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w ^ ear ^ an mother E chin ocer pus* 6 was found, and dried flowers 
as well as living specimens have safely arrived here. A large Echinocac- 
1 was collected near Pelayo; unfortunately no flowers were seen; 
SW but the specimen brought to St. Louis is so far in fine condition. Of 
bchi an other smaller, but most elegant species of the same genus, 48 Dr. Wis- 
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4 6 Echinoc er eus enneacanthns, n. sp., ovato : cylindricus 10 costatus; 
L .iolP redE8 e * evat * s > ofhiculatis, distantibus, junioribus breviter albo-tomento- 
, ^ sis ; acuieis angulatis, compressis, rectis, albis ; radialibus 8 subaequal- 
ibus, centrali singulo longiore, demum deflexo; floris tuho puivillis 30- 
35 albo-tomentosis setas spinescentes albidas fuscatasque inferioribus 6, 
jpnperioribus 2-3 gerentibus stipato; sepalis interioribus 10-13 oblongo- 
( j w Jpinearibus, petaiis 12-14 lineari-oblongis obtusis s. mucronatis, apice den- 
ost '| li cu lads; stigmatibus supra stamina brevia exsertis, 8-10 linearibus 
)sisi elongatis - 
• I Near San Pablo, south of Chihuahua; flowers in April. Plant 5 to 6 
fl inches high, 3 to 4 in diameter ; branching from the base ; areolae about 
S| ~ 1 inch distant from one another, spines stout, angular, like those of E. 
. .^Ldriglochidiatus, lateral spines 9 to 16, central one 18 to 22 lines long. 
P a lowers to 3 inches long, red; spiny bristles in the axills of the low- 
S0 1 est sepals (on the ovary) four brown 2 to 4 lines long, and two white 3 to 
• , I 4 lines long; higher up the number of the bro wn bristles diminishes,, and 
ll ^i on the upper part of the tube we find only two white bristles of 6 lines 
ne V Jength in the axills. 
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ut 3P 4 #Echvhocacius pxispinnsy n. sp., gioboSus, vertice subnudo, costis 
to j| l3 obliquis, tuberculato subinterruptis; areolis ovatis, junioribus albo- 
lomeutosis^istantibus; acuieis junioribus rubellis, demum cinereis; ra« 
cor-l dialibus 9-11 rectis s. subflexuosis, superioribus tenuioribus, infimo bre- 
&iori, curvato, ldteralibus kmgioribus compressis annularis, rectiusculis; 
iart ,l centralibus 4 angulatis compressis annulatis, 3 superioribus rectiusculis 
lu ;J§, curvatis, inferiore longissimo flexuoso, plerumque paulo uncinato, de- 
[leisl ^ exo * 
ia 4 Pelayo, between Chihuahua and Parras, The specimen before me is 
[ 0 1 10 inches high, and the same in diameter; ribs thick but not rounded; 
’I areolfie (without the floriferous areolae, which are 3 to 4 lines long,) 6 
' « lines long and 4 wide, 1 or 1| inch distant; upper spines the most slen- 
qq’ : der, 1J to 1^ inch long; lowest one 1 to 1£ inch long, stouter; lateral 
t -M spines to 3 inches in length, slightly, and sometimes indistinctly an- 
•Bflated; upper central spines 2£ to 4 inches long; lower spine stoutest, 
S°'g 4 to 5 inches long, mostly deflexed, often flexuous and twisted, more 
cu * -curved or even hooked at the extremity, much compressed, 4-angled, 
j sharply carinate above and below, slightly annulated. 
er •IBP* 4 8 Echinocactus unguispinus , n. sp., depresso-globosus, costis 21 inter- 
er !^ ruptis tuberculatis, areolis approximatisJ junioribus! albotomentosis; acu- 
inJ leis radialibus sub 21 tenuioribus, albicfis, recur vis,intertextis, centralibus 
3se 5 (rarius 6) robustioribus, longioribus, corneis, sursum versis, singulo 
r J robustissimo, fusco deorsum flexo; floris ovario tuboque brevi sepalis 
.fjell membranaceis, auricul&O-cordatis, fimbriatis stipato ; petaiis oblongis ob- 
inE tusis; stigmate brevissimo conico 10-15 sulcato, (s. partito ?) 
H About Pelayo, flowers in May. A very elegant plant; the specimen 
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