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Near San Pablo diitiver Echin nocereus* 6 was found, and dried flowers 
as well as living spot have safely arrived here. "A large E'chinocae- 
| was collected near Pelayo; unfortunately no flowers were seen} 
t to St. ‘Louis is so far in fine condition. Of 
t the specim a tina 
$e Masi smaller; b a. most —— species of wae same genus,*® Dr. Wis- 
inoe moe en uthws, 1 ‘sp., ovato- syiinnvinse 10-costatus ; 
is eleva rou oman istantibus, junioribus breviter albo-tomento- 
; aculeis a eetialin, compressis, rectis, pists. radialibus 8 subaequal- 
das:  centrali rangle longiore, demum deflex ; floris tubo pulvillis 30- 
P ee gt’ sétas spinescentes albidas Aibenialae inferioribus 6, 
-@ gaaiperi 3 gerentibus Stipato ; sepalis interioribus 10-13 » Ags 
ed pasha peti 12-14 lineari-oblongis obtusis s. mucronatis, apice den 
“ eh stigma oe lah ‘stamina brevia exsertis, 8-10 lir nearibus 
4. So aieeaiy canine: south of Chihuahua flowers in April. Plant 5 to 6 
ey _ inches high, 3 to 4 in diameter; branching from the base; areolae about. 
= Linch — from one anot her, spines stout, angular, like those of Z. 
, lateral spines 9 to 16, central one 18 to 22 lines long. 
triglochidiatu 
* Flowers 24 to i. inches long, red; spiny bristles in the axills of the low- 
rup the number of the brown bristles diminis' 
on the upper part of the tube we find only two white vee 
: Hog in the axills. 
7 *? Echinocactus flexispinus, n. sp., glo oboaiis, vertice j 
“13 obliquis, tubercutato Mbt oterrapein- areolis: ovatis, emai ‘bo 
tomentosis, eae aculeis junioribus rubellis, demum « Ta. 
cae 9-11 rectis s. subflexuosis, Se dhe tenuioribus, infimo bre- 
‘ ri, curvato, Tageyalibes longioribus compressis annulatis, rectiusculis ; 
* “centralibus 4 angulatis” compressis annulatis, 3 superioribus rectiusculis 
. fin 2 inferiore longissimo flexuoso, plerumque Poy uncinato, de- 
est sepals (on the ovary) four brown 2 to 4 lines long, and two white 3 to 
=. ines long ; highe 
er mar i inch te on in one | to 14 inch boat, stouter ; lateral 
. ines 4 to: 
_ 4 to 5 inches long, mostly deflexed, often flexuous and twisted, 
curved or a hooked at the extrem ys much aes ia tage 
olis Se cxionen 
ee hii nace aC, 
4 “es radialibus a Piped ribus 
ne ' 5 (rarius 6) sotuaduniban) longioribus, corneis, sursum versis, singulo | 
aie intertextis, cen 
1 Pobustissimo, fusco deorsum flexo; floris ovario: tuboque brevi sepalis” 
a pene anriculatoceorda tis, cobriots eliPeiag ; —_ oblongis ob- 
; stigmate brevissimo conico 10-15 to, (s. partito ?) a 
boa Pes, flowers in me. A faye e —— the hance 
a. 
i a: gap ang and Parras. The speamen before me is 
inches in length, shghtly, and sometimes indistinely an- 
central spines 24 to 4 inc ches long; lower spine gen oe ¢ 
