588 584 



E. Decaisniana Walp. Rep. 2:324, is cendre, 14 dont 10 rayonnants 



Echinocactus Decaisnei. lierement, divergents, inegaux, effiles, 



E. Eyriesii Pfeiffer & Otto, Abbild. ies superieurs les moins longs, 4 inter- 



Cact. 1 sub t. 4. Stem very regularly ieurs decuses, les 3 inferieurs subules, 



globose, 12-18 small angular ribs: presque agaux, dont 1 plus fort, le 



spines small, dark, 11 outer, 4 centrals, double des autres en longeur; tous a 



set in little tufts of white hairs: flow- pointe noire." 



ers 6-8 inches long, like a curved fun- E. Jamessianus Hort. ex Salm-Dyck, 



nel, 4-5 inches across, white, with a E. Kuotti Schlumb. in Rev. Hortic, 



strong and delicious fragrance. Pfeif- HD ed. 2, 38, as E. Descaisniana 



fer credits the species to Buenos Ayres. ser. 4, 3:348 (1854), error for E. 



E. Forbesii Hort. angl. ex A. Dietrich, Huotti? 



AGZ 1849, 192: "Ech. globosa, de- E - leucantha Walp Rep. 2:324. Stem 

 pressa, viridis, subduodecimcostata, globose or ellipsoid, ashy-green: ribs 

 costis crassis interruptis. sinubus 12-14, vertical, compressed; areolae 

 acutis, areolis remotis immersis albo- oblong, with white wool: spines sub- 

 lanatis, aculeis 10-12, inaequalibus ulate, very large, 2 cm. long, rigid, 

 subdistichis subcurvatis, interdum 1-2 bent, brown at base, then yellowish, 

 centralibus, petalis laete roseis. black at the tips, 8 radials, 1 central: 

 Habitat?" flowers large, white or reddish. Men- 

 BCHINOPSIS FORMOSA Jac. doza. Chili. Argentina. Patagonia. 

 E. formas Jacobi, ex Salm-Dyck, HD E. Maximiliana Heyder, ex A. Diet- 

 ed. 2, 39. Based on Echinocactus for- rich, AGZ 1846, 250: "Ech. obovata, 

 mosus H. Angl. ex Pfeiffer, Enum. 50. glaucescens, septemdecimcostata. 

 -"Meloc. Gilliesii Hort. Pa: Mendoza. vert^ce concavo, costis crassis repandis, 



E. subglobosus vel oblongus pallide sinubus acutis, areolis remotis 

 virens; costi 16 verticalibus obtusis immersis albo-lanatis aculeis subduo- 

 repandis; areolis subremotis ovalibus denis albidis et brunneis arcuatis vel 

 sublanatis griseis; aculeis acicularibus flexuosis, lateralibus 8-10 biserialibus, 

 rigidis, centralibus 2-4 longis brunneis, intermediis binis, solitariis vel nullis: 

 exterioribus 8-10, superioribus fuscis, petalis fulvis." 



inferioribus albis. Spec. 5 poll, diam., E. melanacantha A. Dietrich, AGZ 



4% poll, altum. Areolae 4-5 lin. dis- 1845, 306. Is E. Zuccariniana nigri- 



tantes. Aculei centrales 1-1% poll. S pina Lemaire. 



longi." Chili. Cereus Gilliesii Weber, E. Misleyi Labouret, Mon. Cact. 291: 



Diet. 471. "Echinocactus Misleyi Gels, Portef. 



F. formossissima Labouret, in Rev. <j e s hort, 1847, p. 216. Chili. Tige 

 Hortic. ser. 4, 4:26 (1855). Mexico: sp herique, a sommet legerement om- 

 Chihuahua. bilique, vert olivatre; cotes verticales 

 E. gibbosa Pfeiffer ex Poerster, Handb. a igues, crenelees: sin sillons aigus; 

 ed. 1, 291, is Echinocactus gibbosus. areoles plus larges que longues, im- 

 E. grandiflora A. Linke, in C. Koch, me rgees, inserees obliquement entre 

 AGZ 1857, 239. Brazil. deux sa illies convexes de la cote, 

 E. Haageanus Linke, in C. Koch & mun i e s de tomentum gris, court; 9-13 

 Pint. Wochenschr. 1:86 (1858). Is aiguillons assez longs, tres-recourbes, 

 Echinocactus Haageanus. brun, dont 8 rayonnants symetrique- 

 E. Huotti Labouret, Mon. Cact. 301: ment, et inseres des deux cotes de 

 "Echinocactus Huotti Cels, Portef. des 1'areolae et tout a fait recourbes sur 

 horto, 1847, 216. Chili. Tige sub- la plante, ceur haut sont les plus longs, 

 cylindrique, drageonant a ea base, vert 1 inferieur plus court, enfin 1-2 in- 

 tendre; 9-10 cotes verticales renflees terieurs noduleux a la base, tres- 

 vers les areoles, celles-ci saillantes; recourbes vers le sommet de la 

 sillons larges et profonds; areoles plante." Cited as E. cristata. 

 grandes, plus larges que longues, mun- E. Mulleri Hort. A hybrid probably 

 ies de tomentum gris cendre, long of E multiplex, of rapid growth, one 

 d'abord, snsuite court; aiguillons of the most popular in California 

 bruns, d'abord carnes, ensuite d'ungris gardens. The beautiful flower meas- 



