 334. no. 89.) POLYGONUS Salm-Dyck I. c 



IX. (5157.) CEREUS Tlaw. 

 (Wlprs. Rcpcrl. bot. sysl. II. 325. Texcl. sect. I.]) 



1. C. LIMENSIS Salm-Dyck in Ollo el Dielr. AllRem. Gartenzeilng. XIII. 353 — 



Caule erccto crasso perviridi, basi ?; coslis 12 oblusis subrepandis, pulvillis 



confertis ovalibus subtomenlosis fulvis; aculeis acicularibus setaceis reclis, cen- 

 tralibus 8-10 divergentibus fulvo-rubcnlibus, uno allerove longiore, exterioribus 

 20-25 radianlibus, summis rubro-fulvis, inferioribus albidis. 2J. — Caulis (in 

 planta juvenili?) simplex 7-8-pollicaris, 2 poll. diamelro, aculeorum fasciculi 4 

 lin. distanles. Aculci centrales el radiantes superiores flavescenli-rubri, dcmum 

 fuscescentes, inferiores albidi. — Crescit in Bolivia. 



2. C. NITENS Salm-Dyck 1. c. 354. — Caule ereclo crasso nilidissime viridi, basi 

 prolifero; costis 9-10 oblusis latis, sinu obsolelo, inler pulvillos obrepando-cre- 

 nulalis ; pulvillis subimmersis latiusculis cinereo-tomentosis; aculeis gracilibus 

 rigidis, inferne purpurascenlibus, superne pallide lulescenlibus, centralibus 4 



