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apines' about 25, erect-spreading, slcndei 

 but rl,2:irt, yellow (brownish to black with 

 age), unequal, S-10 mm long; centra.: 

 spines 6, a little long-er (10-12 mm) and 

 straig^ht, more rig-id and darker, black 

 tipped: seeds obovate, reddish-brown, ^ 

 mm long. Type in Herb. Ooulter. San 

 I^uis Potosi (Eschauzier of 1891). Very 

 easily distinguislied by its dense, erecv 

 spines, which so completely cover tht, 

 plant as to give it the appearance of a 

 large chestnut burr."— Coulter Cout TJ & 

 Nat Hb 3:96-97. 



Mammillaria castauoides, M. Wegnen. 

 M. densispima, and M. fuscata, are prot. 

 ably all identical with this species. 

 RAMIREZ, JOSE: 



— ^et Gabriel V. Alcooer: Sinonimia vulgar 

 y cientifica de las plantas mexicana&. 

 Mexico, 1902. 160 p. From the author. 



Dr. Ramirez records the following com 

 mon names of cacti: 

 Peyote— Anhalonium fissuratum, lewinii 



et williamsii. 

 Peyoitl— Anhaloniium fissuratum, lewinii 



et williamsii. 

 Hikori— Anhalonium lewinii et williamsii. 

 Ho— Anhalonium lewinii et williamsii. 

 Wakowi— Anhalonium lew.inii et will 

 . iamsii. 



Orgauo— Oereus marginatus. 

 Cabeza de vie,1o— Cereus senilis. 

 Junco espinoso— Cereus Sierpentinus. 

 X«a;lactl— Cereus speciosiissimus. 

 Xnuntzutzuy— Cereus tetragonus. 

 Biznag-a oe chilitos— Echinocactus conv- 



gerus. 

 Junco— Mammiliaria coronaria, 

 Biznaga— Mammilliaria pusilla et sjihaei 



ica. 

 Jarana de pitahayita— Phyllocactus au- 



gulifer. 

 Pitaylta de agua— Phyllocactus latifro.vs. 

 Marta— Phyllocactus phyllanthoides. 

 Nopalxochicuezaltic- Phyllocactus pnyl- 



la.nthoides 

 Abrojo— Opuntia tunicata. 

 Culhua— Opuntia vulgaris. 

 Nopal real— Opuntia microdasys. 

 Patilon— Pereskia calandrinlalfolia. 

 Pititache— Pereskia calandrinialfolia. 

 Reina de la noche— Phyllocactus latiiro.ns. 

 Pare— Opuntia tuna. 

 Pari— Opuntia tuna et vulgaris. 

 Nopal— Opuntia engelmanni. 

 Tuna— Opuntia ficus indicus. 

 Nocheznopalli— Opuntia hernandezii. 



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