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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Echinocactus—continued. 
of the tubercles, which look as if filled with water; spines 
small, in tufts of six, set_in yellowish wool. Chili. SYN. 
E. mammillarvioides (B, M. 3558). 
E. polyancistrus (many-hooked). fl. red or yellow, 2sin. long 
and wide. Stem light green, ovate or cylindrical, 4in. to 10in. 
high, 3in. in diameter; ribs thirteen to seventeen, interrupted, 
bearing tufts of about twenty radial spines lin. to 2in. long, and 
about a dozen central ones lin. to 4in. long, most of them sharply 
hooked and dark brown. California. 
E. polycephalus (many-headed). jl. enveloped at base in a 
dense mass of white wool, which hides the tube; petals bright 
yellow, lin. long, spreading like a saucer; stamens yellow, 
numerous. Spring. Stems numerous in old plants, the largest 
lift. to 2sft. high, cylindrical, globose when young; ribs twelve 
to twenty, sharply detined ; spines in clusters lin. apart, reddish, 
broad, flattened on the upper side, annulated, the central ones 
over 3in, long in old plants, and sometimes curved. California 
and Colorado, 1886. Warm house. See Fig. 358. 
Fic. 359, EcHinocactus Portsil. 
E. Pottsii (Potts’). #. yellow, about 2in. across, short-tuhed, 
several expanding together on the top of the stem. Summer. 
Stems globular, 1ft. in diameter ; ridges about a dozen, rounded 
and even, with acute nuses; spines lin. long, bristle-like, 
arranged in clusters of seven or nine, with a cushion of white 
wool at the base. California, 1840. Warm house. See Fig. 359. 
E. rosaceus (rosy). A synonym of E. corynodes. 
E. Schilinzkyanus (Schilinzky’s). jl. small, apical. Stem 
globose or shortly eylindrical, 2in. or less in_heigh ribs 
separated into compressed tubercles as in some Mammillarias, 
each bearing a tuft of twelve to fifteen very short, thin, black, 
hooked spines. Paraguay, 1897. This may be a Mammillaria. 
E. Scopa cristatus (crested), A curious monstrosity, owing its 
origin to fasciation, such as ‘urs in the Cockscombs, Echeverias, 
&e. The plant shown at Fig. 560 is grafted on the stem of a 
Cereus. 
E. Sellowianus (Sellow’s). A synonym of EZ. corynodes. 
E. senilis (old). /l. light pink, 14in. long, lin. in diameter, having 
a scaly, cylindrical tube. Stem stout, cylind with sixteen or 
eighteen ribs, having tufts of numerous hair-like spines, curving 
upwards. Chili, 1886. (R. G. 1230a.) . 
E. sinuatus (sinuated). fl. yellow, 3in. across, borne at the top 
of the stem. April. Stem globose, 8in. in diameter; ridges 
fourteen to sixteen, wavy or undulated, the prominent point 
crowned with tufts of thin, flexuous, yellow spines, the longest 
4in. and hooked, the shorter jin. and s ght. Mexico. 
E. spiralis (spiral). #. unknown in cultivation. Stem sub- 
globose or oblong, glaucescent, thirteen-angled ; areole remote, 
velvety ; prickles in groups of seven or eight outer spreading ones 
and a more robust, flat, central one, hooked at apex. Mexico, 
1838. (R. H. 1889, p. 569.) 
E. tenuispinus (slender-spined). This species is to all 
appearance identical with E. Ottonis, the distinction being purely 
botanical. Mexico. (B. M. 3963.) 
E. tortus (twisted). A synonym of EZ. ornatus. 
E. turbiniformis (top-like). /l. 24in. aer tube woolly ; 
petals pink, fringed. Stem short, with a thick, coriaceous skin, 
ridges broad at base, irregular, crowned with tufts of stout, 
horny spines, the central one much the longest, flattened at base, 
and extremely strong. North-east Mexico. 
Echinocactus—continued, 
Fig. 360, ECHINOCACTUS SCOPA CRISTATUS. 
E. uncinatus (hooked). /. clustered at the apex, nearly 2in. 
long; petals dark purplish-red, acuminate; stamens yellow. 
March and April. Stem 6in. high; ridges broken into long 
tubercles, upon each of which isa tuft of short, straight spines 
aged in a circle, with a central hooked one sometimes 4in. 
long. Mexico. See Fig. 361. 
Fic. 361. ECHINOCACTUS UNCINATUS. 
