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Catalogue of the Cacti 



Sect. II. Latispi'ne^. 



■ Globular. Spines broad and stout. Angles robust 

 and acute. 



Subsect. 1. Central spine hooked 



and broadest. 

 11 coi-nigera. 1 ft. high, and 13 in- 

 in diameter. 



2 elation lift, high, and 1 ft. 

 in diameter. 



3 rubro-spina. 5 in. high, and 

 7 in. in diameter. 



4< angiistispina. 10 in. high, 

 and 10 in. in diameter. — Syn. 

 E. stellaris. 

 15 spiralis. 4^ in. high, and 6 in. in 



diameter. — Syn. E. robusta ; 

 Melocactus Besleri aiFinis ag- 

 glomerata. 



Subsect. 2. Spines more equal in 

 size, narrower, much depressed. 



16 recurva. 5a in. high, and 10 in. 



in diameter. — Syn. E. glauca ; 

 Cactus recurva ; C. nobilis ; C. 

 multangula. 



17 r. campylacantha. 5Ain. high, 



and 1 1 in. in diameter. 



Sect. III. Angles robust, acute. Spines round or angled. 



Subsect. 1. Fascicles level. 



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



in diameter. — Syn. ? E. ma- 

 crodisca. 



19 Vanderaeyi. li ft. high, and 



1ft. 10 in. in diameter. 



20 V. var. ignota longispina. 1 ft. 



high, and 1^ ft. in diameter. 



21 Karwinskia?ia. 6 in. high, and 



9 in. in diameter. 



22 macracanthus. li ft. high, and 



2 ft. in diameter. 



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



diameter. 



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



in diameter. — Syn. E. irrorata. 

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

 and 1^ ft. in diameter. 



26 Mirbelii. 9 in. high, and 8 in. in 



diameter. — Syn. E. holoptera. 



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



diameter. 



Subsect. 2. 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. 5 in. high, and 5 in. in 



diameter. — Syn. E. spectabilis ; 

 E. subulifera. 



(J ii. Fascicles teated. 



31 PfeifFerw. 4^ in. high, and 5§ in. 



in diameter. 



32 holoptera. 4 in. high, and 5 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. Flotvers 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' 



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

 ameter. — Syn. Cereus Eyriesw. 



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

 7 in. in diameter. 



SchelhasH. 6 in. high, Q>\ in. diam. 

 — Syn. Echinopsis Boutillieni. 



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

 in diameter. — Syn. Echinopsis 

 oxygonus. 



rn^. — Spines short. 



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

 in diameter. — Syn. Cereus ge- 

 minatus ; C.^'asmineus ; Echino- 

 cactus turbinata ; E. sulcata. 



6 sulcatus. li ft. high, dividing into 

 two main branches, with four 

 heads, each 4 in. in diameter, 

 making li ft. in diameter in full. 

 — Syn. Echinocactus decora, 



