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known from where obtained,) shows that to be identical with a Texan ^ ea ! 
species, common between the Brazos and Nueces rivers, which l ha|j| ^ 
described in Engelmdnn arid Gray’s Plantae Liriheimeriapae, Boston ^ w 
Journal of Natural History, v, page 247, under the name of ' Jereus caespi- t th® 
tosus, and which should now be named Ectimocereus caespuosvs . Erjm 
it op sis peitinara, (3. laevior, Monv,, and y. Reichert b Sc hiaua, Salm, are 
perhaps forms of this Texan, plant, which varies considerably in its native 
country. Dr. Wislizenus has sent me a living specimen and dried flow* ' 6 Em 
ers of E. pectinatus; unfortunately the plant met with a similar fate to iolis e 
those sent to England by Mr. Potts, and there is none now in cultivation, ; act] 
if I am correctly informed; but I preserve the dried specimen in my her- is, cei 
barium, and have been enabled to draw up from it the description. 45 , albo-i 
4 5 Eckinocereits pectinatus mihi, (Echinocacftts pectinatus, Scheidw., u | a {j S 
E, pectitnferus , Lem.,) simplex (an semper?), ovato-cylindricus, 23/costa- logatif 
tus; areolis elevatis, litiearibus, approximatis, junioribus albo-villosis£j ear < 
aculeis radialibus 16-20 subrecurvis, adpressis, pectinatis, albis, apice ^ h 
roseis, superioribus inferioribusque brevioribus, lateralibus longioribus ; ^ ( 
centralibus 2-5 brevissimis, ttniseriatis; tubo floris pulvillis 60-70 brevp 
tomentosis aculeos albos s. apice roseos 12-15 gerentibus stiparo; sepalH^ 
interioribus 18-20 oblanceolatis; petalis 16-18 oblongis, obtusis, erosoV\( Se p a j 
denttciilatis, mucronafis. , I i; no , \, 
Bachimpa, south of Chihuahua; flowers in April. Stem 7 inches high, 
below 3£, above 2$ inches in diameter; upper and lower spines 2 lines, a ^ 
lateral 4 lines long; central-spines mostly 3, sometimes 2, and below as ^ 
much as 5, in one vertical row, | to 1 line in length. Flowers about 3, 
inches long and wide; red or purple, spiny bristles on the tube 2 to 3 °°‘ lc i 
lines long; the uppermost 3 to5 lines long, only 3 to 5 together. - -^ t0J 
It will not be amiss to introduce here again a more complete and cor- !° us 
rect description of its Texan relative. jB n > cul 
Echinocereus caespitosus mi hi, (Echinopsis pectinata , authors in part; ltra ^ 
Cereus caespitosus , Engelm, 1. c.,) ovatus, caespitosus, 13-18-costatus, tMl 
areolis elevatis, linearibus, app^ximatis, junioribus albo villosis; aculeis 10, 
radialibus 20-30 subrecurvis adpressis, pectinatis, albis (nonnunquaqi^ a yo 
roseis, Lindh.,) superioribus inferioribusque brevioribus, lateralibus Ion- lac hei 
gioribus, centralibus nullis; tubo floris pul villis 80-100 ionge cinerep- 0 ^ ( 
villosis setas apice s. totas fuscas s. nigricantes 6-12 gerentibus, stipato; is lon| 
sepal is interioribus 18-25 oblanceolatis integris s. denticiilatis; petalis 30- i l* t 
40 obovato-lanceolatis, obtusis, acutis, s. mucronatis, ciliato-denticulatis 1^ 
stigmate viridi infundibuliformi, 13-18-partito; bacca viridi ovata, perigofated; 
nio coronata, villosa, setosa, demum nudata; seminibus obovatis tubercp- 0 5 ii 
latis, nigris. • /jped o 
From the Brazos to the Nueces, in Texas, Lindheimer; flowers in Mayfly c 
and June; generally 1 to 2 inches high, and of nearly the same diameter pEchi 
rarely as much as 5 or 6 inches high, and 2 to 3^ inches in diameter ;ij s ^ 
longer lateral spines in different specimens 2 to 4 lines long; flowers in. radial 
the northern specimens, from Industry, 2 inches long and wide, in thoqei ar i Us 
from New Braunfels 2£ to 3 inches in diameter and length; generally 
little wider than long when fully open. Brown or black bristles on t^enbran 
tube 2 to 5 or 6 lines long, surrounded by wool, which is often 3 lines ih ; . st j. 
length. ' jK»‘ 
