11,269 Hamillaria elegans (3-1-12 
Plowerin^ March 23, 1912. 
. 7 * ^ • 7 . 
Plant 1 inGh#« high, ^ inoho -s in diameter; 
ered by spines; radial spines 24, appressed, somewhat pectinate, white, 
weak, and short; centrals laetet^ or present 1 to 2, stouter, longer. 
outer 2/3 of spines reddish brown, inner part whitish, when two, divergent 
o o 
oO or 40 ; axils full of wool at top , while at sides wool unevenly dis- 
tributed, sometimes absent; top center depressed deeply and protected by 
heavy growth of central spines; flowers in circle of about P mi n rli n tt diame- 
ter around top, sessile; petals about 18, sub— lanceolate , light purple; 
stamens numerous,' anthers light yellow; pistil much longer* th^ stamens; 
stigma lobes whitish. 
Collected by Wm. Brockway Oct. 24 
Contreras and Tlalpam, Mexico. 
1911, on the Pedregal, between 
