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Cacti.— Orcutt. 



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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. 



ECHINOCACTUS WIPPERMANNII 



Mueh. 

 ECHINOCACTUS WISLIZENI Engelm. 

 Variety Al^BISPINA Tourmey. 

 Vaiiety DECIPIENS Engelmann. 



Genus ECHINOCERKLs Jb;iigelmanii. 



Included under the genus Cereus. 

 E. Berlandieri Lem, is Cereus Berlandi- 



eri E. 

 E. Blankii Palm, is Cereus Blankii Pes. 

 Echinocereus conglomerutus F, is Cereus 



polyiicanthud. 

 Echinocereus leeanus Lem, is Cereua 



polyaca»thus. 

 EchinocereuB leonensis Maths, is Cereus 



leonensls. 

 E. Leptacanthus KS, is Cereus lepta<;an- 



thus S. 

 Echinocereus Merkeri Hi. dm, is Cereus 



Meriieri. 

 Ech.noceieus paucispinus Lem, is Cereus 



polyacanthus. 

 E. procumbeiiS Lem, is Cereus procum- 



bens E., 

 E. pulche'.lus KS, is Cereus pulchellus Pf 

 E. fcaim-Dyckianus Scheer, is Cereus 



Salm-Dyck.aaus Web. 

 E. Scheeri Lem, is Cereus Scheeri S. 

 E. subinernii.s rf, is Cereus subinermis. 

 E. tuberosus Rumpl, is Cereus tuberosus 



Pes. 



Genas ECHIIVOPSIS Zuccarlnl. 



Included under the genus Cereus. 

 E. HINOP&IS AMOENI3SIMA Wend. 

 ECnINOPSIo OA 1 vMARCENSlS Web. 

 ECHliXOPSIS CINNABARINA Lab. 



Boliv a. South .ahi' rica. 

 ECH'NOFSIS DROEGEANA Berge. 

 ECHLXOPSIS D CIS-PAULI F. 

 EClilNOPS'S EYRIEC-II Zucc. 

 ECI'INO SIS i-ORMOSA Jac. 

 ECHINOPSIS GKAIMATA KS. 



Brazil. South America. 

 ECHINOPSIS HUOTTIT L^ib. 

 ECHl.VOPSIS KrOTTII Schlumb. 

 E'CHINOPPIS LAGEMANNTI D.etr. 

 ECHINOPSIS Ll:.rcANTUA \\ alp. 



ECHINOPSIS MULLERI. A hybrid, of rapid 

 growth, blooming early, and with its large 

 satiny rose-colored flowers is justly called the 

 Pnest of its class. 

 ECHINOPSIS MULTIPLEX Zucc. 



Er-izil. South America. 

 ECHINOPSTS NIGRICANS Link. 

 ECHINOPSIS OBREPANDA KS. 



Boliv a. South America. 

 ECHINOPSIS OXYGONA Zucc. 



Brazil. South America. 

 ECHINOPSIS PENTLANDII S. 



Peru. South America. 

 ECHINOPSIS PUDANTII Hort. 

 ECHINOPSIS RHODACANTHA S. 

 ECHINOPSIS ROHLANDII Hort. 

 ECHINOPSIS SALMIANA Web. 

 V^-riPtv PTJiO'^^ESH KS. 

 BOHTNOPSIS SCHICKENDANTZII 



Web. 



ECHINOPSIS SIMPLEX Niedt. 

 ECHI.vOPSlS 'iOI GARDII L'Her. 

 ECHINOPSIS TUBIFLORA Zucc. 

 Variety NIGRISPINA KS. 

 Echinopsis turbinata Zucc, is gemmata 



ftoe KS. 

 ECHINOPSIS VALIDA Monv. 



Paraguay Kepub'ic South America. 

 Variety- FORBES 1 1 R. Mey. 

 ECHINOPSIS WILKENSII Hort. 

 Echinopsis zt cca; inii (zuccanniana) Pf, 



is tubiflora fide KS. 

 Epithplantha microme'-is Web, is Mam- 

 millaria micromeris Engelmann. 



Genus EPIPHYLLUM Pfeiflfer. 



EPIPHYLLUM ALTENPTEINII Pfr. 

 EPTPHYLLUM Gl'EDNEYRT >Toul. 

 EPIP'-YLLI'M MACKOYANUM Hort. 

 E>I HYLLUM OBOVAJl'M E. 

 EPiPHYLLI M RUSSELTANITM Hook. 

 EPIPHYLLUM TRUNCATUM Haw. 



Inch, Crab, or Lobster Cactus: a native 

 of Brazil, populnr ps a house plant. 

 GRUSONIA CEREIFORMIS F Rchb, is 



Opuntia ceriform-?; Web fide KS. 



Genus GYMNOC ALYCIUM Pfeiffer. 

 G. gi': bo.fum Pf, is Echir.ocactus moii- 



viilei. 

 G. reductum Pf, is Echinocactus gibbo- 



sus. 

 G. vil'osrm F, is Echinocactus villopus. 



Genus LiEPISMIl'M Pfeiffer. 



The D "blished spc'^ies. as far as known, 

 are consider.: d rs 'ynonyms of Rhii sails. 



Genua L,El'CHTE\BERGIA Fisch. 



LEUCHTENBERGIA PRINCIPIS Fisch. 

 Near Zimpai. Mexico. 



Genus I^OHHOPHOR.\ Coulter. 



LOPHOPHORA WILLIAMSII Coulter. 

 See ocliiiiocactus williaiubii. 



Genus .MAL..\COCARPrS Salni. 



Nearly all the published species are con- 

 sidered as synonyms of Etehinocactl, of 

 the same specific names. 



The identity of M. Martini Labour (ex 

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

 habitat are unknown. 



Genus MAMMILLARIA Hawortli. 



'Floweis about fs long as wii'e; the 

 tube camianulate or funrjel-haped. Ova- 

 ry often hidden between the bases of the 

 tubercles, as well as ihe e.\sert -sutculeat 

 beriy, naked. Seeds yellowish-brown to 

 blacK, exalLumin )us or nearly so. Em- 

 bryo mostly short and straight, with ex- 

 tremely .=hort cotyledons parallel to the 

 .sides of the seed. — >mall. more or less 

 g obese or oval simple or cespitose plants, 

 the spine-bearing areolae lorne on cylin- 

 dric, oval, conic, or angular tubercles, 

 which cover the body of the plant. Flow- 

 ers form a distinct woolly or br.stly areo- 

 la at the base of these tuberc.es, fully 

 open in .sunlight, most.y only for a few 

 hours." — E. 



Subgenus COCHEMIEA. Plants cyl- 

 indrical, usually much elongated, with 

 watery jtiice. and groovtless tubercles. 

 Flowers mostly in a lirg near the ver- 

 tex, several times longer than broad, 



