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Disa equestris. (£. a iW7, xii. 114.) 



Orchidaceae. G. Basal leaves lanceo- 

 late, about 6 in. long*. Flowering- 

 stem 1 ft. high, with a few widely 

 separated lanceolate leaves on the lower 

 half, and smaller ones above. Flowers 

 with a pale blue or light voilet funnel- 

 shaped dorsal sepal about 1 in. long", 

 pale violet deflexed lower sepals, and 

 small white petals bearing an elongated 

 reddish spot at the tips. Rhodesia. 

 (Lord Rothschild.) 



Diuris longifolia. (#. r. 1907, 123.) 



Orchidaceae. G. A terrestrial plant, 

 1 ft. high or more. Leaves radical, 

 few. narrow. Flowers yellow and 

 purple, moderately large, several 

 together on a scape. Dorsal sepal 

 broadly ovate ; lateral sepals long and 

 narrow. Petals spreading, spathulate. 

 Lip deeply 3-lobed. •Western Australia. 

 (J. Wilson Potter.) 



*Echeveria cuspidata. (M. k. 1907, 



184, f.). Cra> sulaceae. G. Stemless. 

 Leaves in a dense ro ette. bluish- 

 white and very hoary both sides, 

 obovate, about 2\ in. long. Peduncle 

 8-10 in. long. Flowers in a forked 

 cyme, on pedicels about 5 lin. long. 

 Corolla 5 lin. lontf, purple inside, with 

 yellowish slightly spreading acute 

 lobes. Mexico. (Darmstadt B. G.) 

 [Cotyledon."] 



*Echeveria turgida. (j/. x. IWJ, 



148, f.) G. Stemless. Leaves very 



s, in a compact rosette, spathu- 

 late-oblong, much swollen, grey-green, 

 -pinescent at the apex. Pedunole about 

 I in. long, red above, pallid below. 

 Flowers 4-11, in a 1-sided raceme. 

 Corolla 5-angled, rose-coloured, or 

 yellow- red inside and paler outside : 

 lob- acuminate. Mexico. (Wash- 

 ington B. G. : DarmsUdt B. G.) 

 [Cot if led on A 



icninocactus brachyanthus. (M. a. 



1907,123.) Cactaceae. G. Stem simple, 

 depressed-globose, tubercled and un- 

 armed at the apex. Ribs 22, divided 

 by transverse furrows into 5- or 6-sided 

 tubercles about 1| in. long. Areolae 

 narrowly elliptic, shortly woolly. 

 Radial spines 5 or 7, very strong. 

 .1-12 lin. long, yellowish ; central 

 usually none. Flowers funnel-shaped, 

 i-coloured, 2£ in. long. Argentina! 

 (Berlin B. G.) 



Echinocactus Fobeanus. rjg k 



1907, 187.) G. Stem globose, dark 

 green, depressed at the summit, where 

 it is clothed with a white wool. 

 Ribs 14, twisted. Radial spines 8 or 9, 



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about i in. long, black when young ; 

 central 1 or 2 or sometimes wanting. 

 Flowers pale yellow. Probably Chili. 

 (Berlin B. G.) 



Echinocactus Fricii. (jf. k. 1907, 



174.) G. A new species inter- 

 mediate between E. tetracanthti* 

 and JjJ. Martini, but it grows to a 

 larger size and differs in its flowers. 

 Argentina. (F. Reichenbach, Dresden.) 



Echinocactus Grossei. (_#. K. t. 89 ; 



M. K. 1907, 56.) G. Stem elongated, 

 about 4 in. high, somewhat depressed 

 above, clothed with white wool. Ribs 

 17, separated by sharp furrows. Areolae 

 very small. Spines 4 or 5, spreading, 

 up to \\ in. long, the lowest the 

 longest. Flowers 2h in. long, nearly 

 4 in. across, pale citron-yellow. Para- 

 guay. (Berlin B. G.) 



Echinocactus Maassii. (#A 1907, 



410, f. 50.) G. Stem simple, semi- 

 globose to obovoid, 3-4 in. high or 

 more, 3-4 in. in diam., slightly de- 

 pressed at the summit where it is 

 covered by bright brown spreading 

 I spines. Ribs 1 3-21 , separated by some- 

 what winding longitudinal furrows, 

 in older plants spirally twisted. 

 Areolae at the summit oval to circular. 



* 



at first covered with a short white 

 wool, afterwards glabrescent. Radial 

 spines 10-15, 2J-7£ lin. long, at first 

 yellow, afterwards whitish ; central 4, 

 in the form of an oblique cross, thick- 

 ened at the base, the lowermost the 

 longest, often 1£ in. long. Flowers 

 produced from the areolae at the sum- 

 mit. Bolivia. (Berlin B. G.) 



Echinocactus platensis. (Jf. K. 1007, 



Sj f.) G. Stem cylindric - globose. 

 Ribs 9-14. Areolae elliptic, densely 

 clothed with brown wool, eventually 

 glabrous. Radial spines usually 7. 

 I ^2-7£ ii n> i ori g . cen tral wanting. 

 Flowers produced near the summit of 

 the stem, 2^-3 in. long ; segments 

 snow-white, the outer grey-green on 

 the back, the innermost white-red at 

 the base. Argentina. (Darmstadt 

 B. G.) V 



*Echinocereus Kunzei. (jf, K. 1907, 



103.) Cactaceae. G. A tufted plant 

 with glaucous erect cylindric stems up 

 to 10 in. high and 3J in. in diam. 

 Ribs 1 3, straight. Radial spines 1 :> 17, 

 subulate, straight, white, 4-5 lin. long; 

 central 1-3, stronger, 5-6 lin. long. 

 Flowers 3£ in. long, scarlet-crimson ; 

 segments narrowly lanceolate to spathu- 

 late, J-2^ in. long. Arizona. (Berlin 

 B. G.) 



