The West American Scientist. 
Engelmann, Cact. Mexican B. 10. 1859. 
Watson, Bibliographical Index, 404. 1878. 
Coulter, Cont. U. S. Nat. Herb. ii, 127. | 1891 
“The plant here described asa eatiety exactly agre es with 
Oliginal pape. of M. scheerii preserved in the Aiicceicis of Prin 
Salm-Dyck.” gelm. l.c. 74. 1859. 
coe) piikathe scheérii Lem.’ Cact. 35. 
M. ScoryMorpEs Scheidw. 
‘Original description: —“Globosa, pallide virens; axillis Han 
Ganstiantie FRE ae adscendentibus imbricatis; al reolis 
nudis; aculeis numerosis, inferioribus radiantibus carneis; sup 
fasciculatis albis eat nigrescentibus rigidis; centrali uno recurvu 
hasi griseo. Mexico.”—Scheidw. AGZ. 1841. 
Engelmann, ney hae ea j lii, 267. 
ae Mex. B. f4. 74 
ahs ee li. 259. 
eae act. sia €d.2, 435. 
La bi r. 144. ies 
Cokie. ‘Soke res Herb. ii. 128. 1891. 
Maren eae bear Index, 404. 
rar atoly moides Kuntze, Le. 261. 
Cou LCi tye 
Cactus scoly moides becu ahe Coulter, Ltd i&, is made b 
include he strobilif uhl 
M. STROBILIFORMIS 
egies prince? a ovato-conica, tu tbere 
‘ 
reste: 
To lanceolatis, actatis, intégeiss petalis 
integris vel versus apicem erosis; " stigm tibus 7 
exsertis. Rinconada, on rocks; flowers i in jens 
,and 2 inches in diameter below; t 
adpressed, so as to give the whole haste #t 
ou tomentose in the groove and the 
spines 3 to 5, central 5 to 8 lines long; flowers central, 3 to 5 in ac 
Gee “imbedded in ton ng and dense 
petals ies purple.”"—Engelm. Wisliz. Rep. 30 (1848). 
Engelm. rene: - € p- 62 = fide blest se 
‘ tetranyistra Eug. 
