. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . , from the delightful flavor of theirsucculent berries (pi. 9, fig. 3). I have already referred to the acidlimas de viznaga, as the fruit of Echinocactus longihamatus is calledin Nuevo Leon (pi. 9, fig. 4), as well as to the smooth red chilitosborne by various Mamillarias (pi. 9, fig. 1) and the currant-likegarambullas of the arboreous MyrtiUocactus geometrizans (pi. 9, ). Very much like the fruit of a Mamillaria is that of the genusMelocactus, in some species of which the little chilitos issue from thecrown like sca

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. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . , from the delightful flavor of theirsucculent berries (pi. 9, fig. 3). I have already referred to the acidlimas de viznaga, as the fruit of Echinocactus longihamatus is calledin Nuevo Leon (pi. 9, fig. 4), as well as to the smooth red chilitosborne by various Mamillarias (pi. 9, fig. 1) and the currant-likegarambullas of the arboreous MyrtiUocactus geometrizans (pi. 9, ). Very much like the fruit of a Mamillaria is that of the genusMelocactus, in some species of which the little chilitos issue from thecrown like scarlet radishes or crimson firecrackers tipped with afuse (pi. 1, fig. 2). The seeds of Cactacese vary considerably in the different groupsand are sometimes useful in making generic determinations. In Per-eskia they are comparatively small with a thin black glossy testa, or « See Rose, J. N. Contr. Nat. Herb., vol. 12, p. 399, pi. 54. 1909.^ In Central and South America the name tuna is sometimes applied to fruitsof Cereus. Smithsonian Report, 1908.—Safford. Plate

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