fo^, <tal.2l'3C?,jL<M. !/'l))u)/(| 



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Cacti.— Orcutt. 



38 



duces peculiar intoxicating effects sim- 

 ilar to those from the use of opium, 

 and the plant enters into certain re- 

 ligious rites of the Indians of the Sierra 

 Madre mountains in Mexico. A power- 

 ful drug is prepared from the plant by 

 chemists. 



ECHIXOCACTUS WIPPERMANNU 



Mueh. 

 ECHINOCACTUS WISLIZENI Engelm. 

 Variety ALBISPINA Tourmty. 

 Variety DECIPIENS Engelmann. 



Genus ECHIXOCE:Rld;U:$ Kn^elmann. 



Included under the genus Cereus. 

 E. -ISerlandieri Lem, is Cereus Berlajidi- 



eri E. 

 E. Blankii Palm, is Cereus Blankil Pos. 

 Echinocereus congiomeratus F, is Cercus 



i^olycicanthus. 

 Echuiocereus leeanus Lem, is Cereus 



polyacaathus. 

 Ecliinocc^reuB leonensis Maths, is Cereus 



leonensis. 

 E. Leptacanthus KS, is Cereus leptacan- 



thus S. 

 Ech.nocereus Merkeri Hl'dm, is Cereus 



i-Ler. eri. 

 Ech noceieus paucispinus Lem, is Cereus 



pv^lyacanihus. 

 E. pri^cumbei.s Lem, is Cereus procum- 



bens E., 

 E. pulche.lus KS, is Cereus pulchellus Pf 

 E. fcaim-Dyckianus Scheer, is Cereus 



Salm-OycK.a.ius Web. 

 E. Kcheerl Lem, is Cereus Scheeri S. 

 K. subinermis cj, is Cereus subinermls. 

 E. tuberosus Rumpl, is Cereus tuberosus 



Pes. 



Genus ECHINOPSIS Znccarlnl. 



Included under the genus CeretJS. 

 E.HlNOPcIS AMOBNISSIMA Wend. 

 ECiT.INOPSIj Cax.MARCEWSIS Web. 

 ECHIiNOPSIS CINNABARINA Lab. 



Bohv.a, South America. 

 ECH NOPSIS DROE3EANA Berge. 

 ECHIaOPSIS D CIS-PAULI F. 

 EC.INOi-SS EYRIE.-II Zucc. 

 EJMNO.-SIS i ORMOSA Jac. 

 KCHINOI'SiS Gi.JiMATA KS. 



}^iaz)l South America. 

 ECHINOPSIS HUOTTII Lab. 

 ECHl>OP£lS KT'OTTII Sohlumb. 

 ECHINO'^SIS LAGEMANNII D.etr. 

 ECHLNOPSIS i.i_LCANT}]A \'. alp. 



ECHINOPSIS MULLERI. A hybrid, of rapid 

 growth, blooming early, and with its large 

 satiny rose-colored flowers is justly called the 

 finest of its class. 

 ECHINOPSIS MULTIPLEX Zucc. 



Br-'zil, South America. 

 ECHINOPSTS NIGRICANS Link. 

 ECHINOPSIS OBREr-ANDA KS. 



BoLv'a, South America. 

 ECHINOPSIS OXYGONA Zucc. 



Brazil. South America, 

 ECHINOPSIS PENTLANDII S. 



Peru. South America. 

 ECHINOPSIS PL'DANTII Hort. 

 ECHINOPSIS RHODACANTHA S. 

 ECHINOPSIS ROHLANDII Hort. 

 ECHINOPSIS SALMIANA Web. 

 Vpri-ty R^IDGESH KS. 

 B'^wiNOPSIS SCHICKENDANTZII 



Web. 



ECHINOPSIS SIMPLEX Niedt. 

 ECHI.sOPSIS 'iOl GARDII L'Her. 

 ECHINOPSIS TUBIFLORA Zucc. 

 Variety NIGRISPINA KS. 

 Echinopsis turbinata Zucc, is gemmata 



rice KS. 

 ECHINOPSIS VALICA Monv. 



Paraguay Kepub'ic. South America. 

 Vaiiet-- FORBESII R. Mey. 

 ECHINOPSIS WILKENSII Hort. 

 E hinopsis zrccarlnii (zucca- iniana) Pf, 



is tubiflora fide KS. 

 Epithelantha micromeris Web, is Mam- 

 millaiia mieromeris Engelmann. 



Genus EPIPHYLLUM Pfelffer. 



EPIPHYLLUM ALTENSTEINII Pfr. 

 EPIPHYLLUM GL'EDNEYRT Houl. 

 EPIP-YLLL^M MACKOYANUM Hort. 

 EM HYLLUM OBOVATUM E. 

 EP PHYLLl M RUSSELTANUM Hook. 

 EPIPHYLLUM TRUNCATUM Haw. 



In. h. Crab, or Lobster Cactus; a native 

 of Brazil, popular --^s a house plant. 

 GRI'SONIA CEREIFORMIS F Rchb, is 



Opunlia cc- iform'=: Wpb fide KS. 



GeM-.s GYMNOL ALYCIUM Pfelffer. 

 G. gi':bo5um Pf, is Echlrocactus mon- 



vlilei. 

 G. recluctum Pf. is Echinocactus gibbo- 



su.s. 

 G. vil osvm F, is Echinocactus villosus. 



Genus LEPISMILM Pfelffer. 



The n' blished speries, as far a"5 kno-n,-n, 

 are considered fs rynonyms of Rhi: salis. 



Genus LEUCHTEXBERGIA Fisch. 



LELTCHTENBEROIA PRINCIPIS Fisch. 



Near Zim pa 1, Mexico. 



Genus LOfHOPHORA Coulter. 



LOPHOPHORA WILLIAMSII Coulter. 

 See I chiucciictiis wiliiaiui^ii. 



Genus -M ALACOCARPIS Salm. 



Nearly all the published species are con- 

 sidered as synonyms ©f Ethinocacd, of 

 the same specific names. 



The identity of M. Martini Laboui (ex 

 Foerster, Handb Cact ed 2, 1:454) and 

 habitat are unknown. 



Genus MAMMIL,L..ARIA Hawortli. 



'Flowers about as long as wide; the 

 tube camvanulate or fiinrel-.haped. Ova- 

 ry often hidden between the bases of the 

 tuber..les, as well as .he e..sert succulent 

 beriy, naked. Seeds yellowish-brown to 

 blaciv, e-val umin -us or nearly so. Em- 

 bryo mostly fcl;ort and straight, with ex- 

 tremely short cotyledons parallel to the 

 sides of the seed. — -.mall, more or less 

 g oacse or oval simple or cespi.ose piants, 

 the spine-bearmg areolae borne on cylin- 

 dric, oval, crnic. or angular tubercles, 

 which cover the body of the plant. Flow- 

 ers form a distinct v, ooPy er br stly areo- 

 la at the base cf these tuberc es, fully 

 open in sunlight, most.y only for a few 

 hours."— E. 



Subgenus COCHEMIEA. Plants cyl- 

 indiical, usually mL.cli elongated., with 

 watery juice, end grooviless tubercles. 

 Flowers mostly in a lirg near the ver- 

 tex, several times longer than broad. 



