12.83 
Echinocereus viridif lorus 
Flowering May 20, 1912; plant dark sage green, slightly lighter below, 
3.5 cm. high, 3.5 cm. in diameter, tapering slightly to truncate top; 
ribs 12, low, curving slightly to the right, slightly tubercled; areoles 
elliptical, 2.5 mm. long, bearing spines, radial, 17 to 20, 4 to 5 mm. 
long, slightly pectinate, of various colors, Indian red as given in Winsor 
and Newton’s Water Colors, near horn color, and dirty white, and those at 
top center. Magenta as given in Winsor and Newton’s Artists Oil Colors; 
only few areoles bearing one central spine each, dirty gray with brownish 
tips, slightly stouter than radials, 10 to 12 mm. long; flowers growing 
from a slightly enlarged circular ring just above the ground; flower 2.5 
cm. long; calyx tube 6 to 10 mm. in diameter, 1 cm. long, lower part dark 
malachite green as given in Winsor and Newton’s Artists’ Oil Colors, be- 
inner 
coming lighter until^sepals and petals being alizarin green as^^WJ.nsor 
