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VOLUME IV. “THE CACTACEAE’’ CORYPHANTHANAE 
Ancistrccaclus scheeri 
Thelocactus bicolor 
Coryphantha runyonil 
Coryphantba robustispina 
Thelocactus bolansis 
Coryphantha vivipara 
Coryphantha bumamma 
Ancistrocactus scheeri—S. Texas, Northern Mexico. Spines 
black and white variegated. Flowers Jan. Feb. greenish yellow. 
Thelocactus bicolor—S. Texas, N. and Central Mexico. 
Spines highly colored, red and yellow. Flowers large, pink to 
purple. Three distinct varieties native of Texas. 
Thelocactus bolansis—Northern Mexico. White interlock¬ 
ing spines, new spines sometimes with reddish tint. Flower 
purple. 
Coryphantha runyonii—S. Texas, Northern Mexico. Forms 
low clumps; short tubercled. Flowers spring and fall, large 
pink to purple. 
Coryphantha robustispina—New Mexico, Arizona, North¬ 
ern Mexico. Densely, strongly spined. Rarely found. Flowers 
salmon. 
Coryphantha vivipara—N. Texas to S. Canada. Plants soli¬ 
tary to clusters forming mounds. Shows many climatic and soil 
variations. Flowers pink to purple, very lovely. Fruit greenish- 
gray, seed reddish-brown. Photo—C. W. Armstrong. 
Coryphantha cornifera—N. and Central Mexico. Globose, 
pale green, short tubercles, long central spine subincurved; 
flowers yellow tinged with red. Illustrated page 19. 
Coryphantha sulcata—Texas. Cespitose, tubercles rather 
large, spines white, one stout central; flowers yellow with red 
center. 
Dolichothele sphaerica—S. Texas, Northern Mexico. Low 
growing in flat clusters; shining green, vellow spined. Yellow 
flowers, very large, fine. 
Coryphantha sulcata 
Dolichothele sphaerica 
