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Catalogue of the Cacti 



Sect. II. Latispi'ne.e. — Globular. Spines broad and stout . Angles robust 



and acute. 



11 



12 



Subsect. 1. Central spine hooked 

 and broadest. 

 cornigera. 1 ft. high, and 13 in* 



in diameter. 

 c. 2 elatior. l^ft. high, and 1 ft. 

 in diameter. 



1 3 c. 3 rubro-spina. 5 in. high, and 



7 in. in diameter. 



14 c. 4 angustispina. 10 in. high, 



and 10 in. in diameter. — Sjn. 

 E. stellaris. 

 13 spiralis. 4a in. high, and 6 in. in 



diameter. — Syn. E. robusta ; 

 Melocactus Beslen afifinis ag- 

 glomerata. 



Subsect. 2. Spines more equal in 

 size, narrower, much depressed. 



IG recurva. 5^ in. high, and 10 in. 



in diameter. — Syn. E. glauca; 



Cactus recurva ; C. nobilis ; C. 



multangula. 

 17 r. campylacantha. S^in. high, 



and 11 in. in diameter. 



Sect. III. Angles robust, acide. Spi)ies round or angled, 

 Subsect. 2 



Subsect. 1. Fascicles level. 



18 platyceras. 1 ft. high, and If ft. 



in diameter. — Syn. ? E. ma- 

 crodisca. 



19 Vanderaeyz. IJ ft. high, and 



1ft. 10 in. in diameter. 



20 V. var. ignota longispina. 1 ft. 



high, and li ft. in diameter. 



21 KarvvinskirtJiff. 6 in. high, and 



9 in. in diameter. 



22 macracanthus. Ijft. high, and 



2 ft. in diameter. 



23 echidna. 9 in. high, and 6 in. in 



diameter. 



24 helophora. 1 1 in. high, and li ft. 



in diameter. — Syn. E.irrorata. 



25 h. var. longifossulata. 1 ft. high, 



and H ft. in diameter. 



26 Mirbelw." 9 in. high, and 8 in. in 



diameter. — Syn. E. holoptera. 



27 Harrisii. 8 in. high, and 1 1 in. in 



diameter. 



Fascicles prominent, and 

 teated. 

 $ i. Fascicles prominent 



28 oxyptera. 6 in. high, and 8 in. in 



diameter. 



29 ignota venosa. 4 in. high, and 



7 in. in diameter. 



30 robusta. 3 in. high, and 3 in. in 



diameter. — Syn. E. spectabilis ; 

 E. subuUfera. 



(J ii. Fascicles teated. 



31 PfeiiFeri/. 4^ in. high, and b\ in. 



in diameter. 



32 holoptera. 4 in. high, and 3 in. 



in diameter. — Syn. E. spiralis. 



33 hexaedrophora. 3 in. high, and 



4 in. in diameter. 



34 turbiniformis. 3 in. high, and 4 in. 



in diameter. 

 33 species nova. 3 in. high, and 3 in. 

 in diameter. 



Genus V. ECHINONYCTA'NTHUS. 



Syn. Globe Cereus, or Echino'psis. 



Form globular, rarely columnar. Surface angled or furrowed. Flowers long 

 and tube-like, produced at the top and also at the sides of the plants, 

 generally nocturnal. Berry large and ovate, naked. 



Sect. I. Micraca' 



1 EyriesM. 8 in high, and 7 in. in di- 



ameter. — Syn. Cereus Eyriesi/. 



2 E. var. glaucus. 8 in. high, and 



7 in. in diameter. 



3 Schelhasii. G in. high, 6i in. diam. 



— Syn. Echinopsis Boutillier/i. 



4 oxygonus. 4* in. high, and 3 in. 



in diameter. — Syn. Echinopsis 

 oxygonus. 



NTH/E. — Spines short. 



3 turbinatus. 10 in. high, and 3 in. 

 in diameter. — Syn. Cereus ge- 

 minatus ; C.^'asmineus; Echino- 

 cactus turbinata ; E. sulcata. 



G sulcatus. 1,1 ft. high, dividing into 

 two main branches, with four 

 heads, each 4 in. in diameter, 

 making 1 * ft. in diameter in full. 

 — Syn. Echinocactus decora. 



