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THE CACTACEAE- 
Echinopsis eyriesii inermis is in the trade (Grassner). 
In cultivation this plant buds freely, sometimes producing at the same time a dozen or 
more small spiny buds which, dropping to the ground, start new plants. These appear 
only at the areoles, sometimes at the top and sometimes near the bottom of the old plant. 
This species has long been a favorite with gardeners. 
This species was named for Alexander Eyries of Havre, France. 
Illustrations: Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 20: pi. 1707; Curtis’s Bot. Mag. 62: pi. 3411; 
Loudon, Encycl. PI. ed. 2 and 3. 1201. f. 173531 Ann. Inst. Roy. Hort. Fromont 2: pi. 
2, as Echinocactus eyriesii; Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 24: pi. 31, as Echinocactus eyriesii glaucus; 
Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 10: 166; Schumann, Gesamtb. Kakteen Nachtr. f. 10, as Echi¬ 
nopsis pudantii; Deutsches Mag. Gart. Blumen. 1855: opp. 112, as Echinopsis tettavii; 
Forster, Handb. Cact. ed. 2. 627. f. 83, as Echinopsis eyriesii tettavii; Forster, Handb. 
Cact. ed. 2. f. 84; Rumpler, Sukkulenten 171. f. 94, as Echinopsis eyriesii triumphans; 
Diet. Gard. Nicholson 4: 541. f. 26; Suppl. 337. f. 363, as Echinopsis eyriesii flore-pleno; 
Schelle, Handb. Kakteenk. f. 46; Mollers Deutsche Gart. Zeit. 25: 475. f. 7, No. 4; 
Garten-Zeitung 4: 182. f. 42, No. 12; Anal. Mus. Nac. Montevideo 5: pi. 27; Bliihende 
Kakteen 2: pi. 72; Engler and Prantl, Pflanzenfam. 3 6a : f. 59, C;Forster, Handb. Cact. ed. 2. 
f. 82; Gartenflora 28: 373; Schumann, Gesamtb. Kakteen f. 10; Martius, FI. Bras. 4 2 : pi. 47; 
Rumpler, Sukkulenten f. 93; Cact. Joum. 1: pi. 6; 2: 7. 
9. Echinopsis turbinata Zuccarini in Pfeiffer and Otto, Abbild. Beschr. Cact. 1: under pi. 4. 1839. 
Cereus turbinatus Pfeiffer, Allg. Gartenz. 3: 314. 1835. 
Echinonyctanthus turbinatus Lemaire, Cact. Gen. Nov. Sp. 84. 1839. 
Echinonyctanthus turbinatus pictus Monvillein Lemaire, Cact. Gen. Nov. Sp. 84. 1839. 
Echinopsis gemmata Schumann in Martius, FI. Bras. 4-: 231. 1890. 
Simple or somewhat clustered, globose; ribs 13 or 14, broad at base, hardly undulate; spines 
several, 7 mm. long or less; flowers appearing from upper areoles, about 15 cm. long, with a strong 
odor of jasmine and citron; inner perianth-segments white, acuminate; stamens and style shorter 
than the perianth-segments, but projecting beyond the throat; scales on tube and ovary small, 
woolly in their axils. 
Type locality: Not cited. 
Distribution: Province of Entre Rios, Argentina. 
Cereus jasmineus and Echinocactus turbinatus (Pfeiffer, Enum. Cact. 72. 1837), as 
synonyms for Cereus turbinatus, doubtless belong here. 
Echinocactus gemmatus Link and Otto (Verh. Ver. Beford. Gartenb. 6: 431. 1830), only 
a name, is doubtless to be referred here, while Cereus gemmatus Otto (Allg. Gartenz. 3; 
314. 1835, not Verh. Ver. Beford. Gartenb. 6: 431. 1830, as cited by Schumann) was 
published as a synonym of Cereus turbinatus. For this reason we have substituted Echi¬ 
nopsis turbinata for E. gemmata, the name generally used for this plant. 
Walpers refers to the following as an undescribed species: Echinopsis picta Walpers 
(Repert. Bot. 2 : 324. 1843; Echinonyctanthus pictus Lemaire, Cact. Gen. Nov. Sp. 84. 1839, 
fide Walpers, but in error), as synonym. This probably belongs here also. Echinopsis 
turbinata picta (Walpers, Repert. Bot. 2: 275. 1843) is only a listed name. 
Of this relationship are the following: Echinopsis schelhasii Pfeiffer and Otto (Abbild. 
Beschr. Cact. 1: under pi. 4. 1839; Echinonyctanthus schelhasii Lemaire, Cact. Gen. Nov. Sp. 
84. 1839*), Cereus schelhasii Pfeiffer (Allg. Gartenz. 3: 314. 1835), Echinopsis schelhasei 
rosea Rumpler (Forster, Handb. Cact. ed. 2. 623. 1885), Echinopsis gemmata schelhasei 
(Schelle, Handb. Kakteenk. 113. 1907), Echinopsis decaisneana Walpers (Repert. Bot. 2: 
324. 1843; Echinonyctanthus decaisnianus Lemaire, Cact. Gen. Nov. Sp. 55. 1839; Echino- 
t actus decaisnei Steudel, Nom. ed. 2. 1: 536. 1840; Echinopsis gemmata decaisneana Schelle,' 
Handb. Kakteenk. 113, 1907), Echinopsis jamessiana (Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck. 1849. 
38. 1850) and Echinopsis falcata Rumpler (Forster, Handb. Cact. ed. 2. 622. 1885). 
* According to Walpers, but in error. 
