^. 
-Jcosandria Monog. | Cactus. 173 
€i (Türk's- Cap Melon-Thisde) | subro otundus. Melo- 
quatuordecim langularis. Mill. dict ed. 8. Cac- cactus. 
tus 1.—Cacius Melocactus, a., communis. Hort. k 
' kew. ed. 9. v. 8. p.174. IV illd. sp. pl. 2. 938. 
HaniTAT in America calidiore. 4seE5BU B. 
FrLo&nET 2 Aug. 
CurT. ante 1688. 
C? UEFA subrotundus, depressus, de- depres- 
Venns (rn ctus. Melocactus B. Hort. sus. - 
kew. ed. 2 . p. M14. 9. 
Hasrrar i in S CETA calidiore. ; s. b. s 
FronRET. " 
hétuob ante 1789 
Ozs. I suspect that. this and the. tolloving spe- 
-- cies (whose f tifications are unknown to me) 
SAT prove to. "bea distinct - mus: From the 
common Turk's-cap ped d E will probably differ : 
in wanting the Cap; from Cereus, in being 
destitute of a ligneous axis inclosing medulla; 
and from :Mammillaria, in uot having mam- 
mille. All other ;generá-in-the order are 
sufficiently remote. 
C? (Gibbous) 'subrotundus, profunde sub e giblosus. 
decim angularis ; 'apice depresso, inermj; a 8. 
gulis. gibbero notabili sub TUE fasciculo - 
spinarum ; ; spinis nigris." 
HABITAT .... pup, E : 
Curr. ante 1808.. 
Oss. T bert. not seen this nor any ditat species 
itis, small a number of angles a ten.- De 
Ibed from Mr. Vere's colleetion. 
db id. ipee ord qui ids 1- 
I creberrinis.— 4. 
fic a9. n3 c0 
