. The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family. MALACOCARPUS. 199 Echinocactus terscheckii Reichenbach (Terscheck, Suppl. 3; also Walpers, Repert. Bot. 2: 315. 1843). Echinocactus rosaceus (Otto, Allg. Gartenz. 1: 364. 1833), E. acutangulus Zuccarini (Pfeiffer, Enum. Cact. 55. 1837), and E. conquades (Forster, Handb. Cact. 338. 1846) have usually been referred to Echinocactus corynodes but were never described. Echinocactus erinaceus elatior Monville (Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck. 1844. 22. 1845), without description, must be referred here. Illustrations: Schuma
. The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family. MALACOCARPUS. 199 Echinocactus terscheckii Reichenbach (Terscheck, Suppl. 3; also Walpers, Repert. Bot. 2: 315. 1843). Echinocactus rosaceus (Otto, Allg. Gartenz. 1: 364. 1833), E. acutangulus Zuccarini (Pfeiffer, Enum. Cact. 55. 1837), and E. conquades (Forster, Handb. Cact. 338. 1846) have usually been referred to Echinocactus corynodes but were never described. Echinocactus erinaceus elatior Monville (Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck. 1844. 22. 1845), without description, must be referred here. Illustrations: Schumann, Gesamtb. Kakteen f. 50; Schelle, Handb. Kakteenk. f. 69; De Laet, Cat. Gen. f. 21, as Echinocactus erinaceus; Verh. Ver. Beford. Gartenb. 3: pi. 16, f. 1, as Melocactus poliacanihus; Abh. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. Miinchen 2: pi. 1, sec. 3, f. 1 to 4; Curtis's Bot. Mag. 68: pi. 3906; Anal. Mus. Nac. Montevideo 5: pi. 22, as Echinocactus corynodes; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 4: 141; Forster, Handb. Cact. ed. 2. f. 52; Rumpler, Sukkulenten 174. f. 96; Garten-Zeitung 4: 182. f. 42, No. 18; Krook, Handb. Cact. 67, as Malacocarpus corynodes; Gartenflora 31: 216, as Malacocarpus corynodes erinaceus; Anal. Mus. Nac. Montevideo 5: pi. 23, as Echinocactus leucocarpus; Deutsche Gart. Zeit. 7: 312; Diet. Gard. Nicholson 2: 317. f. 504; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 4: 141; Forster, Handb. Cact. ed. 2. 455. f. 53. Figure 216 is copied from plate 3906 of Curtis's Botanical Magazine, cited Fig. 216.—Malacocarpus erinaceus. Fig. 217.—Malacocarpus langsdorfii. 18. Malacocarpus langsdorfii (Ivehmann). Cactus langsdorfii Lehmann, Ind. Sem. Hamburg 17. 1826. Melocactus langsdorfii De Candolle, Prodr. 3: 461. 1828. Echinocactus langsdorfii Link and Otto, Icon. Pi. Rar. 79. 1830. Oblong, 10 cm. high or more, very woolly at apex;ribs 17, obtuse, stronglytubercled; radial spines about 6,more or less unequal, somewhat spreading; central spine usually solitary, cm. long; flower yellow, cm. broad, c
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