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Oct. 13. 1849 



- 5 longa) erecta patentia, dura coerissima, coerulis centi-glauea^», 

 triquetra, lateribus plani- concaviuscullis, subsulcatis angulisque 

 acutis, basi lata, sinsi m attenuata» apice oblique truncata» pul- 

 villigera. Pulvilll 5 lana parca evanida instrueti" setisque, senpo- 

 tius aristis glunacels 6-7 flexuosis, linear! extensis, radianter 

 divarlcatis, . cum central! solitario vali diore (poll 3 et ultra lon- 

 go) et omnibto gilvis, plus minusque bas is d ilatat o - applanatis mar- 

 -einibus canaliculatim in eurvuli s, .. scariosis.Flores ex axillis tuber- 

 culorum juniorum solltarii, tubulosi tubo cylindraceo elongator ( sub- 

 quadripollicavi ?)-, phy llis informe squamif ornibus, glabris, vir! - 

 ^dibussisim longioribus atque coloratis, et in petaloidea aniru ste lan- 

 ciolata, acuta, lutea transeuntibus; limbo potent! s simo, diametra fere 

 4 pollicari. Stamina (filamentes cum tubo concretis, a d. orificum so - 

 lumliberis brevibus, pal lida luteis) numerosa conniventia, , stylo ad - 

 pressa, et tubi ! faucem clundentla. Antherae subglobosae»aurantiacae. 

 Stylus crassusstamina rizo (?? £,D t .) superans; sti ^natibus 9, linear! , 

 extensi s ranentacei s , recu rvato- patent! ssinis - Hab! tat in Mexico ad 

 Rio del Monte"» Hooker writes Rio del Monte - should it not be Rio 

 del Morte ?" 



Your Wellborn may now yourself decide about the plant and its 

 assigned new place: the Bot. Mag, may perhaps be also available with 

 yotn and willtgive you an even clearer Information about this anomalous 

 cactusl am glad, that the appearance so unexpected, which put my Or- 

 ganization of the family to such a hard test f has confirmed it. I 

 must still remark, that with me the tribus Echinocacteae comes to an 

 end with theloidei and that the character of this section ist: 



'* caule ellipsoideo, subgloboso vel depresso, tuberculato ; tuber - 

 culis distinetis- spiraliter dispositig, out in costas subverticales 

 plus minusve vonf luentibus mammaef ornibus, rhomei s vel cristatis 



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