The West Ameri an Scientist. — 
Pngetoann, Cact. MexicanB. 6, es 2. 
——Ives’ R 
Botany California, i. 
Engelmann & Bigelow, ake Ri Rep. iv: 27: 
Torrey, Pacific R. Report, v. 360. _ 
Walpers, Ann. v. 34. 1858. 
Watson, nibliog=ptiioat Index, 403. 
Foerster, Handb. ie tJedy2, a 
mi; sciainibies ‘gots hilo sees isos ene 
the junction of the Gila with the Colorado. oy eGobasiohit 
tained on the island of Cerro, on the coast of California, 
by the lower central spine only being hooked, by much smaller tu 
ago ca elm. Am. Jour. Sci. II. xiv. 337-338. . N. 
elow, Pacific R. Report, iv. 15. 
conte Cont. U. S. Nat. Herb. iv. AS 49, 110, 243, 244, 247. 
on phellospermus Kuntze, Lc. 
tetrancistrus Coulter Le. iii. 104. 
s tetrancistra is to be cited as a synonym at vanene in. 3 
seems ufiwise to attempt to revive its use at the expense of a more a 
wig and wellestablished name. The plant eae to thi 
age 68, from Valle de las Virgenes, proves by t ¢ 
allied to mete K. Brandegee consider to bi true Goodrich 1 
M.’ Rares Scheer. 
I dese ription:— = M, sre cy lindraceo basi tande m au 
s, mamnillis ovato-o btus tusi : 
asks Puna stile § pat fen 
dioribus rigidis expansis, s summo ape to, 0 
basi nodulosis apice Pote-ahaceisti ‘Caulis *spithameus, di metro 
; ros 
ace 
: tam tegentibus. 4 Flores adhuc ignoti neuaaoue Cact H 
alp. Ann. v. 37- en 
Pets a Monogr. 92. 
Songs Ty aa em. rald, 287. ae 
Watson, Biblogeap hit Index, 403. ee 
Coulter, 74 th 
OE ane nr Am. Acad. iit, 268. 
Cactns poets uke, ibe Couker Lei ifi, 118 
