3 - Prince Salm July 9, 1848 



I h a ve finished with the inclusion of the Echlnocerei into the 

 ^emis Gebens • My earlier Polyl onhi and Cylandracel , and 



partialiy the ^ 3* Colunnares , I had to rework. First I changed the 

 3 desi^n.ations; these are ^ LLophogonl ^ 2. Suloati , and as 

 con^tsafet ^ 3» Angulatl ( § 4» Articnlat i and 5« Radicates renairr 

 uncha^ßied.) • The character of the Lophogonl is ,f c aul e subere cto j 

 subramoso, humili, carnoso, molli, 5 - 10 tuberculatim c ortato cos- 

 tis, tuberculis prominentibus, , pulvilli sque, seti vel aculife ris in- 

 structis " It is divided im 



(( *) ■ Angulost >f caule abasi runoso, obtuse pentagono, lateribus- pla- 

 niusculis" and contains C. . nentalophus DC. and Q proplnguus . 



(**) Costati - " caule 5 - 10 cos tato, in.terdum prolifero, valve car - 

 noso, sinubus superre acu tis, inferne obtusi ssinis; aculeis se- 

 tosis out ri iridis, b^si noduloso - i22°Z a ^ s ^i. (very important 

 character) for C. Ehrenber/rll ' Pfr. (C. cinerascus te^uior DC) 

 _ cinerascus DC 



— Herpel Nob. (C. c 1 ner 3 sous crassior DC) 



— ^ spinosior Nob. 



— Roeneri Enge Im, 



_ acif er v 



§ 2» Sulcati ' ".caule erecto ,,,,,,, nlnusve ela to, simplice vel 



prolife ro oylindraceo vel attenuato, sinubus 1 - 24 porun inclsis 

 sulcato 11 



( *) Pro Ii f eri ' caule obovato, ellipsoideo vel cylindraceo, car- 



noso, erect o, hun.il i , apice obtuso, basi prolifero, cortis nwierosis, 

 ansrustissimis aut latiusculis. 



Pec ti^atl caule splthameo ellipsoideo, costis 12 - 24 angus- 

 ti ssinis, pulvilli s corf erti ssi ni s plerumque ova libus, acu !is_ 

 ^racilibus, ri^idis, recurvuUs, so ene nect inatim bifurie 



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