» % a: > e *J. iy . ‘ a 
oe a o +e aes a oe a 
. % " ee * «gee & * 2 
* ae val 'y =e i * = % . 
| “ 4 — ; 
' . . ae ee og _* i e ’ ‘ 
é 22) : 
lizenus collected the ae one plant: an d flowers, ah Dr. Gregg the tipe 
fruit. It is distinct from the other Hichinocacti found j in’ those regio us by ° 
the membranaceous very thin sepaloid stales on the: tube e of the rt ; 
ee the juicy glabrous fruit, »in which respect it resembles my E. seti 
es om. Texas; tewensis is, Hpfr., has a juicy fruit, covered with we 
‘and sp aPLny scales; H. Wislizeni and others have a dr ry fruit, eget with 
sca 
§ Onis.  aeineapu (Plant. Lindh. lc. p245) which had been col- saad 
lected by Mr. Lindheimer along the Colorado and Guadaloupe rivers; in 
in 
pio dk related. to O: ee ge lis DG,; ye is r ert 
4 ag has 3 ait 
rave gu siete: Bei several relatives, was f 
i ‘this part of the e route ; ; Argemone Mexicana, white #yer 
oe Mite anently met Bs Samolus ebracteatus ocen 
: mete ahd, aud on such elevations, while ‘before it 
z tts 
no: 
Solan 
40. sh hy Latbiatae, were collected of many ditsiodten species; but 
the great. hahsce tic of the country were in shrubs forming the. bites * 
_ Impenetrable thickets, called po egerrals. ” They are mostly, one's ' 
- Defers tie. 4 inches in ili 
+3 
Spines, especially th : 
~ — Awith a brown point, and is curved and bent down 
lines. long, covered with the same auticulate. dna seal 
he and cfowned wit ants. 
nae erable, embryo 
: kable le plant, ad 
me yn salfiet  S ; arty tbbercles which for 
altro ribs are soaene compressed, have a tomentose groove on 
ai upper e » Which ends in a regular. axillary depressed areoles like 
mamin ia ; but th 1e scaly ovary and the cury ed embryo 
