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Systematlo Name, and Authority. 



English or Looal Xame. 



EabU 



LooaUty. 



MELOOACTUS, C. BauJdn. 



comuiunis, D. C. 



MAMMILLAEIA, Saw. 



stellata, Sato, 

 tenvds, D. C. 



ECHINOCACTUS, L. et O. 



centeterius, Lehm. 

 cornigenis, X>. C 

 denudatus, L. et O. 

 ecliinoides, Cels. 

 hexsedrophorus, Lehm. 

 ingeus, Zitcc. 

 Liukii, Lehm. 

 longiliamatus, Gal. 

 midtiiloriis, Hook. 

 Ottonis, Lehm. 

 tiiberculatiis, L. et 0. 



CACTACEJE. 



(INDIAN FIG.) 



TRIBE — MELOCACTIDEJ;. 



Melos, a melon ; and 

 cactus, appearance. 



ECHINOPSIS, Zucc. 



cristata, Sahn. 

 Decaisneana, Lem. 

 Eyriessii, Zucc. 

 multiplex, Zucc. 

 var. picta 



PILOCEREUS, Lemare. 



senilis, Lem. 

 CEREUS, Raw. 



acutangulus, H. Ber. 

 alacriportanus, S. Monac. 

 albispinus, Sahn. 

 Bouplandii, Farm. 

 Cavendishii 

 chiloensis, L). C. 

 eriophorus, Sort. 

 flagelliformis, Mill. 



Tar. Malissonii, Sort. 

 giganteus, Engelm. 



TKIBE — CEKEIDJi. 



Echinos, sea urchin ; 

 opsis, resemblance. 



Pilos, wool, and cereus, 

 alluding to the hairs 

 upon the spine cushion. 



Old man Cactus sue. 



Cereus, a torch or taper ; 

 resemblance. 



Mexico. 



