. The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family. 136 THE CACTACEAE. Echinocactus robustus prolifer (Pfeiffer, Enum. Cact. 61. 1837) to which Echinocactus agglomerates Karwinsky was assigned as a synonym seems to be the normal form of the species, while var. monstrosus (Pfeiffer, Enum. Cact. 61. 1837) is an abnormal form. To it were referred also as synonyms Echinocactus spectabilis and E. subuliferus (Pfeiffer, Enum. Cact. 61. 1837). This latter name, according to Pfeiffer, is different from E. subuliferus Link and Otto (Verh. Ver. Beford. Gartenb. 3: 427. pi. 2
. The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family. 136 THE CACTACEAE. Echinocactus robustus prolifer (Pfeiffer, Enum. Cact. 61. 1837) to which Echinocactus agglomerates Karwinsky was assigned as a synonym seems to be the normal form of the species, while var. monstrosus (Pfeiffer, Enum. Cact. 61. 1837) is an abnormal form. To it were referred also as synonyms Echinocactus spectabilis and E. subuliferus (Pfeiffer, Enum. Cact. 61. 1837). This latter name, according to Pfeiffer, is different from E. subuliferus Link and Otto (Verh. Ver. Beford. Gartenb. 3: 427. pi. 27. 1827) collected in Mexico by Deppe. The flowers and fruit were unknown. Illustrations: Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. 19: pi. 16, f. 3, 6; Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 10: pi. 16, f. A; Mollers Deutsche Gart. Zeit. 25:474. f. 6, No. 9; 29: 441. f. 17; Karsten and Schenck, Vegetationsbilder 1: pi. 44, as Echinocactus robustus; Verh. Ver. Beford. Gartenb. 3: pi. 27, as [Echinocactus] subuliferus. Figure 141 shows the flower, copied from the first illustration above cited. Figure 143 is from a photograph of the plant taken by Dr. Rose at El Reago, Puebla, Mexico, in A Mm m§/ WmBMwJBt; â / \ X^jjM&B ^fS II k ^fjuf rn^ flw'⢠Fig. 143.âFerocactus robustus. Fig. 144.âFerocactus echidne. 17. Ferocactus echidne* (P. De Candolle). Echinocactus echidne P. De Candolle, Mem. Cact. 19. 1834. Echinocactus vanderaeyi Lemaire, Cact. Aliq. Nov. 20. 1838. Echinocactus dolichacanthus Lemaire, Cact. Aliq. Nov. 25. 1838. Echinofossulocactus vanderaeyi Lawrence in Loudon, Gard. Mag. 17: 318. 1841. Echinofossulocactus vanderaeyi ignotus-longispinus Lawrence in Loudon, Gard. Mag. 17: 318. 1841. Echinofossulocactus echidne Lawrence in Loudon, Gard. Mag. 17: 318. 1841. Echinocactus gilvus Dietrich, Allg. Gartenz. 13: 170. 1845. Echinocactus echidne gilvus Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck. 1849. 27. 1850. Echinocactus victoriensis Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12: 291. 1909. Depressed-globose, cm.
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