LLOYDS STRAWBERRY- CACTUS 



Echinocereus lloydii Britton and Rose 



The brilliant cactus flowers of the southwestern United States are 

 noticed by everyone traveling to California by train in the spring. At 

 this season the apparently dead plants, often growing in grotesque 

 shapes, are awakened by the first showers of the rainy season. Then 

 the deserts are gorgeous with bloom, and colors in the artist's box are 

 inadequate to depict the various hues and shades of color in the myriads 

 of flowers. The Cactus Family, embracing more than 1,2.00 species, is 

 strictly American, although since the time of Columbus many of its 

 members have been introduced into the Old World, where some of 

 them have become serious pests. 



This cactus is of limited range. It is found only in western Texas, 

 where this specimen was collected. 



PLATE 155 



